Sen. Murkowski, feeling 'cheated' by Trump actions against wind and solar, says she'll go to bat for Alaska projects

[In It to Win It]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she feels “cheated” after she won a concession in the recently passed tax and spending law to protect wind and solar projects, only to see the president and his administration issue recent orders that she said seem designed to quickly quash such projects.

“I feel cheated,” she said in an interview Friday. “I feel like we made a deal and then hours later, a deal was made to somebody else.”

Murkowski said there were plenty of wins for Alaska in the megabill signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4. Those include a new royalty sharing mechanism that in eight years is meant to start giving Alaska lots of revenue from oil production on federal lands.

While the megabill took steps to cut support for solar and wind projects, Murkowski managed to negotiate a measure to protect a 12-month window for the projects to receive tax credits, despite efforts by some Republicans to immediately eliminate them.

It was several years less than the tax-credit window allowed under the Inflation Reduction Act, approved by Democrats under former President Joe Biden in 2022.

https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2025/07/18/sen-murkowski-feeling-cheated-by-trump-actions-against-wind-and-solar-says-shell-go-to-bat-for-alaska-projects/

[senseandsensibility]

1. She demands to be treated like a victim

when she is anything but.

[sakabatou]

2. *sits back as a leopard eats Murkowski's face*

[mercuryblues]

3. You mean the well-known liars

lied to you?

Whoda thunk it?

[Wednesdays]

4. Go away, Lisa.

Just go away. You teased us with a trial balloon about caucusing with the Democrats, but you showed your true colors when voting for TSF's Big, Ugly Bill.

[UpInArms]

5. Fek you, lisa

Go sit in the corner with Josh Hawley

…

There are no take backsies…

You voted for this shit

[sarisataka]

6. When taking a bribe

Always take it in cash, not a check

[enough]

7. Where is that tiny violin thing?

[Emile]

8. She sold her soul to the devil.

[Irish_Dem]

9. She cannot take responsibility, she has to blame others.

She is no better than Trump.

[Ocelot II]

10. I didn't think there were leopards in Alaska.

[Scrivener7]

11. What a clown.

[oasis]

12. Serial liar, Trump lied. Whoda thunkit?

Murk’s playing her constituents just as she was played.

[Johonny]

13. She already struck out, now hit the showers

Because it's game over for this loser of a senator.

[dem4decades]

14. Republicans sure don't mind selling out their constituents do they?