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Defying threats of a veto by President Obama, the House of Representatives on Friday passed a $35.4 billion spending bill that includes a rider preventing the administration from expanding the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

Legislation that would prevent Texas municipalities from enacting ordinances that interfere with oil/natural gas drilling activities is on its way to the state Senate after passing out of committee Thursday.

Legislation that would prevent Texas municipalities from enacting ordinances that interfere with oil/natural gas drilling activities is on its way to the state Senate after passing out of committee Thursday.

As the U.S. House of Representatives was considering an appropriations bill rider to block the administration’s proposed rule broadening waterways oversight under the Clean Water Act (CWA), a bipartisan group of senators Thursday offered legislation to send the rule back to the drawing board.

As the U.S. House of Representatives was considering an appropriations bill rider to block the administration’s proposed rule broadening waterways oversight under the Clean Water Act (CWA), a bipartisan group of senators Thursday offered legislation to send the rule back to the drawing board.

The House Appropriations Committee left a controversial rider attached to a $35.4 billion spending bill on Wednesday that would prevent the Obama administration from expanding the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA), a move that Democrats warned could trigger a presidential veto.

The House Appropriations Committee left a controversial rider attached to a $35.4 billion spending bill on Wednesday that would prevent the Obama administration from expanding the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA), a move that Democrats warned could trigger a presidential veto.

In a move that’s unlikely to advance in a Republican-controlled Congress, two House Democrats plan to reintroduce a bill banning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public lands.

In a move that's unlikely to advance in a Republican-controlled Congress, two House Democrats plan to reintroduce a bill banning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public lands.