Republican Lawmakers Propose Selling Public Lands To Pay For Billionaire Tax Cuts

And it should come as no surprise that they're already lying about it too

Back in January, I reported that a mass sell-off of public land was one of the options Congressional Republicans were considering, to help offset the cost of giving billionaires a $5 trillion tax cut. Now, E&E News confirms that there’s, “some discussion” of such sales going forward.

That quote comes from Senator Dan Sullivan (R—Alaska), who went on to tell E&E, “I think it’s a great idea. We’re looking at different options for revenue raising. The federal government owns a lot of lands—a lot of lands.”

To recap, the only legislation this dysfunctional Congress will be able to pass this session is a budget reconciliation package. Those are able to avoid a filibuster in the Senate through a simple majority vote (rather than the 60 votes other types of bills need), but can only deal with the budget, and in budget reconciliation, stuff that adds to…