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Senate approves Keystone bill, White House threatens veto
Fox News ^ | January 29, 2014

Posted on 01/29/2015 1:40:30 PM PST by what's up

The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a looming veto showdown with the White House.

The legislation passed on a 62-36 vote

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; epa; keystone; keystonexl; oil; pipeline; veto
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They will need an addition 5 votes to override.

Don't know if it can't be done, but it's GOOD that Obama will have to be seen as vetoing what's good for America.

1 posted on 01/29/2015 1:40:30 PM PST by what's up
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“...Obama will have to be seen as vetoing what’s good for America.”

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Yes, well, virtually everything he has done has been “TO” America, as opposed to “FOR” America. Why should he stop now? Just not part of the agenda.


2 posted on 01/29/2015 1:47:14 PM PST by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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Yes, that is very good. Maybe the unions can put pressure on five Demon Rats and some Rats in the House to override Hussein.


3 posted on 01/29/2015 1:47:47 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: what's up

Pass it. That’s the right thing to do. The imposter will veto it, and show the country where he stands: rewarding his buddies in the envirowacko movement.


4 posted on 01/29/2015 1:47:50 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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it’s GOOD that Obama will have to be seen as vetoing what’s good for America


Repeatedly, once a week.


5 posted on 01/29/2015 1:49:10 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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The timing is curious.

I am wondering if obama and his saudi overlords brought down the price of oil to coincide with this bill, to attempt to make its necessity questionable.


6 posted on 01/29/2015 1:49:37 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: what's up

Marco Rubio was absent, that would be 63. So we need to turn 4 more Dems. Here are the dems who voted for it:

Bennet (D-CO)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Kaine (D-VA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Tester (D-MT)
Warner (D-VA)


7 posted on 01/29/2015 1:53:59 PM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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Except the electorate knows the O&G players are doing everything they can to get the price back up. May as well have it built by the time the oil market ‘recovers’.


8 posted on 01/29/2015 1:58:30 PM PST by txhurl (RINOs: conservatives aren't electable yet they disguise themselves as conservatives to win.)
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but it's GOOD that Obama will have to be seen as vetoing what's good for America.

With reid out of the picture it's finally time that the American public gets to see where the obstructionism truly resides.

9 posted on 01/29/2015 2:02:33 PM PST by pfflier
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The bill should have been stand alone , a simple up or down vote ...has anyone seen the bill after all the add on’s and amendments?...when will they defund anything ?...my disgust towards the federal government is beyond measure. I suggest to all able to become self-employed and show just enough to support yourself...cash only and a pre=paid credit card ...give them nothing.


10 posted on 01/29/2015 2:04:14 PM PST by mythenjoseph (Separation of powers)
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To: BigEdLB

I see Carper (D-DE) is not on the list.

He has voted for the pipeline in the past.

Our other Senator , Coons, is a moron.


11 posted on 01/29/2015 2:06:58 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: JudyinCanada
I do think that the lower price of oil is largely because of the abundance due to fracking.

It's a good thing for the US but it will take time for demand to grow due to the mythological bias Americans have been brainwashed into regarding the environment.

Getting the Keystone bill to pass congress WITH almost 1/4 of Dems voting in favor helps to slowly dispel the myth. As this continues, American will use more oil and the price increases.

12 posted on 01/29/2015 2:07:53 PM PST by what's up
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To: BigEdLB

LOL!
Warner and Kaine are in a pickle without their master Harry Reid.
Should be lots of interesting votes for them in the next two years. Even the GOPe can’t screw that up.


13 posted on 01/29/2015 2:09:16 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: BigEdLB

I see Carper (D-DE) is not on the list.

He has voted for the pipeline in the past.


Three more now.


14 posted on 01/29/2015 2:10:40 PM PST by txhurl (RINOs: conservatives aren't electable yet they disguise themselves as conservatives to win.)
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Both the Saudis and OPEC understand what low prices do to fracking ventures currently underway...


15 posted on 01/29/2015 2:15:44 PM PST by freepersup (Patrolling the waters off Free Republic one dhow at a time.)
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To: what's up
My question is, “With the price of a barrel of oil about $50, who is gonna pay for Keystone XL even if we did get it past Obama?"
16 posted on 01/29/2015 2:16:02 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism'; is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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Maybe that there are at least 4 laying low....so Obama doesn't stab them before they get a chance to vote.

That's how it's played. That's how Obama-care-not got passed.

17 posted on 01/29/2015 2:38:51 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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Due to investments already committed, oil-sands production is poised to rise 36 percent to at least 2.6 million barrels a day by 2017, Peters & Co., a Calgary-based investment bank, said in a November forecast.

Projects now under construction will require 1 million barrels a day of new pipeline space, said Chris Cox, an analyst at Raymond James Ltd. in Calgary.

“What you should expect this year is that all incremental heavy oil barrels are effectively going to be transported by rail,” Cox said....

Canada Doesn’t Need Keystone XL to Win U.S. Crude Supply Battle
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-08/canada-wins-u-s-crude-supply-battle-without-keystone-xl.html


18 posted on 01/29/2015 2:45:13 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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Pipelines are not justified on the price of oil. They make money by the difference in the price of oil based upon location. We will end up using more, not less oil with low prices.


19 posted on 01/29/2015 2:46:37 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: JudyinCanada

Good observation.


20 posted on 01/29/2015 2:52:48 PM PST by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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