Senate Politics and Defeat of the Keystone Pipeline Bill

Senate Politics and Defeat of the Keystone Pipeline Bill

So the first major congressional vote after the midterm elections, on the Keystone XL Pipeline, was primarily about political self-interest and big-money influence–even though that’s what voters just said they hate about Congress. Despite nine votes by the Republican-controlled House in favor of constructing the pipeline, the Democratic Senate leadership had refused, until Tuesday, to allow a vote on the pipeline.
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