Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who opposed her party’s efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, said her vote on the tax legislation making its way through the upper chamber is content on passing a separate bill to stabilize the individual health insurance market. “If the Congress is going to move forward with repeal of the individual mandate, we absolutely must have the Alexander-Murray piece that is passed into law,” Murkowski said, according to Roll Call. The Senate tax bill includes a provision that would repeal the mandate to buy health insurance or face a tax.
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