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Pressure mounts on Biden to use Defense Production Act, but it's not a "magic wand"

by Lily Jamali

Mar 14, 2022

Those bipartisan calls from Congress follow the president's ban on Russian oil and other energy imports.

Though pressure is building for President Joe Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act to boost domestic oil production, some say the situation is not a national emergency — a requirement for tapping the act.

Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

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