THE HILL • July 27, 2023
The House voted Thursday to overturn two Biden administration Endangered Species Act (ESA) rules, sending the resolutions to the president, who has vowed to veto them. The Senate voted in favor of both resolutions in May by a 51-49 margin in both cases. One resolution passed the House 220-208 with Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and a Democrat from Texas joining all Republicans but one. The Congressional Review Act allows a simple majority of both chambers of Congress to vote to overturn executive rulemaking. The Republicans’ House majority has frequently used the law to target the Biden administration’s environment regulations.