Badlands bill clears its biggest challenge

Group of wilderness bills repeatedly stalled in the last Senate go-around

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
January 16, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Badlands Wilderness and four other Oregon wilderness areas overcame their biggest Congressional hurdle on Thursday, when they passed the U.S. Senate, 73-21, as part of a sprawling package of public lands bills.

The bill now goes to the U.S. House, where a spokeswoman....

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