- MURKOWSKI, LISA
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- Experience: Senate: 2003-Present
- Home State: Alaska
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Personal
- Full Name: Lisa A. Murkowski
- Gender: Female
- Family: Husband: Verne; 2 Children: Nicolas, Matthew
- Birth Date: 05/22/1957
- Birth Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Home City: Anchorage, AK
- Religion: Catholic
Education
- JD, Willamette College of Law, 1985
- BA, Economics, Georgetown University, 1980
- Attended, Willamette University, 1975-1978
Political Experience
- Senator, United States Senate, 2002-present
- Former Deputy Whip, United States Senate
- Vice-Chair, Republican Senate Conference, United States Senate, 2009-2010
- Representative, Alaska State House of Representatives, 1998-2002
Current Legislative Committees
- Appropriations, Member
- Energy and Natural Resources, Chair
- Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Member
- Indian Affairs, Member
- Subcommittee on Children and Families, Member
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Member
- Subcommittee on Defense, Member
- Subcommittee on Energy, Member
- Subcommittee on Energy And Water Development, Member
- Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Member
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Chair
- Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Member
- Subcommittee on National Parks, Member
- Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, Member
- Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, and Mining, Member
- Subcommittee on Water and Power, Member
Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees
- Former Member, Citizens' Advisory Board, Joint Committee on Military Bases in Alaska
- Former Commissioner, Post Secondary Education Commission
- Commissioner, Anchorage Equal Rights Commission, 1997-1998
- Republican Chair, State Central Committee, Republican Party of Alaska, District 14, 1993-1998
- Member, Mayor's Task Force on the Homeless, 1990-1991
Professional Experience
- Attorney, Commercial Practice, Hoge and Lekisch, 1989-1998
- District Court Attorney, State of Alaska, District Court, 1986-1989
- Associate, Hertog Rhodes, 1985-1986
Religious, Civic, and other Memberships
- Member, Alaska and Anchorage Bar Association
- Board Member, Alaska Federation of Republican Women
- Director, Alaskans for Drug Free Youth
- Board Member, Armed Services Young Men's Christian Association
- Board Member, Boys and Girls Club
- Director/Trustee, Catholic Social Services
- President, Government Hill Elementary Parent Teacher Association
- Member, Midnight Sun Republican Women and Anchorage Republican Women's Club
- Member, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Total: 5
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Person Website
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Lisa Murkowski's Official Personal Website
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Lisa Murkowski's Official Personal Website
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General Survey
Total: 378
Introduced Date | Bill Number | Bill Title | Last Action |
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06/03/2013 | S.545 | Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 | 06/03/2013 By Senator Wyden from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 113-36. (All Actions) |
05/08/2013 | S.910 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food. | 05/08/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
04/25/2013 | S.366 | A bill to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, and for other purposes. | 04/25/2013 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28. (All Actions) |
03/20/2013 | S.630 | FAIR Act of 2013 | 03/20/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions) |
03/14/2013 | S.564 | A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation. | 03/14/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions) |
03/13/2013 | S.542 | Maritime Lien Reform Act of 2013 | 03/13/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (All Actions) |
02/26/2013 | S.14 | Southeast Alaska Native Land Conveyance Act | 02/26/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions) |
02/14/2013 | S.361 | Prompt Notification of Short Sales Act | 02/14/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions) |
02/07/2013 | S.239 | A bill to extend the frontier extended stay clinic demonstration. | 02/07/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
02/07/2013 | S.237 | Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act | 02/07/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) |
02/07/2013 | S.236 | Medicare Patient Empowerment Act | 02/07/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions) |
01/30/2013 | S.181 | Niblack and Bokan Mountain Mining Area Roads Authorization Act | 01/30/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions) |
01/29/2013 | S.170 | Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act | 01/29/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions) |
01/24/2013 | S.152 | America Needs Eielson Air Force Base Act of 2013 | 01/24/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (All Actions) |
01/01/2013 | S.302 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for a natural gas transmission pipeline in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of Denali National Park, and for other purposes. | 01/01/2013 Held at the desk. (All Actions) |
11/15/2012 | S.3633 | Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2012 | 11/15/2012 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions) |
09/22/2012 | S.Res.578 | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Red Ribbon Week, 2012. | 09/22/2012 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions) |
09/19/2012 | S.3265 | A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation. | 09/19/2012 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-624. (All Actions) |
08/02/2012 | S.Res.542 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Government should continue to support democracy and human rights in Taiwan following the January 2012 presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan. | 08/02/2012 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions) |
08/01/2012 | S.Res.536 | A resolution designating September 9, 2012, as "National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day". | 08/01/2012 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions) |
Total: 1664
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