Democrat calls Murkowski ‘cheap date’ over whaling tax carve-out

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) quipped that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was a “cheap date” for voting for President Trump’s elephantine taxation and spending package, seemingly for a taxation interruption for fishermen, during a House Rules Committee proceeding connected Tuesday. The remark came aft Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) asked House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) astir a caller tax…