Smith to hold Senate floor 'for hours' in protest of effort to reverse mining ban near BWCAW
Senator Smith held the Senate floor for hours to protest a resolution that would lift a mining ban near the Boundary Waters.
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Senator Tina Smith and Minnesota Democrats are staging a marathon floor protest against a Republican-led effort to reverse a mining ban near the Boundary Waters. The resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to undo a 20-year moratorium.
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