A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill | Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said he would withdraw his proposal after it faced intense intraparty opposition.
A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill | Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said he would withdraw his proposal after it faced intense intraparty opposition.
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In short, having huge numbers of Americans complain to Congress, as with this piece of legislation, can influence laws at the margin.
The rest of the bill is still awful; it imposes new and large taxes on wind and solar while eliminating subsidies for them, funds a the deportation of millions, cuts medicaid sharply (in large part through imposing onerous paperwork on people) and cuts taxes for billionaires while raising them on the poor.