Battle over Nevada's federal land sales is about to begin

[NVMojo]

Chimpy has overspent every account in America he could get his hands on, including Social Security, I'm sure. Now he wants $$$ from the sale of public lands in America!! What a leech!!!!

WASHINGTON -- No lawmaker has stepped forward -- yet -- to champion President Bush's proposal to slash Clark County's profit from federal land sales.

But the high-stakes battle that pits Nevada lawmakers against the White House -- with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake -- has entered its early phases on Capitol Hill.

The proposal, unveiled as part of the $2.57 trillion budget Bush sent to Congress Feb. 7, drew the ire of Nevada's five lawmakers. They are now lobbying their colleagues to kill the proposal.

Meanwhile the Interior Department is gearing up to draft the legislation required to make Bush's proposal a reality. It's not clear exactly when the bill would be ready for introduction, Interior spokesman John Wright said.

"It's a work in progress," he said.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2005/feb/22/518332124.html

[NVMojo]

1. interesting note: Reid's son, Rory, is the Chairman of the Clark County

Commission ....

[MasonJar]

2. Didn't Nevada vote for the Stump...at least allegedly?. We will

never know who really voted for the doofus in charge.

[NVMojo]

3. stump won by 21,000 measley votes ...

I think it was because over half of the voting machines used in Nevada, located in Las Vegas, did not have paper trails.