President Joe Biden has promised to veto Republican-led legislation blocking the 'waters of the United States' rule.
that would expand federal protections for the country's waterways, a measure Republicans have criticized as overbearing and burdensome to business.has promised to veto the legislation blocking the "waters of the United States" rule, which restores protections for hundreds of thousands of rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands and other waterways.
The vote comes after the Biden administration last year issued a rule that more broadly defined which types of waterways in the U.S. are eligible for federal water quality protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act. It also repealed a Trump-era rule that attempted to dismantle protections. The White House said the revised rule is based on definitions that were in place before 2015, when the Obama administration sought to expand federal protections.
The Biden administration argued that rolling back the rule would make federal regulations unclear for businesses and farmers and that increased uncertainty would threaten economic growth for agriculture, and local economies.
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