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Environmentalists celebrate rejection of bill amending Endangered Species Act

Local advocates, officials and business owners had asked Perez to vote against measure

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Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-Skamania

Environmental groups are celebrating this Earth Day after the U.S. House of Representatives pulled a bill amending the Endangered Species Act.

The House was set to vote Wednesday on the ESA Amendments Act (HR 1897) sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark.

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