Posted on 01/29/2015 11:21:16 AM PST by Din Maker
The Keystone XL pipeline is closer than it’s ever been to approval after the Senate overcame a Democrat-led filibuster Thursday and was headed for a final passage vote later in the day — setting up an eventual showdown with President Obama, who has promised a veto.
Nine Democrats bucked Mr. Obama’s threat and voted with 53 Republicans to approve the pipeline, which has taken on a political significance far beyond the 830,000 barrels per day of tar sands oil that it is projected to carry if it ever gets built. It marks the first major legislation to clear the Senate since the GOP took control earlier this month, and serves as a key test of how willing Democrats will be to challenge their lame-duck party leader, Mr. Obama.
“This took a bipartisan effort to get done. That’s what the people want,” said Sen. John Hoeven, the North Dakota Republican who sponsored the legislation.
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And destined for a veto. >:-(
If Obama vetoes it, I hope both houses override it. Maybe the Dems are catching on.
Need to inflate the balls of 5 more democrats.
And a veto “override” is getting more doable every day.
Possible alternate titles:
GOP breaks Harry Ried’s filibuster
Harry Ried fails and Fillibuster
Ried gets pipe shoved down throat
Keystone kicks Ried’s keister
What a great country we are, can’t even build a stinking pipe because of the left’s religion.
Maybe the Dems are realizing that Obama's money men don't fill their coffers.
Hope so, it will hurt the Rats.
But I look for Bam to demand amnesty in return for not vetoing it.
Would be nice to see a veto override. Shove it down his throat.
And no Norm Coleman to be the stick in the mud like he was in 2oo5.. Same old Mitch tho
Thank goodness.
It won't be built until Obama is gone.
There were a lot of Dem amendments...wonder how many of them made it to the final bill. I didn’t like any of them.
Yes, Obama will veto the bill, and the Representatives and Senators will have to vote yea or nay (or present) on the override. A no vote for Dims in blue districts/states will be an act of political suicide.
Obama is the gift that keeps on giving.
Good. Make him veto it.
He will be brash enough to claim that Congress is trying to usurp his authority.
Exactly. Put Obama along with each and every senator and representative on record with a yay or nay. Let the chips fall where they may.
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