Congress votes to scrap new rules to protect smaller waters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a threatened presidential veto, Congress has voted to scrap new federal rules intended to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands from development and pollution.
The House voted 253-166 on Wednesday for a “resolution of disapproval,” a measure that would void the rules if President Barack Obama signed it. He has said he won’t, and neither the House nor the Senate appears to have enough votes to override a veto. The Senate passed the res