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House passes bill to fast-track Keystone XL oil pipeline
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| 11/14/2014
| Jake Miller
Posted on 11/14/2014 10:29:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
I think the Senate and the House might possibly muster 2/3 of their respective chamber’s votes to override an expected Obama veto.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:31:20 AM PST
by
SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
They might now.
Personally I think the whole fight could be avoided if we return the power to the states. There’s no reason anyone outside the directly affected states should have a say.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:33:48 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(You can't half ass conservatism.)
To: cripplecreek
Oooh.. I see a Keystone for Illegal Amnesty fight brewing.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:38:53 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Ebola: Satan's End Game for Humanity.)
To: SeekAndFind
I think the Senate and the House might possibly muster 2/3 of their respective chambers votes to override an expected Obama veto.I think everyone realizes it's just a ploy to boost Landrieu in her runoff bid, and nothing else. I seriously doubt that the current Senate could muster votes to override an Obama veto. Their allegiance to Dear Leader will not be swayed by short term support for one of their members who everyone expects to be lose in a tidal wave to Cassidy.
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:39:51 AM PST
by
CedarDave
To: SeekAndFind
need 290 to override a veto
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:41:21 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: SeekAndFind
Landrieu said Wednesday that she's more concerned about passing the bill than fencing with her opponent over who receives the credit for it. I am sure she would feel the same if she were 16 points up.
/s
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:41:57 AM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village.)
To: SeekAndFind
Pretty close to 2/3s to override a veto. Is that a warning to Obama?
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
11/14/2014 10:44:59 AM PST
by
Minsc
To: TexasFreeper2009
Not sure...That’s only if all 435 members vote.
To: cripplecreek
Theres no reason anyone outside the directly affected states should have a say.
That would give idiots like Mark Dayton and John Hickenlooper a veto over national energy policy.
To: Buckeye McFrog
That would give idiots like Mark Dayton and John Hickenlooper a veto over national energy policy.
It would have been fought over and decided within their states years ago. A pipeline abruptly ending at the state line would be a rather visible incentive.
There are plenty of other impediments to progress that could be overcome by putting the senate back in their rightful place. The great lakes directional drilling ban and the fight over ANWR drilling to name a couple.
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posted on
11/14/2014 11:00:11 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(You can't half ass conservatism.)
To: SeekAndFind
I know why this is happening (Landrieu), but all Americans see is this: ‘Republicans win on Nov. 4th, XL Keystone finally on the road to passage 10 days later.’
To: cripplecreek
Ostensibly this is an international agreement, and certainly it is interstate, so that ends up as federal.
...of course they could build it right up to the borders and provide other means to get it across... :)
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posted on
11/14/2014 11:35:19 AM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Sacajaweau; Minsc
The vote was 252-161 in favor of Keystone.
Unfortunately, this tells me that if Obama (as expected), vetos it, there will not be enough votes in the House to override it. We need at least 290.
So, nice try, but not even close to have a cigar.
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posted on
11/14/2014 11:37:48 AM PST
by
SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
They’ll have to revote on the override. Fat chance but you never know.
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posted on
11/14/2014 11:45:39 AM PST
by
Minsc
To: SeekAndFind
That vote was 63%...pretty close. 2/3's of those voting. Not 2/3s of 435.
Perhaps a bunch of Dems will simply not vote. At this point, they don't give a damn about Obama.
To: Sacajaweau
RE: That vote was 63%...pretty close. 2/3’s of those voting. Not 2/3s of 435.
OK, that was 413 votes with 252 in favor.
We’ll still need to find over 20 Democrat votes to override.
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posted on
11/14/2014 12:01:51 PM PST
by
SeekAndFind
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To: Sacajaweau
And in the Senate, we’ll need to find 13 additional Democrats who will defy their party to vote to override Obama’s veto (assuming Bill Cassidy wins the Dec. 6 Louisiana runoff ).
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posted on
11/14/2014 12:03:06 PM PST
by
SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Bipartisan NIMBY real estate interests and other anti-competition interests will look to their leader from their closets as a last hope for stopping the Keystone XL. Real estate is dead for at least two more decades. They should just let it go.
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posted on
11/14/2014 12:03:14 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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