House Fails to Override Biden’s Veto of Measure Repealing His Water Rule

The House failed on April 18 to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a regulation his administration enacted surrounding U.S. waters and wetlands.
The final tally was 227–196, short of the two-thirds majority necessary.
The disapproval resolution passed the House on March 9, 227–198, and passed the Senate, 53–43, on March 28. It was passed in accordance with the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to strike down regulations within 60 days of passage. Biden vetoed the resolution on April 6.
In his veto message, Biden said that “the 2023 revised definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ carefully sets the bounds for which bodies of water are protected under the Clean Water Act….}