GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
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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.

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Correct. It wouldn’t have gone anywhere. That means they could vote any way they wanted and it wouldn’t have mattered. They could’ve supported the movement to impeach to try and win voters over. But they didn’t. They chose to suck up to Trump over you.

    They are not on your side.