The House easily approved a water infrastructure bill Tuesday to fight flooding and extreme storms, improve the nation’s ports, and support ecosystem restoration.
The “Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act” passed 399-18 and now heads to the Senate. All the opponents were Republicans.
The bipartisan compromise bill would authorize a range of flood protection, navigation and restoration projects and studies, as well as direct the Army Corps of Engineers to make major policy changes.
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Top members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee had been negotiating in recent weeks to get a final bill over the finish line.
