Kai would probably know more than any of us in this area. Murkowski's family is very influential in Alaska. Murkowski is of Polish descent. Lisa Murkowski together with another woman, Susan Collins and sen. McCain did not allow for so called skinny health care bill to pass. We need more women in politics! Since they understand better the struggles of families rathether then represent big business
For decades, the Murkowski family — Frank Murkowski represented Alaska for more than two decades in the Senate before his daughter took over his seat in 2002 — has sought, often unsuccessfully, to free up more federal land in Alaska for hunting and energy development.