GOP plan to sell more than 2 million acres of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
GOP plan to sell more than 2 million acres of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy Chairman Mike Lee would violate the chamber’s rules.
A plan to sell more than 2 million acres of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy Chairman Mike Lee would violate the chamber’s rules.
Lee, a Utah Republican, has proposed selling public lands in the West to states or other entities for use as housing or infrastructure. The plan would revive a longtime ambition of Western conservatives to cede lands to local control after a similar proposal failed in the House earlier this year.
GOP:
hey, I know, we’ll just… not follow the rules
America for sale by literal pedophile Mike Lee. Demon country
That fucking public land belongs to the fucking public! How DARE you jackasses even think fo selling it off!
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Since 2017, Utah’s Mike Lee has been on a mission - this time not Mormon - to demolish National Monuments. He began in his own backyard, targeting Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, for fossil fuel drilling. He’s been colluding with Trump for 8 years to hand over millions of acres of protected land to oil and gas.
Who's going to stop them?
The US already has enough land for housing and more than enough homes, just not the right kinds and not at all price points.
If you look at a map of the western states my home state of Nevada is fucked when this happens.