Tester, Mancin, Heitkamp, and Donnelly appear to be locks along with Warner. McCaskill will probably come along since she is up for reelection. The rest will be replaced by Reps.
Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.) Bennet brought the vote total in favor of Keystone to 59 on Friday when Landrieu told reporters that Bennet “feels very strongly” about Keystone, and that he would support the bill.
Sen. Bob Casey (Penn.) Casey supported the pipeline earlier this year, and was one of the first to get behind Landrieu’s push last week. He will vote “yes” to approve Keystone on Tuesday.
Sen. Tom Carper (Del.) Will vote “yes,” in favor of the pipeline on Tuesday. He said “enough already” on Thursday. “Let's clear the decks” and start talking about other issues, Carper said.
We can speculate about if the bill will pass the new senate but it’s pretty sure there are not enough votes to overcome the veto.
As I said before. These votes are often scripted to produce a result. Failing by only one vote was the most powerful effort Reid could provide to support Landrieu without forcing Obama to cast a veto. If, and when, Landrieu loses her seat, there will be no reason for the dems to support her by voting for the bill.
Wow!?! They woke up Sen. UniBrow Casey and he voted FOR the pipeline...he must be feeling some energy related heat here in PA to break his bromance w/Barack.
Let’s hope it becomes too little too late when re-election comes around.