A controversial bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline failed in the US Senate Tuesday evening. It received 59 "aye" votes, just shy of the 60 needed to send the bill to President Obama's desk. The fight isn't over yet; Republicans have said they plan to prioritize approving the pipeline once they take control of the Senate next year. This decision has an impact not only on the country, but on current runoffs for the senate race. This democratic decision could swing votes for the democratic senate candidates.
I am surprised by this decision, but when the Republicans take over the Senate on January 1st, they will put up the Keystone bill again and it will most likely pass. Its just interesting that the urgency to put this bill up to vote was during senate runoffs.
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/11/whats-happening-keystone-xl-week-explained
I honestly did not expect the Keystone Bill to pass, so this did not surprise me. I'm positive this will pass once Republicans take over the Senate, and it will be under construction as soon as possible after it passes.
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I think the Keystone Pipeline will be good for our country, and even though it didn't pass, it still received a majority vote in the Democratic Senate. I will be interested to see the changes it brings to SD and the economic impact. I agree that maybe it would've been best to wait for the new Senate before voting, but it shouldn't matter in the long run.
ReplyDeleteIt is really surprising that the bill almost got passed by a democratic senate. It will undoubtably pass in the republican senate after the end of the year. It would be interesting to see what the response in the country would be if it passed though.
ReplyDeleteI'm disappointed that the bill was not passed because I think that it would have been very good for the country overall. Maybe now that Republicans have a majority in the Senate, it can get passed. And your text is impossible to read.
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