I had meant yesterday to write about the bill which passed the House which would require that approval be given for the construction of the Keystone Pipeline. The vote came after president Obama threatened to veto it if passed. Here's the point, the vote came out 293 to 127 in favor. The 293 votes in favor included 69 Democrats who supported the legislation despite the Obama veto threat. In other words, Obama lost over a third of all House Democrats on this issue.
The bill still has to go to the Senate, and last time Keystone was up for a vote in that Democrat controlled chamber it failed to get enough votes to stop the Democrats' fillibuster. Even so, eleven Democrat senators voted for it. That means that an additional three ought to be enough to get the bill through.
This is very encouraging. What it means is that folks are focusing on what the Obama opposition to Keystone really means. Unions are out trying to get their allies to vote for the pipeline. Voters paying extremely high prices at the gas pump are letting their congressmen know just how angry they are about those prices. My guess is that before long, Obama is going to "discover" that the new route for Keystone is now acceptable and he will grant approval for the project. Obama will not want to be forced to back down by a vote in the Senate.
The good point, however, is that Keystone is coming soon.
1 comment:
What is really amazing is to just look at U.S. Pipeline Maps.
Not approving Keystone is JOKE.
http://www.exxonmobilperspectives.com/2011/11/03/how-keystone-xl-will-fit-into-the-vast-u-s-pipeline-network/us-pipeline-map-current/
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