https://freerepublic.com/tag/genekarpinski/ en-us Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:39:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004842/posts Senate votes on climate change and the Keystone XL oil pipeline laid bare divisions among Democrats — and underscored why the White House, not Congress, will be where the critical climate decisions reside in President Obama’s second term.Several votes during the freewheeling debate over a nonbinding budget plan provided a political barometer of where the chamber, including vulnerable Democrats, stand on the topics. Advocates of the proposed pipeline scored a symbolic victory Friday when 62 lawmakers voted for an amendment backing the project to bring oil from Canadian tar sands projects to Gulf Coast refineries. Seventeen Democrats supported Sen.... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004842/posts#comment Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:39:01 GMT