5 House Republicans: Land Sales in Trump Bill a Red Line

Five House Republicans are threatening to vote down President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” if a plan to sell off as much as 1.2 million acres of publicly owned lands stays in it, reported Politico.

“We cannot accept the sale of federal lands that Sen. [Mike] Lee seeks,” Reps. Ryan Zinke of Montana, Mike Simpson of Idaho, Dan Newhouse of Washington, Cliff Bentz of Oregon, and David Valadao of California said in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson.

“If a provision to sell public lands is in the bill that reaches the House floor, we will be forced to vote no.”

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