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Montana's double-talking Sen. Daines casts deciding vote to sell off public lands
http://wildmontana.org/blog/sen.-steve-daines-casts-deciding-vote-to-sell-montanas-public-landsMarch 27
Yesterday, Sen. Steve Daines reversed his position on the transfer and sale of American public lands when he voted for a budget amendment that would enable the transfer and sale of these lands. And not just any public lands.
Sponsored by Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the amendment would create a reserve fund to facilitate the sale, transfer, or exchange of lands in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area, the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, and all other wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, national forests, conservation lands, historic sites, and national memorials to state and local governments. By not excluding wilderness areas, Murkowskis amendment takes a step further than state proposals, which have tended to exclude wilderness areas from transfer.
Sen. Daines has stated numerous times that he does not support selling our public lands. In a speech he gave on February 18 to a joint session of the Montana State Legislature, he declared, We must stand firm against any efforts to sell our public lands.
Sen. Murkowskis amendment passed 51 to 49 in the Senate. Three Republican Senators voted against the measure, but Sen. Daines was not among them. Instead, he cast the deciding vote in support.
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Montana's double-talking Sen. Daines casts deciding vote to sell off public lands (Original Post)
swag
Mar 2015
OP
That's what we get for running pathetic, wishy-washy candidates in 2014 who did everything
PatrickforO
Mar 2015
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questionseverything
(9,665 posts)1. sad
any chance pres will veto this bill?
lastlib
(23,352 posts)2. He's a Repug--a sociopathic liar.
Sad for our country that they get elected, even sadder that they pull this crap without shame or remorse.
PatrickforO
(14,602 posts)4. That's what we get for running pathetic, wishy-washy candidates in 2014 who did everything
they could to dance around and not OWN Democratic positions. I began to have VERY bad feelings when Grimes backed away from the question, "Did you vote for Obama?"
The ONLY proper answer to that would have been, "Of course. I'm a Democrat!" followed by a recital of the good things Obama has done.
But NO...not OUR candidates. Nope. They had to be a bunch of weasels instead of the populists this country so desperately needs.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)3. Why wasn't there a Democratic filibuster? nm
lastlib
(23,352 posts)5. Bipartisanship!
It's a "Democratic" value..........
swag
(26,490 posts)6. My guess is because it was an amendment to a budget resolution.
But I'm not going to get too deep into the weeds on parliamentary details today.