Senate Defeats Bill on Keystone XL Pipeline in Narrow Vote

[RonPaul4Prez2012]

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, by a single vote, stopped legislation that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, one of the most fractious and expensive battles of the Obama presidency.

The vote represented a victory for the environmental movement, but the fight had taken on larger dimensions as a proxy war between Republicans, who argued that the project was vital for job creation, and President Obama, who had delayed a decision on building it.

Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, who is facing a runoff election Dec. 6, had pleaded with her colleagues throughout the day to support the pipeline, leading to a rare suspense-filled roll call in the Senate. But she was ultimately rebuffed and fell short by one. The bill was defeated with 59 votes in favor and 41 against, and Ms. Landrieu needing 60 votes to proceed.

Republicans vowed to bring back the Keystone bill as soon as they return in January, when they will hold the majority. Speaking on the Senate floor moments after the vote, Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the incoming majority leader, said that he would immediately bring up a Keystone bill when the new Senate convenes.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/us...line.html?_r=0

[georgiaboy]

wow, guess proud Mary just got sent on down the river.

she probably wasn't gonna win her runoff anyways, but this would've been a nice swan song.

[HOLLYWOOD]

lol... boy are these political progressive-socialists looney tunes.

There's over a 1/2 million miles of major fossil fuel pipelines throughout the US.

There's over 2 million miles of fuel delivery pipelines throughout the US.


Delusional Washington DC... all for a delay of 47 days until January 3 (114th United States Congress sworn-in)

[Tod]

Does building the Keystone Pipeline involve eminent domain? If so, then I oppose it too. Eminent domain is theft (even when the state "pays for what they take") and theft is morally indefensible.

[invisible]

Does building the Keystone Pipeline involve eminent domain? If so, then I oppose it too. Eminent domain is theft (even when the state "pays for what they take") and theft is morally indefensible.

It sure does! Massive amounts of ED. IIRC, it's supposed to run from western ND or Alberta, past Kansas City, to Houston. I don't know about anyone else in Congress, but I do know that Amash voted against it.

[Natural Citizen]

It sure does! Massive amounts of ED. IIRC, it's supposed to run from western ND or Alberta, past Kansas City, to Houston. I don't know about anyone else in Congress, but I do know that Amash voted against it.

Yeah, this has been a huge battle and legacy/corporate media has done little to report on it leaving the public blind to the matter.

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who was considered a "swing vote" regarding the the bill, said it was not Congress' place to decide Keystone's fate.

"Congress is not -- nor should it be -- in the business of legislating the approval or disapproval of a construction project," he said in a statement.

"And while I am frustrated that the President has refused to make a decision on the future of the pipeline, I don’t believe that short-circuiting the process to circumvent his Administration is in the best interest of the American people."

[Ronin Truth]

POTUS Snickerdoodle could also veto passage in January.

[kcchiefs6465]

Does building the Keystone Pipeline involve eminent domain? If so, then I oppose it too. Eminent domain is theft (even when the state "pays for what they take") and theft is morally indefensible.

They aren't going to zigzag around parcels of land, that's for sure.

[Anti-Neocon]

Good. Congress was getting very belligerent thinking they could frame TransCanada's right to build on YOUR land as a freedom issue.

[lib3rtarian]

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113^th Congress - 2^nd Sessionas compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On Passage of the Bill (S.2280 )
Vote Number:	280	Vote Date:	November 18, 2014, 05:55 PM
Required For Majority:	3/5	Vote Result:	Bill Defeated
Measure Number:	S. 2280
Measure Title:	A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	59
	NAYs	41

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Alexander (R-TN), Yea Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Baldwin (D-WI), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Yea Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay Blunt (R-MO), Yea Booker (D-NJ), Nay Boozman (R-AR), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Brown (D-OH), Nay Burr (R-NC), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Cardin (D-MD), Nay Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Coats (R-IN), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Coons (D-DE), Nay Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Cruz (R-TX), Yea Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Fischer (R-NE), Yea Flake (R-AZ), Yea Franken (D-MN), Nay

Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Heinrich (D-NM), Nay Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea Heller (R-NV), Yea Hirono (D-HI), Nay Hoeven (R-ND), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Nay Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kaine (D-VA), Nay King (I-ME), Nay Kirk (R-IL), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Nay Lee (R-UT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Nay Manchin (D-WV), Yea Markey (D-MA), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Merkley (D-OR), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Moran (R-KS), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea

Murphy (D-CT), Nay Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay Paul (R-KY), Yea Portman (R-OH), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Risch (R-ID), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Rubio (R-FL), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schatz (D-HI), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Scott (R-SC), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea Udall (D-CO), Nay Udall (D-NM), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Yea Walsh (D-MT), Yea Warner (D-VA), Yea Warren (D-MA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---59
Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Donnelly (D-IN)	Enzi (R-WY) Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagan (D-NC) Hatch (R-UT) Heitkamp (D-ND) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (R-WI) Kirk (R-IL) Landrieu (D-LA) Lee (R-UT) Manchin (D-WV) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO)	McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK) Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH) Pryor (D-AR) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rubio (R-FL) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Walsh (D-MT) Warner (D-VA) Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---41
Baldwin (D-WI) Blumenthal (D-CT) Booker (D-NJ) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Coons (D-DE) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Harkin (D-IA) Heinrich (D-NM)	Hirono (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Klobuchar (D-MN) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Markey (D-MA) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL)	Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

Grouped by Home State

Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Yea	Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Alaska:	Begich (D-AK), Yea	Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Arizona:	Flake (R-AZ), Yea	McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas:	Boozman (R-AR), Yea	Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Nay	Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Colorado:	Bennet (D-CO), Yea	Udall (D-CO), Nay
Connecticut:	Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay	Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Delaware:	Carper (D-DE), Yea	Coons (D-DE), Nay
Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Nay	Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Georgia:	Chambliss (R-GA), Yea	Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii:	Hirono (D-HI), Nay	Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Idaho:	Crapo (R-ID), Yea	Risch (R-ID), Yea
Illinois:	Durbin (D-IL), Nay	Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Indiana:	Coats (R-IN), Yea	Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Grassley (R-IA), Yea	Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Kansas:	Moran (R-KS), Yea	Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky:	McConnell (R-KY), Yea	Paul (R-KY), Yea
Louisiana:	Landrieu (D-LA), Yea	Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Yea	King (I-ME), Nay
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Nay	Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
Massachusetts:	Markey (D-MA), Nay	Warren (D-MA), Nay
Michigan:	Levin (D-MI), Nay	Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Minnesota:	Franken (D-MN), Nay	Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Yea	Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Missouri:	Blunt (R-MO), Yea	McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Montana:	Tester (D-MT), Yea	Walsh (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska:	Fischer (R-NE), Yea	Johanns (R-NE), Yea
Nevada:	Heller (R-NV), Yea	Reid (D-NV), Nay
New Hampshire:	Ayotte (R-NH), Yea	Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
New Jersey:	Booker (D-NJ), Nay	Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
New Mexico:	Heinrich (D-NM), Nay	Udall (D-NM), Nay
New York:	Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay	Schumer (D-NY), Nay
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Yea	Hagan (D-NC), Yea
North Dakota:	Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea	Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Nay	Portman (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Coburn (R-OK), Yea	Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Oregon:	Merkley (D-OR), Nay	Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Yea	Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Nay	Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
South Carolina:	Graham (R-SC), Yea	Scott (R-SC), Yea
South Dakota:	Johnson (D-SD), Nay	Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Yea	Corker (R-TN), Yea
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Yea	Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Utah:	Hatch (R-UT), Yea	Lee (R-UT), Yea
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Nay	Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia:	Kaine (D-VA), Nay	Warner (D-VA), Yea
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Nay	Murray (D-WA), Nay
West Virginia:	Manchin (D-WV), Yea	Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Wisconsin:	Baldwin (D-WI), Nay	Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Wyoming:	Barrasso (R-WY), Yea	Enzi (R-WY), Yea