GQP Plan Advances: Sell Public Lands To Pay For More Tax Cuts; Two R Senators Voted Against Doing So. Two.

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The U.S. Senate, by a slim three-vote margin, is fine with public lands being sold off to reduce the federal government, according to conservation groups. During a late-night session Friday, the chamber saw 51 senators vote against an amendment to the U.S. House of Representatives' spending bill that would have blocked the sale of public lands to reduce the federal deficit. According to The Wilderness Society, "some Republican leaders have openly entertained selling off public lands to fund tax cuts for millionaires and corporations."

All but two Republicans —Senator Daines and Senator Sheehy, both of Montana — voted against the anti-sell-off amendment, which was proposed by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, and six other Senate Democrats.

“Public lands belong to all of us,” said Heinrich, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “Under the Republicans’ agenda, wealthy out-of-state landowners will be able to turn our most beloved and sacred public lands into their private resorts. Not on our watch. This is about protecting access to the places we know and love for our kids, grandkids, and generations to come.” “Westerners know our forests, national parks, and public lands are priceless,” said Hickenlooper. “Some Republicans want to sell them off to bankroll tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. Our public lands are not — and should not be — for sale.”

“Public lands belong to all Americans, not wealthy donors and corporate executives," said Tracy Stone-Manning, president of The Wilderness Society. "Selling off these places to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy should have been dead on arrival, and it’s shameful that the Senate has failed to stand up against that idea. We applaud the senators who voted to support public lands, and we call on them to convince their colleagues to reject any final budget bill that includes the sell-off of public lands.

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https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/04/senate-slim-margin-open-selling-public-lands

[Lovie777]

1. Turning the USA into a shithole country..................

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2. The sale of public lands will not go towards tax cuts,

The sale of public lands will go right into Krasnov's Sovereign Wealth fund.

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3. Yes, aka his pocket

[2naSalit]

4. Not fuckiing surprised at all...

That the most up -45's anal canal are the two from magatana.

If you love Glacier and Yellowstone and the Tetons, you can kiss them goodbye.

I will tell what will happen after they start fucking up the landscape, the fragile ecosystem will collapse. When that happens most of the water in the west will be a thing of the past. Look at lake Powell and the Colorado watershed as well.

Most of the public lands are in the west and even though the don;t look like much to some, they a vital ecosystems that supply the rest of the continent or almost two thirds, with fresh water.

Anyone who with this plan can suck on sand.

[WyLoochka]

5. Montana has been bought by wealthy

Out of staters. Almost too late for them but now MT Senators Daines and Sheehy see the light. They need to persuade their GOP senate buddies in surrounding states to get on board.