Daines, Sheehy Declare Victory: Federal Land Sales Stripped From 'Big, Beautiful' Bill

One big beautiful scam: Sheehy, Daines sell us out again

Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy shakes hands with former President Donald Trump at a rally in Bozeman on Aug. 9, 2024. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan)Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy want you to believe they’re “fiscally conservative.” That’s adorable. Really. I mean, if giving $4 trillion in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires while detonating the national debt like a Fourth of July firework is “conservative,”…

‘A very acute problem’: Homebuilders lament federal control of land driving up costs

Political action at the state level on housing and subsequent setbacks at the federal level in making more federal land available for development were atop the list of issues raised during a recent homebuilders panel.

Daines, Sheehy declare victory: Federal land sales stripped from 'Big, Beautiful' bill

After holding out against a public land sales provision, U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy both helped elevate Trump's "Big, Beautiful" bill through the Senate.

Senate rules don't allow federal land sales provision in spending bill

A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy Chairman Mike Lee would violate the chamber’s rules. Lee, a Utah Republican, has proposed selling millions of acres of public lands in the West to states or other entities for use as housing or infras...

'One Big Beautiful Scam,' Sheehy & Daines Sell Us Out Again

Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy want you to believe they’re “fiscally conservative.” That’s adorable. Really. I mean, if giving $4 trillion in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires while detonating the national debt like a Fourth of July firework…

Bipartisan support saved our public lands from being sold off - CEO North America

Over the last few weeks, Utah Senator Mike Lee tried multiple times to rewrite legislative text to mandate the sale of federal public lands in the western United States. His goal was to get the language into the “One Big Beautiful Bill” to ensure that it would pass. People across the spectrum from Joe Rogan to the Sierra Club opposed every version of the proposal. Westerners of all stripes flooded their Senators’ phone lines. Ranchers, hunters, …