Senate could vote to overturn Biden water regulation

The Senate this week could vote on a resolution that seeks to overturn a Biden administration water regulation, following House passage earlier this month.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the vice chair of the Republican conference, had initially said the measure would be voted on last week, but it never came to the floor for a vote. A GOP aide said the measure could receive a vote this week.

The resolution, which the administration has said Biden would veto, would overturn a regulation that determines which waters must be subject to certain federal regulations. The Biden administration, generally speaking, has a wider perspective than the Trump administration of what bodies of water should be protected.

The House cleared the measure in a bipartisan 227-198 vote. A spokesperson for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a moderate who is up for reelection in 2024, told The Hill earlier this month that the senator will vote in favor of the disapproval resolution.