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Utah senators push bill to block presidents from creating or enlarging national monuments in Utah Lee Davidson © Francisco Kjolseth (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) An aerial view of land designated for Bears Ears National Monument in 2018. Utah's senators are pushing legislation that would block presidents from creating or enlarging national monuments in Utah using the 1906 Antiquities Act. Utah Sen. Mike Lee — with an assist from Sen. Mitt Romney — again is pushing legislation attempting to block presidents from creating or expanding national monuments within...
| Updated: Jan. 27, 2021, 10:07 p.m. Utah Sen. Mike Lee — with an assist from Sen. Mitt Romney — again is pushing legislation attempting to block presidents from creating or expanding national monuments within Utah, unless Congress and the state Legislature approve. Democratic President Barack Obama designated the Bears Ears monument in 2016 at the urging of Native American tribes, and President Bill Clinton set aside Grand Staircase-Escalante in 1996 by using the Antiquities Act despite significant opposition from Utah’s Republican politicians. Trump then used the same law to slash th...