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| Oil Pipeline To Top US Senate Agenda Next Year |
| 2014-12-17 |
[Ynet] Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says approving the Keystone XL pipeline will top the Senate agenda in January. The issue could set up an early 2015 veto confrontation with President Barack ObamaRepublicans can come along for the ride, but they've got to sit in the back... Congressional Republicans have been pushing for approval of the pipeline for years. Obama has resisted because of environmental concerns. The pipeline would carry oil from Canada into the United States and eventually to the Texas Gulf Coast. The Republican-led House has repeatedly passed legislation approving the pipeline. But the bills have died in the Democratic-controlled Senate. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Woozie, agreed. I may not defeat you but my children's children will. |
| Posted by: Omilet Thruck9417 2014-12-17 21:08 |
| #4 With oil prices down as far as they are I don't see a pipeline project attracting investors anytime soon. Actually, this is the best time to build it. Prices WILL go up and savvy industry players know this. There are deep pocket investors here waiting for the wobbly energy players to succumb to the low prices. Then they snap up the distressed assets. Building the pipeline know makes a lot of sense. |
| Posted by: Woozle Scourge of the Wee Folk4194 2014-12-17 12:25 |
| #3 Republicans and Democrats are two wings of the same turkey. Keep voting. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2014-12-17 09:23 |
| #2 With oil prices down as far as they are I don't see a pipeline project attracting investors anytime soon. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-12-17 08:53 |
| #1 Yup - the week after House Repubs folded like cheap tents on funding Obamacare & amnesty, and oil prices are falling like a rock. Brilliant! |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-12-17 00:27 |