A group of Wyoming senators are demanding Congress hand over all federal lands and mineral rights within the state. Although the request is symbolic in nature, it's also part of a coordinated land-grab scheme by Western politicians,

On a razor thin 16 - 15 vote, the Wyoming Senate revived a bill on Thursday calling on Congress to hand over all public lands to the state,

After failing, the bill was reconsidered and the majority of Wyoming senators voted in favor of calling on Congress to give over 30 million acres of federal land, including Grand Teton National Park,

It’s the latest attempt by a Western state to claim public land, after the U.S. Supreme Court squashed Utah’s lawsuit to gain control.

The Wyoming Senate narrowly voted Thursday for a resolution demanding that Congress turn over some 30 million federal acres to the state — but only after first defeating the measure