House to accept Senate Keystone bill, setting up Obama veto

The House will accept the Senate’s Keystone XL pipeline bill next week, passing it and sending it on to President Obama for a final sign-or-veto decision, GOP leaders announced Tuesday.

They had a choice of accepting the Senate legislation, which is slightly different from the bill that passed the House earlier last month, or moving to go to a conference committee where the differences would be hammered out.

After a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, Majority Leader Kevin Mc