Senate rejects GOP bid to block new national monumentsCam Toohey expects ANWR monument designation — it's not if, but when, says Arctic Power executive director by The Associated Press Petroleum News Alaska contributed to this sto
The U.S. Senate narrowly rejected an effort July 18 by Western senators to bar President Clinton from designating any more federal land as national monuments.
The proposal, by Senate Majority Whip Don Nickles, R-Okla., was defeated 50-49. Of the six GOP senators who voted no, five are up for re-e....
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