The Senate voted Thursday to undo Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Congressional Review Act resolution, H.J. Res. 131, passed in the House last month and will now go to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature.
Maine Sen. Susan Collins was the only Republican to vote against the legislation. No Democrats voted in favor. The final Senate tally was 49-45.
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The legislation targets the Biden administration’s management plan for ANWR’s Coastal Plain. Alaska’s congressional delegation spent years fighting the Biden administration’s efforts to restrict drilling in the refuge after working even longer to open the area to development.
