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Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) sponsored S.J. Res. 24, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval, which would repeal Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) rule protecting the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The CRA is an extreme and blunt tool that is being used by anti-environmental members of Congress who want to permanently strip away protections for our environment, communities, wildlife, and natural heritage. This resolution could prevent any future protection of the northern long-eared bat, even if the population collapsed or just a handful of individual bats remained and, simply put, could be a vote to condemn this species to extinction. Coming just days after the Senate vote on the lesser prairie-chicken CRA disapproval, this would now be only the second time in the CRA’s 30-year history that Congress has attempted to use this law to rescind ESA protections for an individual species. On May 11, the Senate approved S.J. Res. 24 by a vote of 51-49 (Senate roll call vote 123). The House approved S.J. Res. 24 on July 27; however, the president vetoed it on September 26, and on September 28, the Senate failed to override the president’s veto.
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