The Republican-controlled Senate was unable Jan. 21 to override President Barack Obama's veto of a congressional resolution to overturn a rule seeking to clarify which waters can be regulated under the Clean Water Act. The Senate needed 67 votes to override the president's veto, and 60 votes to even bring the question to the floor. The measure to bring the measure to the floor fell short, 52-40. Obama vetoed a joint resolution of Congress (S.J. Res. 22) on Jan. 19 that would invoke the Congressional Review Act to overturn the Clean Water Rule promulgated June 29, 2015, by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (see related story).
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