The fate of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda was in Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s hands — and she used that leverage to force a series of changes that will deliver more federal dollars to her state.

A deal for Alaska’s whalers saved Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” by securing the vote of the state’s fiercely independent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski.

Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski cast a pivotal vote in the Senate's passage of the president's sweeping tax cuts and spending reductions bill on Tuesday