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Senate Moves To Bypass Obama, Approve Keystone Pipeline
Fox Nation ^ | 5/5/2014 | Richard Berkow

Posted on 05/05/2014 5:37:33 AM PDT by thackney

The vote to authorize immediate construction of the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline may come to a crucial head next week, as two Senators introduced a bill on Thursday calling for binding legislation.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Montana; US: Nebraska; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: energy; keystone; keystonepipeline; keystonexl; oil; pipeline; senatebill
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To: thackney

Will Harry Reid even allow it to go up for a vote?


21 posted on 05/05/2014 6:49:46 AM PDT by spiderfern
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To: dsrtsage

When crossing the US border the State Department must approve. Effectively, that requires Presidential Approval.


22 posted on 05/05/2014 6:50:30 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Ingtar

Has Obama had to veto anything? Reid doesn’t let much non crony communist stuff get past him.


23 posted on 05/05/2014 6:53:15 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: ryan71

That’s right — make obama veto it, then make the Democrat Socialists in the Senate vote to uphold the veto — right before the election when the Democrat Socialists are out talking about jobs and such — trying to sound conservative — to hold onto their seats.


24 posted on 05/05/2014 6:54:35 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: grania
Only if Obama does not have the ability to veto one part but not the other. And if the jobs created have to go to US citizens.

He doesn't have a line item veto so he'd have to sign it or veto the entire thing.

25 posted on 05/05/2014 6:56:12 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
Could he (Obama) put the minimum wage in effect but tie up the pipeline with agencies and out-of-control judges?

If something has Schummer's name on it, there has to be a behind-the-scenes way to have it their way only.

26 posted on 05/05/2014 6:59:51 AM PDT by grania
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To: sport

You read my mind


27 posted on 05/05/2014 7:01:39 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: thackney

Some Democrats like Hoven and Landrieu are scared to death of the voter backlash to come in November.


28 posted on 05/05/2014 7:44:56 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: The Great RJ

They should be, but let us hope they don’t take it serious before then.


29 posted on 05/05/2014 7:53:46 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

Obama has been holding onto Keystone as an extortion bargaining chip for something really big. Is minimum wage going to be big enough to get him DNC votes? That’s a big bargaining chip. I’m not sure min-wage is gonna do it.


30 posted on 05/05/2014 7:56:27 AM PDT by Ms. Blunt
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To: Ms. Blunt

I think both sides are milking it for fund raising.


31 posted on 05/05/2014 8:05:36 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: dsrtsage

No...It’s only because another nation is involved, i.e., the line is crossing the USA/Canada border.


32 posted on 05/05/2014 8:46:44 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: grania

Schumer is pretending again...The President holds the card...well...let’s put it another way...Soros holds the card...


33 posted on 05/05/2014 8:49:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: CPT Clay

The first thing I thought was which senators up for reelection are sponsoring this. What a shame that these people don’t make a move unless and until their election campaign is in trouble.


34 posted on 05/05/2014 8:53:02 AM PDT by uncitizen
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To: uncitizen

Call it leverage


35 posted on 05/07/2014 5:25:23 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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