WASHINGTON — (TNS) The Senate on Thursday passed a joint resolution that would vacate a Biden-era Bureau of Land Management rule covering portions of northern Alaska.

The joint resolution passed 52-45, with Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania the only Democrat joining Republicans. Introduced by Alaska Republican Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, it would use the Congressional Review Act to vacate a 2022 BLM record of decision covering the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which borders the Arctic Ocean.

Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, has introduced a companion bill in the House. The state’s congressional delegation has argued that many of the rules finalized during the Biden administration unfairly targeted the state, preventing it from developing oil, natural gas and

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