The Senate on Wednesday will vote on whether to advance a proposal overturning a Biden administration rule limiting drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced S.J. Res. 80 in September, saying it would roll back “key parts of Biden’s Last Frontier Lock Up” in a social media post.
The resolution would specifically move to overturn a 2022 decision from the Biden administration that protected millions of acres in the NPR-A from oil and gas development.
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The Alaska delegation has long complained that the Biden administration was too aggressive with land protections in the state, arguing that extractive industries like oil and gas were essential to the economic well-being of communities and the state.
