Well, the House of Representatives screwed public land users. No other way to say it.
Many have emailed, PM'd and messaged "What can I do?" We are doing some YouTube vids about what you can do, but here is an immediate thing you can do that could unwind what the House did, as it relates to changing the accounting mechanisms for public land disposals.
The Senate has not finalized its rules. The Senate rules can require the Senate to operate under rules that don't play games with the accounting mechanisms that the House adopted. If so, the two branches of Congress need to sort out which way they are going with respect to that rule.
The House will try to say that they have control over spending and therefore their rules apply on spending issues. The Senate will disagree. They can sort that out.
I am asking that you email your Senator with something to the affect below;
Word it how you would say it if you were talking to your Senator. The more personal, the better. The links to your Senators can be found below. No matter where you live, the Senate rules will be voted on by your Senators.
Please share this with others, as the Senate will be finalizing rules soon. I know some national groups will be pressuring the Senate to stop the silly accounting games the House finds so cute. Your support in calling or emailing your Senators would be helpful in this effort and to further inform them how important public land issues are in America.
Senator link here - http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Many have emailed, PM'd and messaged "What can I do?" We are doing some YouTube vids about what you can do, but here is an immediate thing you can do that could unwind what the House did, as it relates to changing the accounting mechanisms for public land disposals.
The Senate has not finalized its rules. The Senate rules can require the Senate to operate under rules that don't play games with the accounting mechanisms that the House adopted. If so, the two branches of Congress need to sort out which way they are going with respect to that rule.
The House will try to say that they have control over spending and therefore their rules apply on spending issues. The Senate will disagree. They can sort that out.
I am asking that you email your Senator with something to the affect below;
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 5, the House Rules package. In that package the House removed the requirement that revenue losses related to disposal of Federal lands need to be accounted for in all land transactions. I am writing to request that you keep intact the rules related to lost revenues on disposal of Federal lands and reject the change passed by the House of Representatives.
Word it how you would say it if you were talking to your Senator. The more personal, the better. The links to your Senators can be found below. No matter where you live, the Senate rules will be voted on by your Senators.
Please share this with others, as the Senate will be finalizing rules soon. I know some national groups will be pressuring the Senate to stop the silly accounting games the House finds so cute. Your support in calling or emailing your Senators would be helpful in this effort and to further inform them how important public land issues are in America.
Senator link here - http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
