Senate Republicans failed to overcome the presidential veto of a measure to kill the Obama administration's Clean Water Act rule, but they plan to keep pressing the issue. 

 

Democrats on Thursday blocked the Senate from moving to an override vote on the veto. A 52-40 vote to invoke cloture and take up the veto was eight votes short of the majority needed, ending the latest GOP attempt to scrap the rule, which redefines the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) that the law regulates.

 

Missing from Thursday's vote was GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz of Texas, who supported the WOTUS disapproval resolution when it was on the Senate floor in November and passed, 53-44. Also missing among the candidates were Republican Marco Rubio of Florida, who didn't vote in November either, and Democrat Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who voted against the measure in November. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., supported the measure both times.

 

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