Gov. Sarah Palin, R- Alaska, continues to maintain Steve Branchflower's 'Troopergate' investigation report is a direct result of partisan lawmakers who were not fans of her gubernatorial policies.

The truth: there are historic policy differences with some lawmakers who sit on both committees playing roles in the Branchflower report.

CBS 11 News looked at these lawmakers in the context of these lawmakers voting records on perhaps the biggest bill Palin has passed, AGIA. AGIA allows giving up to $500 million state dollars toward Canadian pipeline building company TransCanada's effort to seek the federal government's required license to build a pipeline.

On the campaign trail Saturday Palin spoke about Branchflower's 'Troopergate' report, "A partisan kind of process that had been undertaken by some of the legislators who hadn't been that happy with me or anything I've done along the way as governor."

The lawmakers Palin is talking about include Legislative Council members. The standing, 14-member committee approved $100,000 to hire Branchflower. The council is made up of Senate President Lyda Green and House Speaker John Harris. Those leaders chose six members from each of their bodies to serve. Sen. John Cowdery, R-Anchorage, has since resigned. That means right now there are nine Republicans and four Democrats.

When it came to the AGIA vote, six Leg. Council members voted in favor, while seven voted against giving TransCanada state benefits. Only one of those "no" votes came from a Democrat, Bethel Senator Lyman Hoffman.

As far as the Judiciary Committees, Sen. Chair Hollis French, D-Anchorage, was responsible for managing the case. French voted for AGIA along with the only other Democrat, Anchorage Sen. Bill Wielechowski. All Democratic House Judiciary Committee members voted for AGIA.

In number terms, out of these 22 lawmakers, 11 voted for AGIA, and 11 voted against AGIA. Ten of "no" votes came from Republicans. In fact, Democrats

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French and Wielechowski were public AGIA advocates.

While Palin has some strong policy disagreements with certain lawmakers on these specific committees, they usually came from her own party members. The governor has a frosty relationship with Senate President Lyda Green. House Majority Leader Ralph Samueals was an outspoken AGIA opponent, and was the only lawmaker to vote against the AGIA bill.

Up until the governor was a vice-presidential candidate Alaskans were unaccustomed to the partisan language Palin now speaks on the campaign trail. Palin seemed to work with those who supported her causes, no matter their party. Since Palin has started her VP nominee Democratic attacks, an Ivan Moore poll shows Palin's approval rating is down from 80 to 65 percent. While the governor still has strong Republican backing, that poll shows huge losses in her Democrat and Independent support.

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