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Fully KeptPublic lands

Pledged to oppose any federal transfer or sale of U.S. public lands.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 80%

All four cited sources were reached via WebFetch and each supports the FULL rating with its quote appearing verbatim. The concrete test of this pledge came in June 2025 with Sen. Mike Lee's reconciliation provision to sell up to millions of acres of BLM/public land. Deseret News confirms Sheehy's exact statements: he first said he opposes the sale and would vote no on the motion to proceed if it stayed in, then after leadership talks said he would lead an amendment to strip the sale and vote yes on the motion to proceed; Lee ultimately withdrew the provision. Outdoor Alliance confirms the selloff was removed ("no public land sell offs") and names Sheehy among lawmakers credited, with the cited phrase verbatim. On the sale dimension the pledge was tested and Sheehy acted consistently with it, and the sale was defeated — a FULL outcome. It correctly falls short of CHAMPIONED: E&E News confirms verbatim that Steve Daines (not Sheehy) "was organizing an amendment to strip the provision from the bill," and Flathead Beacon (spokesperson quote verified verbatim) describes Sheehy as consistent but passive relative to Daines. No floor amendment was actually cast because Lee pulled the provision first, and the leadership evidence points to Daines. The "transfer" dimension of the pledge saw no concrete in-office test; the rating flags this honestly rather than overstating. No source is unreachable, no quote is fabricated, and the outcome does not overstate the evidence.

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