WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Congress has cleared a bill approving the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. That sets up a confrontation with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the measure.
The House voted 270-152 on Wednesday to send the bill to the president. Neither chamber has enough votes to overcome a veto.
The vote caps weeks of debate on a top priority for Congress after the GOP took control last month. Supporters are already planning on using other means to secure the pipeline’s approval.
First proposed in 2008, the Keystone XL pipeline would connect Canada’s tar sands to Gulf Coast refineries.
Republicans argued it was a jobs bill that would boost energy security. Democrats said it was a gift to the oil industry that would worsen global warming.
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Jobs, jobs, jobs…yeah, riiiiiight.
From DailyKos, here are the House Dems that voted for this shit:
This is the Democratic Hall of Shame imo.
Interesting to see that the congresscritter from NE makes this shameful cut since NE landowners have filed two lawsuits that could either shut down or delay XL. He needs to phone home. The good news is I don’t see any critters from the great state of California. Good for us.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/20/3613050/two-new-keystone-xl-lawsuits/
Your pen sir.
No Democratic Congresscritters from Michigan either. We have our own problems still with TransCanada on a tributary of the Kalamazoo river that still hasn’t been properly cleaned up from years ago. Same gooey shit that can’t be cleaned up once it leaks out of their bullshit pipelines…bitumen. On this issue, the company and the Congress that votes for this crap are silent. Pitiful.