Investigators drop query into Zinke calls to Alaska senators

U.S. Congressman Ryan Zinke of Montana speaking at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, on March 3, 2016. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore)
The inspector general’s office for the U.S. Interior Department has dropped its inquiry into whether the Interior secretary threatened to retaliate against Sen. Lisa Murkowski for voting against proceeding on a health care reform bill.
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