Senate to Reinstate US Public Lands Sale to Pay for Tax Cuts (1)

A plan to sell thousands of acres of federal land to help pay for President Donald Trump’s massive package of tax cuts will be returning in the Senate’s version of the bill, according to a key lawmaker.

Senator Mike Lee, the chairman of the committee with jurisdiction of energy and public land, told reporters Wednesday that a version of the plan would be included in their portion of the budget bill the panel plans to make public, likely on Monday.

Senator Mike Lee

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House Republicans had initially sought to add the sales into their version of the bill, but the ...