Posted on 01/21/2021 8:47:03 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A group of Republican senators are taking steps to block President Joe Biden’s executive actions to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and revoke a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) alongside other senators from central and western states said on Wednesday that they plan to introduce legislation to allow the Keystone XL Pipeline to continue construction. The senators will also put forward a resolution to urge Biden to submit the Paris climate agreement to the Senate for advice and consent before rejoining the treaty.
Revoking permits for the Keystone XL Pipeline undercuts a serious infrastructure project, renewable energy growth, and rail relief for grain. This admin can’t ask for unity & bipartisanship one minute but continue to push bad left-wing policy the next.
— Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) January 21, 2021
Their announcements come after Biden took actions to roll back former President Donald Trump’s decisions to withdraw from the Obama-era United Nations treaty and grant a permit to allow for the construction of the oil pipeline system that traverses through the U.S.-Canada border. Trump had previously criticized the Paris agreement for negatively impacting the U.S. economy and unbalanced standards between nations.
Similarly, the former president’s granting for the Keystone permit broke a decade-long stalemate in Congress and court litigation that stalled the construction of the oil pipeline system. The pipeline would ship crude oil from tar sands in western Canada across the continent to the Gulf Coast of the United States. It was a frequent target of environmentalists, who physically attempted to block its construction, but also supported by many for the jobs and energy security it could bring to America.
These day one executive actions have been widely criticized by Republican lawmakers and experts warning about the “devastating economic consequences” they could bring.
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See how that works?
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I’m sure Schumer and Pelosi will get right on it to allow those measures to come up for a vote...
“Trump could not rescind Hussein’s executive orders, but Biden can rescind Trump’s.”
How is that?
Tough guys now. I’m sure the Rats are quaking in their boots.
Means nothing...
Obama signed DACA on his way out the door after saying for years he didn’t have the power to do it, and the courts blocked Trump from rescinding it.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-blasts-totally-illegal-daca-obama
What makes you think Courts are principled?
I said nothing to give you the impression that’s what I thought.
Just pointing out the hypocrisy.
I read an article posted here on FreeRepublic earlier today that because of Dementia Joe’s executive action on the pipeline that 11,000 people were notified of layoffs. Among them are 8,000 Union Workers.
Do not ask, demand that the Paris Accord TREATY require a 2/3rds senate approval.
I know that union leadership is often corrupt, but at least they tend to be more sane than corporate boards that have gone SJW.
That sounds kind of weak. We never joined the treaty. AFAIK the senate never ratified it and Jugear's approval of it had zero authority to bind the U.S. to it.
wow!! What a bunch of tough guys!!
Not just Keystone XL. Williams has stopped their pipeline building activity. He says a huge waste of dollars already spent in prep work. No point in spending investment with Democraps in power.
Just wait till they eliminate the filibuster. It IS coming and dont forget it.
BTW, the Pr#ck Biden stopped all fracking today on public lands.
Didnt take long now did it? WAIT, they will ban ALL fracking on both public AND private lands. Give em time.
Trump won by a bazillion legit votes, yet Bidet’s still POTUS. Going after this demographic or that isn’t going to work anymore. Now you have to go after the voting machine and poll worker demographic.
I will bet you all this. In about two or three months they will be screaming for Trump.
Except for Mitch the B*tch.
Best thing for the state that have that pipeline going through is to simply tell the companies to keep building. Then file secession at the same time.
All posturing, now that there’s no chance of any of this going anywhere they can pretend like they’ve got a pair.
See, see! Republicans are fighting for us again! Boy howdy, I’m gonna donate every last penny to the RNC, NRSC, NRCC, and to all the grifter PACs and loser GOP strategists again! You purists who don’t support our Republicans want the Dems to win. DO YOU REALLY WANT BIDEN IN THE WH AND SCHUMER/PELOSI CONTROLLING CONGRESS FOR GOD’S SAKE???
We’ve seen this before my friends...
All kabuki theater - RINOs, all talk no action
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