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Senate rolls back rule on public lands


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By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted mostly along party lines Tuesday to kill a federal rule that gives a voice to the American public on the use of public lands in Western states — including 47.5 million acres in Nevada.

Republicans sought the rollback of the planning rule imposed by the Obama administration, arguing that it shifted the decision-making of use of lands in the West to bureaucrats in Washington.

Conservationists and Democrats argued it protected those lands from commercial interests.

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  1. Irish Wahini says - Posted: March 9, 2017

    I feel like I’m on a steep chairlift speeding backwards out of control, because the brakes failed. Current government is speeding backwards! Scary!

  2. Robin Smith says - Posted: March 10, 2017

    Remember what the Queen says, ” Be calm and carry on.”