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Sen. Mike Lee, who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, included a mandate for the sales in a draft provision of the GOP’s sweeping tax cut package released Wednesday.
Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did ...
The provision would have forced the sale of thousands of acres of federal public land across Arizona and other Western states ...
Senator Mike Lee retracts a proposal to sell 3.3 million acres of federal land due to backlash and budget constraints.
A budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee would mandate the sale of more than 3,125 square miles (8,093 square kilometers) of federal lands to state or other entities.
Just one day after Sen. Mike Lee's initial proposal was struck down by a Senate leader, an updated public lands sale proposal ...
Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee is scaling back his controversial proposal to sell off public land around the West.
Oregon Republican Congressman Cliff Bentz issued a statement Wednesday saying he supports selling off federal land in some ...
Rep. Cliff Bentz, the lone Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation, said Wednesday, June 25, that he opposes a ...
Newhouse and a coalition of 4 other Western state Republican representatives sent the letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson.
A proposal by Senate Republicans would mandate the sale of 3 million acres worth of federal land in the western US, but is being reconsidered.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — More than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, reviving a longtime ...