Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski downplayed reports that her support for the tax bill hinges on passage of the Alexander-Murray market stabilization legislation, stating Friday “one should not assume” that is the case. “I have consistently said that Alexander/Murray is important to stabilizing the individual market and may be particularly so if the individual mandate is repealed as it is in the draft reported by the Senate Finance Committee last night, “ Murkowski said in a statement posted by Bloomberg...