WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans voted Thursday to roll back restrictions on mining , drilling and other development in three Western states, advancing President Donald Trump's ambitions to expand energy production from public lands .

Senators voted 50-46 to repeal land management plans that were adopted in the final weeks of Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration for large areas of Alaska , Montana and North Dakota .

That timing made the plans vulnerable to the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to terminate rules that are finalized near the end of a president’s term. The resolutions require a simple majority in each chamber and take effect upon the president's signature.

The House approved the repeals last month in votes largely along p

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