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On January 21, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 140 (HJR 140).

 This resolution is Representative Pete Stauber's attempt to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the 20-year mining ban protecting the Boundary Waters watershed from toxic copper mining. 

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