Pushing back against any more attempts to sell large swaths of federal lands, a pair of Democrats are pushing bills in the U.S. House and Senate to forbid such sales. The lead bill is H.R. 9176, the Public Lands Integrity Act, introduced to the House earlier this month by Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-New Mexico. A mirror bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colorado. Wyoming Republicans Rep. Harriet Hageman and Sen. John Barrasso oppose the bills, while Sen.