Lee & Romney Just Disagree on Public Lands Bill

 Utah’s Republican senators canceled out each other’s vote on a massive bipartisan public lands bill that sailed through the U.S. Senate. Senator Mike Lee voted against the package of more than 100 public lands, natural resources and water bills, while Sen. Mitt Romney voted for it. It passed 92-8. The bill now moves to the U.S. House for consideration. Lee saying “If you believe that Utah’s public lands are best managed by Utahns close to those lands, then today’s National Resource Management Act was a big step in the wrong direction.” Romney, one of 15 Republican and Democrat co-sponsors of the bill, said local interests drove the measure, saying “This legislation is the culmination of years of collaboration and cooperation between Utah county commissioners and local conservation groups, ranchers, recreationists and others,”