Forty-seven senators, led by Joni Ernst (Iowa), last week filed a resolution to kill the administration's controversial water rule using the Congressional Review Act.

 

The 1996 law allows expedited procedures to be used to block new regulations. They are most significant in the Senate, where the law limits debate time and bans the use of some common procedural delay tactics, including the filibuster. That means a resolution needs only a simple majority to pass.

 

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