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 will protect Northern Minnesota jobs, strengthen national security through domestic production, and prevent future overreaches from happening again,” Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) said in a statement after the House voted 214–208 to overturn it. “I look forward to swift action in the Senate to send this resolution to President Trump’s desk.”...