(MissouriNet) – President Obama has vetoed legislation that would end further regulating the country’s rivers and streams.

On Wednesday the President vetoed what would have overturned the EPA’s rule known as the Waters of the U-S. Senator Blunt co-sponsored the legislation and said the EPA will have authority over nearly 100-percent of every body of water in the country. Blunt said this in turn creates more permitting requirements for Missourians and stifles economic and job growth.

Supporters of the rule said it would protect streams and wetlands from pollution by more clearly defining which waters are protected.