House Republicans have added a plan to raise billions of dollars to help pay for President Donald Trump's massive tax cuts through the sale of thousands of acres of federal land — a politically charged idea that has drawn opposition from some in their own party.
The plan, a late-night addition to a legislative package approved early Wednesday by the House Natural Resources Committee, mandates the sale of dozens of parcels totaling more than 11,000 acres (4,450 hectares) of federal land in Utah and Nevada.
In all, the committee's legislative package would raise more than $18 billion through increasing federal oil, gas and coal lease sales as well as timber sales and other means. House Republicans are aiming for $2 trillion in spending reductions paired with $4.5 trillion in reduced revenue from tax cuts.
