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Keystone Pipeline Bill Fails To Pass Senate
Update: Sorry Mary, the No's just hit 41 meaning the bill failed to procure the required 60 Yes votes. Which is good news for Obama who is spared from enforcing the Veto and ruining his "compromiser" image.
Today's primetime Congressional spectacle has begun, with the Senate now voting to pass a bill to approve the Keystone Pipeline. In largely a moot vote, in which 60 Ayes are needed to pass the bill, there will certainly not be enough support for the bill to prevent an Obama veto, which he is certain to impose and reignite the animosity between the GOP and Democrats once again. Ultimately, the only outcome will be whether Mary Landrieu's political career will be terminated as a result of a failure to pass the legislation: with one vote said to make all the difference, it will be a nailbiter, if for nobody else, then for the Louisiana senator.
As Reuters says, with the 100-member chamber one vote short of the needed 60 to pass a version of a bill that sailed through the House of Representatives last week, Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, who co-sponsored the bill, urged fellow Democrats to support it during a long luncheon in the Capitol.
"It was painful. Landrieu was kind of begging for votes, and some Democrats would say 'no' and then argue with her and with each other," said a Senate Democratic aide who did not want to be identified.
The aide said that Landrieu had been “calling senators all week, texting them every other hour” to try to get votes.
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If Keystone does not pass, Hoeven plans to reintroduce the bill in January or February, when it has a better chance of obtaining 60 votes after Republicans picked up seats in the midterm elections. Next year Hoeven could also attach a Keystone measure to a wider bill that Obama would find hard to veto.
Obama has not indicated whether he would veto. But he raised new questions about the project during a trip to Asia late last week, saying Keystone would not lower gas prices for U.S. drivers but would allow Canada to "pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."
Don't worry: he will veto it.
Watch the vote live after the jump.
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Why the long face Harry? you POS
The Republicans won.
That means the nuke waste will be stored in Yucca Mountain, or up his hairy arse.
I thought nuke waste was being stored in the Pacific?
BTW..."Up his hairy arse" are the four words most likely to make Bwanee Fwank lick his lips and say "yum".
No need for a pipeline or jobs. Just print more money.
Yes, it would be much better if Canada sent the oil straight to the rest of the world instead of passing it through US refineries where thousands of people might actually be paid to turn it into gasoline. Fuckin stupid ass piece of shit.
Pipeline=jobs=less dependency=less government
No pipeline=no jobs=more dependency=more government
Which one did congress vote for now?
I don't know why Canada doesn't refine the stuff.
There are lots of buyers out there for fuel, but that doesn't mean we have to sell it. Keep it for Canadians. We can use it. Why sell all of our natural resources? That goes for the other stuff too. If we use our natural resources, refine and manufacture our own stuff, we will be independent. Nothing wrong with that is there?
Shhhhh, stop making sense, will ya.
Try getting a permit to upgrade an existing refinery, let alone build a new one. It might harm one Canadian beaver which happens to live in 1000 sq mls surrounding the potential building site. Nevermind that Canada has a gazillon or so square miles of land that could desperately use some form of development.
I know, the Canadian way is to persuade enough people that beavers and beetles are more important which is why Canada will never ever graduate from a resource exporter to a resource refiner nation.
All by design fyi. The money is made in the refining and that money is earned outside Canada for a reason. The banks and the Queen wanted it so.
Look up Land Export Model. Canada needs exports of resources to pay for socialism. Good luck getting everyone off the teat.
That means the nuke waste will be stored in Yucca Mountain, or up his hairy arse.
Yucca Mountain?!!!...
You mean the one that Bechtel and all it's partners did as a "cost + fixed price" contract that went 5 years over budget and to this date 28 years later doesn't have 1 container of radioactive material stored in it because the State after the fact said that for environmental reasons it would not be stored and now sits above ground in lead lined containers!....
You mean that one?...
Would you prefer our very own Fukushima,
because it's only a matter of time if we keep ignoring the problem?
Bechtel is not responsible for the actions of Harry Reid in sequestering the funds to finish it and start operation. the State of Nevada can protest but has no real control over the facility.
We would call that a "sour puss".
I smell a caption contest brewing...
Another victory for the job killers!!!
Good "JOB" LOL!!!
Now why would the gov want people to have jobs? Dependency is vital for the State to grow.
A bulldog chewing a wasp.
"Keystone would not lower gas prices for U.S. drivers but would allow Canada to "pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."
So, we export our oil so whats the fucking dif? nigga please.
The bill has failed.
We need to drone these assholes and find out just what they're talking about while standing around on the taxpayer dole.
Now Mary can actually go back to Louisiana and stuff her fat f**king face with crawfish.
I hope it fails and the GOP better stop the Obola amnesty. F Dems, NeoLibs, progressives, transgendered Democrrats and NeoCons.
Went short 2XES Mar.'15 @ 2040.25; as this may be interpreted as bad for business.
these Phucking MORONS running our country . http://hedgeaccordingly.com/2014/11/peter-welch-on-keystone-xl-pipeline-...
,,,, the weasel faced, beady eyed fossil Reid needs its skin sandpapered off, buried in salt and then thrown out in the middle of the Nevada desert in the heat of a nevada summer....
America's #1 welfare queen, Warren "depends" Buffett wins again. Fuck You
America will need multiple Keystone pipelines, only these pipelines will be used as aqueducts to transport water from Canada to to the Midwest, Texas and the CalNev region as drought and fracking contamination of the Ogallala aquifer causes long term water shortages across the USA.
I see so many comments about jobs. It is likely that shipping the oil by rail creates that many more jobs. Track maintenance, train repair etc etc. Not much work to watch oil flow through a pipe.
Creating the pipeline are only temp jobs. The pipe is brought in from China, would probably be some multinational conglomerate that builds the pipeline, so the profit they earn gets funneled through their international base, so ultimately not benefiting anything in the USA.
Instead of being so narrow minded lets take a step back and look at the real issues. What sort of life expectancy do this oil reserves offer, if it is that long why not build refineries at the source?
Uhmarikahns have to stop lookng for the quick fix and start thinking long term, a band-aid is not going to fix a wound that needs surgery.
A big question, who is responsible for damages to the environment if there is a spill from the pipeline?? At least with rail, the damage is already done. Besides with rail you can transport other commodities as well, not just oil. All the fried food loving uhmarikahns need a way to bring in more CANOLA oil... CANOLA = Canadian Low Acid... You ever see a canola plant??!?!?
Don't worry?
No politician should vote on a bill because another's poltical career is in trouble, nor should they give a rat shit about them. It just shows how corrupt everything is.
Funny watching this fat bitch squirm. You would think she stole enough shit to live like a fat princess for the rest of her miserable days down on the Bayou.
Must. Take. MOAR.
Live feed? That's a big much. They will pass it, Obama will veto it. So what? Politics doesn't change. This game isn't even entertaining anymore.
Live feed? That's a big much. They will pass it, Obama will veto it. So what? Politics doesn't change. This game isn't even entertaining anymore.
"They will pass it, Obama will veto it. So what?"
Yeah, I remember seeing this on CSPAN-Classic.
The episode ran from 1974 to 1976...
9.95. That is funny, Shark.
Live feed? That's a big much. They will pass it, Obama will veto it. So what? Politics doesn't change. This game isn't even entertaining anymore.
Triple post is a "big much"...remember not to take your Xanax with scotch, twitchy. 8D
Too bad this wasn't before the election. More Dumocrats would have lost.
Fuck Mary Ladrieu. The pig had 6 years to press for it. Fat fucking french quarter smelling Cajun whore free riding on a name.
Exactly.
Just like Bush and the Repugs had 6 years to secure our borders and chose to do nothing...
Demicans? Republicrats? A pox on both their houses!!!
Don't worry: he will veto it.
So lemme get this straight- Warren Buffett is going to veto this bill?
I knew the Landrieu family and mary when I was in New Orleans before she was a senator. Good riddance. Never liked her - don't like the republican challenger either, but Landrieu sucks.
Hillary is correct saying government creates jobs. Empirical evidence surrounds us.
Yep,,, Big changes after the election!
Soon, multi-floored buildings will go for one gold coin. Get ya three coins so you can live in one building and have the other two finance your lifestyle.
Run for an office.
During the last vote I noticed some of the positions had an exact number of candidates on the ballot.
For example, under judgeships the statement was, “Do not select more that 16.” There were only 16 candidates running!
Therefore I conclude, if I can get my name on the ballot, I’ve got a 1 in 16 chance of pulling off a salary.
I’m going to try.
Warren Buffet just pooped his diaper with delight.
Geriatric Halloween
There was an old couple who hadn't celebrated Halloween in a long time, so they decided to dress up and go out.
The old woman stripped naked, and tied a string between her legs with a lemon at the end of the string.
Her husband yelled, "You can't go out like that!"
She replied, "I can go out as whatever I want, and so can you!"
He agreed. He took off all his clothes and tied a string to his penis with a potato at the end of the string.
His said, "You're going out as that?"
''Yes,'' said the old man. ''If you can go out as a sour-puss, I can go out as a dictator."
Dem Senators more concerned with saving their own butts than saving one of their own.
Of course, the real winner is Buffett and his trains - who get to charge more for hauling oil, while disrupting the more established hauling of grain and Amtrak passengers over the same northern routes.
That was a bullshit bill designed to help landrieu to get re-elected -- which is never going to happen anyway. Keystone is going to happen when the new congress sworn in and the communist in the WH gets spanked.
If Obama won't enforce the laws he is sworn to uphold then congress should defund the enforcers. Start with the IRS so they feel it.
The Crowned Freak just said the squat lil' LA ho needs to take one for the team.
Warren Buffet's political puppets were successful in knocking down the pipeline. They'll have to continue using his railroad.
I love it when Obola refers to Kansas challenges to the pipeline as a reason for not encouraging it. Why doesn't he just say the dude paid me a shit load of money to vote against it. Everybody knows it, same as ACA act was confusing to dupe the sheep.
Makin jobs
Is/Was fracking a PSYOP? LOL
Obama has always been confused when discussing coke plants. He thinks he may have an edge on Mexican Cartel drug trafficking. Afghanistan is secondary distribution hub, Iraq is third tier.
http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-of-coal/coal-steel/
Do you know what is really funny? Obama keeps pitching electric cars which depends on coal & steel to devise new job growth. I’m glad this President has been caught in his own rat trap based on NGO/G20 counselling failure.
HAW HAW HAW the COCK BROTHERS just got fucked !!!! so much for cheeeeeeep discounted canadian oil
HOORAY the POS bill that allows Canada to dump their tar sands crap at below market prices into our market failed. Now if they would just put a tarrif on that shitty Saudi crap, all would be well.
There's something about Mary! Last minute effort to save her lying, two timing ass failed. Jeez I feel sorry for her, now what kind of bullshit is she going to run on. Libtard stabbing libtards in the back for political gain. What a pos she is.