Senate blocks bid to stop Obama water rule

Source: The Hill



By Timothy Cama - 06/21/18 04:49 PM EDT



The Senate voted Thursday to block a measure by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) that would have repealed former President Obama’s landmark water pollution rule.

The amendment would have prohibited funding in a major spending bill from being used by the Army Corps of Engineers to enforce the Clean Water Rule, also known as Waters of the United States.

The rule was developed alongside the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Multiple federal courts have put it on hold, and the Trump administration is working to repeal it.

Senators voted 62-34 to table the amendment, effectively blocking it.

Republicans have consistently opposed the water rule, but 20 GOP senators voted with most Democrats to block Lee’s amendment, since it would break a deal that Senate Appropriations Committee leaders made to avoid controversial policy provisions in spending bills................

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/393548-senate-blocks-bid-to-stop-obama-water-rule

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It is not over yet per the rest of the story. Pruitt is involved and new proposal will be seen soon. damn.