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Feb 23 2015
News
Obama expected to get Keystone bill on Tuesday
The Senate will send the Keystone XL pipeline bill to President Obama on Tuesday, senior congressional sources tell Fox News.
The bill, when it reaches the president’s desk, starts a constitutional "clock" by which the president must either sign or veto the legislation.
Obama has vowed to veto the measure if it reaches his desk before the State Department finishes its report.
Fox News (Online News)
Nov 19 2014
News
Senate Narrowly Defeats Keystone XL Bill
Keystone Supporters Fall One Vote Short in 59-41 Tally; 60 Votes Needed for Passage
Wall Street Journal (News)
Nov 13 2014
News
House, Senate to vote on Keystone XL pipeline
For the first time in the six-year fight over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, both houses of Congress will hold a vote on the proposed project, giving each side in a Louisiana Senate election a chance to boost its candidate.
Washington Post
Nov 19 2014
News
Beyond Senate defeat, ill omens for Keystone
Never mind the cliffhanger defeat for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Even if the Senate had passed the bill Tuesday, hints are mounting that President Barack Obama has hardened his stance against the $8 billion project and would veto any legislation greenlighting it, whether it comes from the current Democratic Senate or next year’s Republican Senate.
Politico
Nov 15 2014
News
House passes Keystone XL construction bill
The House easily passed a measure Friday authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, sending it on to the Senate where the issue is expected to come up for a vote on Tuesday.
Lawmakers voted 252 to 161 to approve the project. Thirty-one Democrats, including a handful who lost reelection last week, joined with all but one Republican who voted for the bill. Rep. Justin Amash (
Washington Post
Nov 19 2014
News
Keystone XL: Mary Landrieu’s final indignity
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) has participated in a keg stand. She has run this desperate ad. She lost an energy committee chairmanship that she often touted, when the GOP took the Senate on Nov. 4. She has clashed -- in front of reporters -- with a leader of her party. That same party basically abandoned her in her runoff campaign for a fourth term.
Washington Post
Feb 04 2014
News
Keystone pipeline: Obama will wait for Kerry's recommendation
Keystone pipeline President Obama will decide whether to approve the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Canada after John Kerry finishes reviewing the 11-volume environmental impact study.
Christian Science Monitor
Feb 01 2014
News
Keystone foes pinning final hopes on Obama
Green activists aren’t resigned to losing the Keystone battle. But Friday’s latest blow was yet another disappointment in their often-strained relationship with President Barack Obama. The new State Department report that discounted most of the environmental community’s warnings about the Keystone XL oil pipeline puts the fin
Politico
Feb 01 2014
Opinion
Keystone Pipeline to Be Built Because There’s No Reason Not To
The State Department today released its long-awaited environmental impact analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline. The analysis is key because President Obama announced last summer he would not approve the pipeline unless it was found to have no significant impact on climate change. And that’s what the analysis finds. It argues, as many other analysts have concluded, that if we block the pipeline
Jonathan Chait
Jan 29 2015
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Senate Approves Keystone XL
The Senate just passed a bill that approves construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. As you've no doubt heard, this project has plenty of fans and opponents. President Obama is currently on the "not a fan" side and has promised to veto the bill. Before its passage today, the Senate had been debating the bill, and many proposed amendments to it, all month. Media Snippets from the Right John Gable, AllSides Co-founder