The Flimsy Numbers Behind The GOP Push To Sell Off Federal Properties

House Republicans say they want to offload "underutilized" federal buildings. Their math isn’t mathing.

The Webb Lake Ranger Station, built in the early 1900s, is located in the Scapegoat Wilderness in Montana, part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Photo credit: USDA

Earlier this month, the 190-member Republican Study Committee released a framework for a second reconciliation package that calls for “federal agencies to sell off or lease at a low ra…