GOP Sen. Mike Lee's plan to allow the sale of public lands ran into bipartisan opposition in the Senate and the House.

Following public outcry, Sen. Mike Lee has removed the sale of public lands from the Senate reconciliation bill.

A Utah senator’s efforts to put public lands on the auction block ended quietly Saturday night in a social media post ...

Senator Mike Lee withdraws an amendment to sell federal public lands for housing from a large bill after public backlash.

Senator Mike Lee retracts a proposal to sell 3.3 million acres of federal land due to backlash and budget constraints.

While some U.S. House Republicans threatened to vote against the bill, Lee blamed Senate rules for his decision to pull the ...

Utah, pulled his revised public land sale provision from the U.S. Senate’s budget bill on Saturday night. Lee voluntarily ...

Far from benefiting only the wealthy, these lands could enable starter homes for working families.

Entering the final stretch of an arduous process, the Republican-controlled Senate began voting Monday on amendments to ...

Utah, would have mandated the selloff of 1.2 million acres of Bureau of Land Management-administered lands for housing.

Even though the initial sell-off proposal failed, federal lands face a slew of other threats from President Donald Trump’s administration.

People shouldn’t expect to see a plan to sell federal public lands brought back to Congress anytime soon, says Rob Wallace, ...