(Editor’s note: Shortly after WLJ press time on Thursday, April 6, President Joe Biden vetoed the resolution.)
On March 29, the Senate passed a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to put a halt to the Biden administration’s new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule that went into effect on March 20.
The measure passed on a vote of 53-43. The House of Representatives passed the measure earlier on a vote of 227-198. Now, the resolution moves to the White House, where President Joe Biden has already signaled his intent to veto it.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) applauded the resolution’s passage.
“Now, President Biden has a choice: he can sign the resolution and pull back the unlawfully vague WOTUS rule, or he can veto it and turn his back on rural America,” NCBA President Todd Wilkinson said in a statement.
The new WOTUS rule was implemented across the country, with the exception of the states of Texas and Idaho after a district judge ruled to block the rule from going into effect. Opponents of the rule argue it adds burdensome and confusing regulations to more bodies of water.
