"White House Threatens Veto of GOP Bill To Kill Water Regs"

"The White House has threatened to veto a Republican bill that would repeal a controversial Environmental Protection Agency clean water rule.
 
The House could vote this week on the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act, a bill that would require the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw its Waters of the United States rule. The rule would define the EPA’s oversight authority over streams, ponds and small waterways that feed into larger ones, something Republicans have said amounts to overreach.

In a statement, the Office of Management and Budget said the rule is meant to clarify the EPA’s regulatory scope over waterways and fulfill the need 'to protect the smaller streams and wetlands upstream.'"

Devin Henry reports for The Hill April 29, 2015.