Deadline nears for Murkowski energy bill

Photo by Liz RuskinTime is running out on one of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s top priorities: a far-reaching energy bill. Murkowski had hoped the legislation would serve as her crowning achievement after two years as chairman of the Senate Energy Committee.
But Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday listed a substantial number of priorities for the remaining weeks of the lame duck session. The Kentucky senator sounded both hopeful and doubtful about negotiations w