So, what did the moderates get? Money:
$45 billion to fight the opioid crisis
An additional $70 billion to help stabilize insurance markets
One particular funding formula was also revised to benefit just one state: Alaska, home to undecided Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The change could net Alaska nearly $750 million over the next 10 years, according to Bloomberg’s math.
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“We’re making it rain on them,” one senior GOP aide told my colleague Caitlin Owens.
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