House passes H.J. Res. 140 in 214-208 vote to repeal Boundary Waters 20-year mining ban

The House of Representatives passes H.J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act resolution sponsored by Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN), on a 214-208 party-line vote. The resolution targets Public Land Order 7917, Biden's 20-year mining withdrawal, and would open 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest to copper-nickel mining by Twin Metals Minnesota. Critics argue the CRA was designed for agency rules, not public land orders, and that applying it here is unprecedented. Four direct descendants of President Theodore Roosevelt write senators urging a no vote.