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Reps. Raul Grijalva, Paul Gosar at odds over uranium mining ban near Grand Canyon
Washington, DC,
November 6, 2015
Arizona congressmen from neighboring districts, a Democrat and a Republican, are butting heads over banning uranium mining on land near the Grand Canyon. The effort by U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and local tribes to create a 1.7 million-acre national monument where such mines would be prohibited is unlikely to pass the GOP-controlled Congress. But it could prompt President Barack Obama to enact the protections through executive action. In response, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., is trying to block the monument with a bill that would limit the president's authority.
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