Senate unexpectedly rejects bid to repeal a key Obama-era environmental regulation - The Washington Post

The vote marks the first defeat for Congress efforts to repeal Obama-era environmental standards since Trump became president.

Before this year, Congress had only nullified one rule, a regulation on ergonomics Bill Clinton enacted during his final year in office. In less than four months Republicans have wiped away rules covering everything from limits on the dumping of waste from surface mining operations to enlarging states’ power to offer retirement accounts to private-sector workers.