Murkowski launches big Alaska bills whose days are numbered

Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with reporters during a press availability following her annual address to the legislature, Feb. 19, 2014. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday morning brought some of her most controversial Alaska bills to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which she chairs. There are only a few legislative days left before Congress takes a recess for the election. The controversial bills stand almost no chance of passing in this Congre