Federal land change Zinke voted for raises criticism

U.S Rep. Ryan Zinke voted for a House budgetary rules change Tuesday night that could make it easier for lawmakers to transfer federal public land to states and other entities.

Zinke, who was nominated last month by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next U.S. secretary of the interior, voted with 233 other House Republicans for the rules change. All Democrats and three Republicans voted against it.

Zinke’s office did not respond before print deadline as to whether Zinke’s vote for the measure, which was included in a broader House rules, represents a shift in his stance on the i...