Democrats vow investigation, lawsuit over political blackmail against Murkowski

Democrats vow investigation, lawsuit over ‘political blackmail’ against Murkowski
By ELANA SCHOR and BEN LEFEBVRE 07/27/2017 12:55 PM EDT

Democrats and their allies off the Hill pushed back hard at the Trump administration on Thursday after a report that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke threatened projects important to Alaska in retribution for Sen. Lisa Murkowski's vote against health care legislation.

House Democrats vowed to seek an investigation into Zinke's call to Murkowski and fellow Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan on Wednesday — a day after Murkowski voted against taking up Obamacare repeal — to warn them that the administration's support for energy projects in the state are now at risk. And a conservation group that often works with Democrats sought internal documents on Zinke's calls as well as to any others that he may have made to other GOP swing votes on health care.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/27/lisa-murkowski-health-care-vote-natural-resources-blackmail-241031