Aren't they scared? Breaking with the party when the bill will only sit on Mitch's desk anyway?The House passed legislation aimed at providing additional protections for more than 1 million acres of public land on the West Coast on Wednesday.
The package — which combines six land protection bills that passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee — would designate roughly 1.4 million acres in Colorado, California and Washington State as federally protected wilderness, granting it the highest level of protection possible.
Under the bill, “logging, mining and drilling” would be prohibited on the land and no new roads or infrastructure would be able to be built in the areas. Nearly 1,000 miles of river would also be added to the National Wild and Scenic River System.
The bill passed in a 231-183 vote, with six Republicans voting for it. It is expected to face an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled upper chamber.
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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