How Murkowski crafted an energy bill that 80 senators have a stake in

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (File photo)The U.S. Senate is the final resting place for a lot of legislation, but this week it revived Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s energy modernization bill, which had been in a coma since February as senators feuded over what to do about the Flint water crisis.
The energy bill’s passage today is a political coup for Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee.
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The bill sailed through the Senate, by a vote of 85-12. And not for nothing