Biden Vetoes Congressional Resolution to Overturn WOTUS Rule
As he promised, President Joe Biden vetoed a joint resolution from Congress to overturn the administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule.
Both the House and Senate passed the Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval – the House by a 227-198 vote and the Senate, 53-43; neither margin is near the two-thirds needed to override a veto.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito, the West Virginia Republican who led the effort in the Senate, said Biden was “ignoring the will of a bipartisan majority in Congress, leaving millions of Americans in limbo, and crippling future energy and infrastructure projects with red tape.”
Both the House and Senate passed the Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval – the House by a 227-198 vote and the Senate, 53-43; neither margin is near the two-thirds needed to override a veto.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito, the West Virginia Republican who led the effort in the Senate, said Biden was “ignoring the will of a bipartisan majority in Congress, leaving millions of Americans in limbo, and crippling future energy and infrastructure projects with red tape.”