{"id":7363,"date":"2012-03-09T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7363"},"modified":"2012-03-09T00:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T08:02:00","slug":"keystone-xl-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/09\/keystone-xl-defeated\/","title":{"rendered":"Keystone XL Defeated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the Keystone XL Pipeline came up for a vote in the Senate and was defeated in a rare Democratic filibuster of the amendment.  As anticipated, the Republican Party goose-stepped in lock step to support the measure.  Sadly six Democrats goose-stepped with the Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n

The six Democrats, who deserve your wrath, if they are yours, are<\/a>: Max Baucus, Jon Tester, Kent Conrad, Bob Casey, Claire McCaskill and Jim Webb<\/font><\/strong>. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\"9Keystone-XL\"The Senate narrowly rejected a Republican-sponsored measure Thursday that would have bypassed the Obama administration’s current objections to the Keystone XL pipeline and allowed construction on the controversial project to move forward immediately.<\/p>\n

Fifty-six senators voted in favor of the amendment — four short of the 60 required for approval. Eleven Democrats joined a unanimous Republican caucus in backing the plan.<\/p>\n

The proposed 1,700-mile long pipeline expansion, intended to carry crude oil from Canada’s oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast, has become a political lightning rod. Supporters, including the oil industry, say it’s a vital job creator that will lessen the country’s dependence on oil imported from volatile regions.<\/p>\n

Opponents say the pipeline may leak, and that it will lock the United States into a particularly dirty form of crude that might ultimately end up being exported anyway<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The measure has sharply divided key Democratic constituencies. Labor unions largely back the plan while environmentalists oppose it.<\/p>\n

President Barack Obama rejected a bid in January to expedite the pipeline, arguing that a decision deadline imposed by Congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct necessary reviews. Administration officials have said the president may still eventually give the project a green light, though critics accuse him of trying to delay a final decision until after the November election.<\/p>\n

Obama personally lobbied wavering Democrats to block passage of the amendment<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Before and since, Republicans have tried to link Obama\u2019s opposition to the pipeline with higher gas prices.  <\/font>On Wednesday night Ed Schultz offered an excellent piece covering Republican hypocrisy on this issue.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, aka Fox, doesn’t look too fair and balanced there, do they?<\/font><\/p>\n

Had Barack Obama not personally lobbied against Keystone XL, it might well have passed.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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