It was a matter of who would be the third "no" vote Republicans could lose and still pass the "big, beautiful bill." It came down to Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski.

Vice President Vance cast the tie-breaking vote as Senate Republicans on Tuesday delivered a huge legislative victory for ...

Eighteen Republican senators, including former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), voted to advance an amendment ...

The Senate voted early Tuesday morning to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to create a new top ...

U.S. Senate Republicans approved their signature tax break and spending cuts package Tuesday with a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President JD Vance, following days of tense, closed-door ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks with reporters in the Senate subway in the US Capitol on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images. CNN — ...

In many ways, Senator Lisa Murkowski is the last of a dying breed of politician. She eschews bombast, preferring to speak softly and with deliberation. In our hyperpartisan times, she is a proud ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) at an infrastructure and development symposium in Anchorage on April 22, 2025. (Ash Adams/The New York Times) Lisa Murkowski isn’t using ‘nice words’ about ...