Roll Call Vote on S.2280, Keystone Pipeline

United States Senate Democrats ^ | 11/18/2014 | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

[mdittmar]

5:55pm The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on passage of S.2280, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline [60-vote threshold].

[KoRn]

So?

[Mmogamer]

nope

[thackney]

Senate rejects Keystone XL bill
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/11/18/senate-rejects-keystone-xl-bill/
November 18, 2014 at 5:17 pm

The Senate narrowly rejected legislation to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the oil industry and Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has staked her political career on the outcome.

[EQAndyBuzz]

They need 15 votes.

[GeronL]

So they couldn’t even get some Democrats on board?

There is always next year.

[thackney]

They got some, just not enough.

[Bettyprob]

In 2015, it will pass and Obama will veto it.

[Ingtar]

There may be enough threatened Dim Senators to override come January, if the GOP realizes what the last election means in time.

[ravenwolf]

The Senate narrowly rejected legislation to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the oil industry and Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has staked her political career on the outcome.

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I guess I don`t understand this, how do theydeal a major blow to the oil industry and a democrat at the same time?

I thought the demos were against it.

[bill1952]

Good. That’s another Senate seat lost to the liberal trash infesting the body politic.

[11th Commandment]

Support for Keystone-

If you take out increase in oil production in the US, GDP has not grown at all since Obama took office.

Lack of pipeline is putting a stain on other goods and commodities that need to be transported - corn, soy wheat, coal, because oil is taking alot of rail capacity. Transportation costs by truck is much more expensive creating inflation for consumers and unnecessary wear on the US highway system.

Democrats talk about infrastructure "investment" yet won't vote for new pipeline.

Oil production has not been detered by democrats not voting for more pipelines. All you have done is cause consumers to pay more for goods and gas by adding unnessary transportation costs to products.

[VRWCarea51]

No, they made on of their major donors quite wealthy...
Warren Buffet

[jwalsh07]

Well not all. Obama has also lined the pockets of Warren Buffett at our expense. Just saying.

[deport]

Another thread with over 100 comments if anyone is interested:

XL Keystone vote underway in Congress (Live Thread)

[BillyBoy]

Who voted yes and who voted no? All I see in every article is that failed “59-41”. I want names.

[deport]

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---59
Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Donnelly (D-IN)	Enzi (R-WY) Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagan (D-NC) Hatch (R-UT) Heitkamp (D-ND) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (R-WI) Kirk (R-IL) Landrieu (D-LA) Lee (R-UT) Manchin (D-WV) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO)	McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK) Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH) Pryor (D-AR) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rubio (R-FL) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Walsh (D-MT) Warner (D-VA) Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---41
Baldwin (D-WI) Blumenthal (D-CT) Booker (D-NJ) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Coons (D-DE) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Harkin (D-IA) Heinrich (D-NM)	Hirono (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Klobuchar (D-MN) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Markey (D-MA) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL)	Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

[CharlesWayneCT]

So, Reid allows a rare vote on something, and the democrats filibuster it, standing in the way of something a large bipartisan majority supports.

It is nice that at the end, Reid does well in proving to America who are the true obstructionists.

[thackney]

Because Landrieu is from oil producing Louisiana. She has to pretend to support oil & refining. It isn’t working. She is going to lose the runoff.

[ravenwolf]

Because Landrieu is from oil producing Louisiana. She has to pretend to support oil & refining. It isn’t working. She is going to lose the runoff.

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Ok, that explains it and thanks.