Posted on 11/19/2014 9:14:29 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
Desperate Sen. Mary Landrieu loses the vote, and likely her Senate seat as well.
The ongoing theatrics surrounding the Keystone XL pipeline continued in earnest Tuesday. Desperate Democrat incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) spent the afternoon trying to secure the critical 60th vote necessary for the filibuster-proof majority that would get the legislation through the Senate and onto Obama’s desk, while her fellow Democrats weighed the pros and cons of alienating their radical environmentalist constituency. Democrats chose to stand with the radicals, defeating the bill by a 59-41 vote.
By the middle of the afternoon, Landrieu’s chances of winning over one more Democrat looked increasingly slim. Every one of the Senate’s 45 Republicans were on board, but Democrat support that included those who cosponsored Landrieu’s bill, as well as those who had publicly voiced their commitment to its passage, brought the overall total to 59 votes. On Monday, two Senators Landrieu thought she might flip, Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Carl Levin (D-MI), both reaffirmed their intention to vote against the project. They were joined Tuesday by Sen. Angus King (I-ME). “Congress is not--nor should it be--in the business of legislating the approval or disapproval of a construction project,” he said in a news release.
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Our Canadian friends to the north need not worry but hopefully will be patient, the republicans are coming in 2015 and will address the issue once again....
That Obama! ..he just won’t compromise or work with Congress!
You noticed that too.
I think that hildabitch is in trouble and she knows it.
Wait until Trey Gowdy gets his investigation out and about next year.
One no vote was Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) who just killed hundreds of new jobs in South Dakota. At least we are soon to be rid of Timmy as he chose not to seek reelection and former GOP governor Mike Rounds has been elected.
Should we expect the same, more, or less results than Darell Issa w/ Fast & Furious?
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