Descendants of President Theodore Roosevelt are urging Republican senators to reject legislation that would allow mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Ted Roosevelt IV, the former president’s great-grandson, joined his relatives in calling on lawmakers in a Feb. 6 letter to vote down H.J. Res 140 from Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.).
The Congressional Review Act resolution would repeal President Joe Biden’s 2023 order that withdrew 225,000 acres in the Superior National Forest for more than 20 years from new mining.
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Last month, the House passed the legislation 214 to 208, mostly along party lines. It could come up for a vote in the Senate as early as next week.
