Wednesday, February 11, 2015

House passes #Senate #KeystoneXL bill

CONGRESS CLEARS KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE BILL, SETTING UP VETO - AP
The House voted 270-152 to send the bill to the president, endorsing changes made by the Senate that stated climate change was real and not a hoax, and oil sands should no longer be exempt from a tax used to cleanup oil spills. Only one Republican voted against the measure.

But neither chamber has enough support to overcome a veto, and supporters were already strategizing on how to secure the pipeline's approval using other legislative means.