HOUSE APPROVES KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

The Hill ^ | 1-9-15 | Cristina Marcos/ Laura Barron-Lopez

[RushingWater]

kabuki theater

I agree. The real vote that mattered was the one for the Speakership. I say, invite these posers to the microphone with Keystone talking points as bait, then hammer them on their shameful Speakership and budget vote.

[Lou L]

Would there be enough votes to override the veto?

Two-thirds of the House would be approximately 287 votes.

[grania]

The real vote that mattered was funding Obama's agenda before the last session ended. Obama doesn't have to do anything now, just take vacations and dare the HOR to not fund issues that relate to terrorism.

That's the main reason that the new Republican HOR reps voting for Boehner is so outrageous. He nullified their election before they even got to DC.

[PDMiller]

From Justin Amash’s Facebook page:
“I voted present on H R 3, Northern Route Approval Act. The Keystone XL pipeline is a private project owned by TransCanada Corporation. This bill improperly exempts TransCanada Corporation—and no other company—from laws that require pipeline owners and operators to obtain certain government permits and approvals.

I support construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, and holding it up for over four years (with no end in sight) for political reasons is wrong. It’s improper, however, for Congress to write a bill that names and benefits one private project, while doing nothing to address the underlying problems that allowed such delays to occur. The Constitution gives Congress the power “to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,” but the Rule of Law requires that legislation be of general, not specific, applicability. A proper bill would address the circumstances that allow *any* such project to be held up for political reasons, not just Keystone XL.

As F.A. Hayek explained in The Constitution of Liberty: “It is because the lawgiver does not know the particular cases to which his rules will apply, and it is because the judge who applies them has no choice in drawing the conclusions that follow from the existing body of rules and the particular facts of the case, that it can be said that laws and not men rule. Because the rule is laid down in ignorance of the particular case and no man’s will decides the coercion used to enforce it, the law is not arbitrary. This, however, is true only if by ‘law’ we mean the general rules that apply equally to everybody. This generality is probably the most important aspect of that attribute of law which we have called its ‘abstractness.’ As a true law should not name any particulars, so it should especially not single out any specific persons or group of persons.”

My commitment to my constituents when I took office was that I may vote present on legislation in three extremely rare circumstances (this is the 12th present vote out of nearly two thousand votes in Congress): (1) when I could otherwise support the legislation, but the legislation uses improper means to achieve its ends, e.g., singling out a specific person or group for special treatment; (2) when Representatives have not been given a reasonable amount of time to consider the legislation; or (3) when I have a conflict of interest, such as a personal or financial interest in the legislation—a circumstance that hasn’t happened yet and I don’t anticipate happening.

H R 3 uses improper means to accomplish its laudable goal by singling out TransCanada Corporation and its Keystone XL pipeline for special treatment.

It passed 241-175-1.”

[American Constitutionalist]

It’s amazing who when they see things from a different perspective changes their motives.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

435 x 0.667 = 290.145

[Praxeologue]

This bill improperly exempts (a company) from laws that require pipeline owners and operators to obtain certain government permits and approvals.

Pompous nonsense, Mr. Amash, along with your quoting a Viennese economist concerning American Rule of Law.

We still do not know the reason that you voted against Keystone.

[glorgau]

The House on Friday passed a yet another bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline...

[Lou L]

I used 0.66 in my calculation, and called it an "approximation" in my posting. I was using the number as an illustration as to how far off we were from a potential override. But 287 is pretty darn close to 290, at least in my book.

Have you considered where we would find .145 of a Representative?

[exit82]

Have you considered where we would find .145 of a Representative?

Coincidentally, that is the exact percentage of how much of her brain Sheila Jackson Lee uses....

[thackney]

Murkowski Keystone XL bill clears committee, heads for Senate floor
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2015/01/murkowski-keystone-xl-bill-clears-committee-heads-for-senate-floor.html?cmpid=EnlDailyJanuary92015

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee marked up and approved Chair Lisa Murkowski’s bill approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The 13-9 vote sends the measure to the full Senate, which is expected to debate and vote on it next week.

[minnesota_bound]

#24 I suspect someone has photos of him in a motel room with someone not his wife.

[sheana]

I read these articles just so I know what’s going on. They enhance my already pathetic view of the Republicans in Congress. I am done with them. No hope left and I refuse to participate in their kabuki theatre any more.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Have you considered where we would find .145 of a Representative?

Yes, right here in SW Ohio. My Congressman. John Boehner.

[Revelation 911]

i’ve taken it a step further....I’m here in NY - conservatives be damned here.....I switched to dem last election to screw with thier primaries LOL

[sheana]

Well I registered as an Independent when George Bush said....see you at the signing. Every go around I just care less and less. I participated til I realized they really don’t care what we want or think. Now it’s all theatre and I refuse to participate.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks thackney for both links:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3245198/posts?page=13#13

[Lou L]

LOL!