Vote on mining ban stalls in U.S. Senate as battle brews behind the scenes A congressional measure to again allow mining near the BWCAW has lingered for weeks without a vote.

"Environmental advocates now have a new refrain: every week without a vote is 'a good week for the Boundary Waters,' because their best hope is to run out the clock on the rollback." #SaveTheBWCA #ProtectTheBWCA #BWCA #StopTwinMetals #CleanWater #MinnesotaStrong

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Vote on mining ban could test Klobuchar’s Iron Range appeal The senator and gubernatorial candidate has family and political ties to Minnesota’s mining heritage, but she said the Boundary Waters “is a national treasure and must be protected.”

"Whether Republicans are successful in reopening federal land next to the Boundary Waters for mining, the question of how to deal with copper and nickel proposals isn’t going away." #SaveTheBWCA #StopTwinMetals

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Boundary Waters mining ban vote: What to know Efforts overturn the ban in Superior National Forest may come to fruition in late February. A rollback could send a lifeline to the Twin Metals proposal in northern Minnesota.

Tina @smith.senate.gov, "said in a statement that Republicans are 'using an unprecedented, sneaky maneuver that would open the door to reversing protections across all our public lands.'”
Tell your senators NO! mining in the #BWCA! #SaveTheBWCA #StopTwinMetals
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