Public Land Sale Provision Gets Axed

The Senate rule keeper has nixed a Republican provision to sell upwards of 3 million acres of public lands. The Parliamentarian ruled that the measure falls outside what is allowable in the reconciliation process that enables the Senate to pass Trump's "big, beautiful" bill with just a simple majority.

The public land sale proposal, championed by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) sparked broad, bipartisan outrage. When a land sale provision gets the thumbs-down from Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho),  you know it's deeply unpopular.

See: Public Lands - Attempt To Sell Off in our Nature Under Trump tracker.

Lee announced changes to his idea last night - as a last ditch effort to save his unpopular initiative. His new proposal would exempt Forest Service land and reduce the total acreage sold. We need to keep up the pressure to make sure Lee's updated provision stays out of the bill.