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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican from Alaska, has a reputation for bucking her party.

She sometimes broke away from President Trump on key issues during his first term like the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. She detailed some of those moments in her new book, "Far From Home: An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington, D.C."

Murkowski sat down with All Things Considered host Juana Summers to discuss her memoir, her thoughts on Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill and the future of democracy.

CHAPTERS
0:00 – On the “big, beautiful bill”
2:16 – On the bill to rescind funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and foreign aid
4:32 – On what she learned from her father’s time in politics
7:11 – On being willing to push back on the Trump administration
9:20 – On why so few Republicans willing to disagree with Trump
10:49 – On what she meant by “we are all afraid”
15:15 – On whether there’s room for moderates in the Republican party
17:35 – On whether it’s Congress’ role to shore up faith in democratic institutions
19:43 – On whether – given changes to abortion access – she regrets her support for Supreme Court justices
23:07 – “Do you think that the country’s democracy is on unstable footing?”
25:05 – On concerns that voters and officials doubt election outcomes
28:16 – Her message to Americans who don’t feel they have a political home

CREDITS
Host: Juana Summers
Producer: Tyler Bartlam
Video Director: Mito Habe-Evans
Video Editor: Keren Carrion
Videographers: Nickolai Hammar, Keren Carrion
Audio Engineers: Cena Loffredo, Jay Czys
Supervising Editors: Ashley Brown, Nick Michael
Executive Producers: Sami Yenigun, Samantha Melbourneweaver
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