Posted on 11/18/2014 3:03:26 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Will it or won't it pass? Stay tuned..
I be-headed for the store....an brought me a case o beer.....an I drunk it 0bama self.
(In anticipation of the Keystone bill passing in January)
It won't be carrying Canadian oil exclusively. A significant part of the volume will be out of the Bakken Shale.
The Bakken is underserved by pipelines and is having to rely on rail transport -- relatively expensive and more subject to accidental spillage.
>> Reid scripted this vote by deciding exactly which dems would vote for the pipeline and to ensure that it failed by one vote <<
I think you nailed it. If Reid had thought passage would insure Babyfat’s re-election, the bill would now be heading to POTUS’ desk.
>> why don’t all states go to Jungle Primaries? <<
Probably would require constitutional amendments in most states. In other words, it ain’t necessarily all that easy.
They might want to get some pointers from the Indian Tribes of North Dakota....
An American Indian tribal group has received approval to take over a piece of land in oil-rich North Dakota and build a $400 million oil refinery.
The Three Affiliated Tribes received approval from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of the Interior to take over a 469-acre piece of land near New Town in northwestern North Dakota, between Williston and Minot.
The tribes plan to use 190 acres of the land to build a refinery that will take crude oil from the nearby Bakken region and produce up to 13,000 barrels a day of diesel fuel, gasoline and propane, the Bismarck Tribune reported.
The rest of the land will be used to raise buffalo.
WOW. Thanks.
Explains todays’ shenanigans. Warren needed SOME tribe to stand up and bitch.
Mary Landrieu....UNDER THE BUS!
“I think you nailed it. If Reid had thought passage would insure Babyfat’s re-election, the bill would now be heading to POTUS’ desk.”
I’ve read that this kind of thing is common in the house. When there is a must pass bill which causes certain members problems back home, Pelosi would decide which members could vote against it while still ensuring the bill would pass. Of course, the members then owed her a payback vote. It only makes sense that this goes on in the Senate.
Reid has protected his members for the last few years by ensuring his members could avoid certain votes by not bring bills (budget, keystone) to the floor. This was a little trickier, he had to demonstrate that Landrieu had influence to help her in her election. But he did not want to force Obama into a position where he would have to veto the bill. Hence, failing by one vote.
Once the GOP takes the Senate, Reid can ensure it continues to fail. It will only pass if enough dems decide to buck Reid (unlikely) or if Obama decides he needs to burnish his environmental wacko credentials by vetoing. Either way, it won’t pass.
I didn’t know that. Thank you for the info.
Add Heitcamp. Thought Gillibrand and Koblacher would help Mary out.
Kobluchar
The refinery will provide 300 local construction jobs and 75 to 100 full-time jobs after it’s operational, officials said.
The refinery is off of Highway 23 on 469 acres northwest of Makoti the tribe bought from Bernice Nelson of Minot, N.D., who used to farm on the property with her husband. Makoti, which had a population of 154 in 2010, is about 35 miles east of New Town.
The tribe has contributed $40 million toward the transloading facility portion of the project.
The approximate $450 million total cost will be financed with bonds, said Daniel Eastman, managing director of private investment banking firm John W. Loofbourrow Associates Inc., who traveled from New York to attend the ceremony.
Tribal members and others at the event praised Tribal Chairman Tex “Red Tipped Arrow” Hall for having the vision to pursue a refinery, a plan that began 10 years ago before the Bakken oil boom. Initially the proposal called for refining Canadian tar sands, but in 2008 the plans switched to refine the tribe’s own Bakken crude.
During the celebration, Hall reflected about his ancestors.
“We grew up poor. We were lucky if we had a pair of clean overalls,” Hall said. “But our parents made sure we went to school and got educated. They did the best they could for us. They didn’t know we’d have this oil and gas resource, but now we do. It’s our responsibility to manage it and we are.”
Three Affiliated Tribes officials are talking to other tribes about inter-tribe commerce agreements to distribute diesel from its refinery.
Representatives from several tribes, including the Spokane Tribe of Indians, attended the event and are interested in distributing the diesel.
- See more at: http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/14552/#sthash.46Fl7EDg.dpuf
Looked up Casey in the dictionary and all I saw was an empty suit.
Thanks. Fauxcahontas Warren is native-turfing the XL, that is now clear.
Thank you again.
Well, thank you Ray Of Sunshine!
/johnny
I wish Childers could have voted.
Keystone makes auto-body repair panels.
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