House votes to repeal 2023 Biden wilderness protections in Minnesota using Congressional Review Act

Stauber’s Bill to end Biden’s Mining Ban in Minnesota Passes House

The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act resolution introduced by Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) to repeal the Biden Administration's 20-year mining ban on 225,504 acres in Northern Minnesota's Superior National Forest.

House GOP Repeals Biden-Era Regulation

House Republicans just repealed a Biden-era regulation. Only one Democrat voted for the repeal, and only one Republican voted against it. It passed on a 214-208 vote. They voted to “reopen the door to mineral development on federal lands” in Minnesota. Fox News reported: Only one House Democrat joined Republicans on Wednesday in a vote to repeal a Biden-era regulation on public lands in Minnesota. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn…

House Votes to Overturn Minnesota Mining Ban, Sending Bill to Senate

The House of Representatives on Jan. 21 approved overturning a 20-year ban on mining in a national forest in Minnesota that was implemented under former President Joe Biden. The Senate will now decide on the measure. If the upper chamber also passes the bill, it would head to the desk of President Donald Trump, who said on the campaign trail he wanted to overturn the ban on mining in the Superior National Forest. “Reversing Biden’s mining ban wi…

House approves repeal of 20-year mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

The resolution now moves to the Senate, where a simple majority can open 225,000 acres of land to mining operations.

US House passes Stauber resolution to reverse mineral withdrawal near BWCAW

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a resolution that seeks to reverse a 20-year mining ban on federal land within the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Hermantown, rejects a Biden administration-era moratorium on mining across 225,504 acres of the Superior National Forest. The resolution passed the chamber by a 214-208 vote largely along …

Only one House Democrat joined GOP to repeal 'short-circuiting' Biden-era

Lawmakers vote to restore mineral access in Minnesota's federal lands, citing national security needs for domestic critical minerals over foreign imports.