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Pushing his fully loaded, 115-pound fatbike through snowdrifts and 35 mph headwinds going across Norton Sound between Shaktoolik and Koyuk, for example, a 50-mile stretch that took him 19 hours.

Pushing his fully loaded, 115-pound fatbike through snowdrifts and 35 mph headwinds going across Norton Sound between Shaktoolik and Koyuk, for example, a 50-mile stretch that took him 19 hours.

Rep. Lynn Gattis responded recently to the state Democratic party's allegation that she "could cash in" from a bridge built across the Knik Arm, linking Anchorage to Point Mackenzie.

Republicans voting yes: Austerman , Chenault , Costello , Gattis , Higgins , Holmes , Hughes , Isaacson , Johnson , Keller , Ledoux , Lynn , Millett , Munoz , Neuman , Pruitt , Reinbold , Saddler , Stoltze , Thompson , Tammie Wilson .

The House passed the Knik Arm bridge bill 24-15 after debate stretched into early Friday morning, the vote dividing between boosters who cheered the notion of big projects and opponents who questioned the bridge's risk to the state treasury.