Republicans fail to override Obama veto of Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline
Source: SMH
The US Senate failed to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill forcing approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, a setback for Republicans who've made building the $US8 billion ($10.2 billion) US-Canada oil link a legislative priority.
Supporters of the pipeline, including Republicans and some Democrats, fell short of the two-thirds super majority needed to overcome the veto by Obama, who said the bill circumvented his administration's review. The vote was 62-37.
Prior to the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said the decision to build Keystone was "a no-brainer," and urged a few more Democrats to break with their president and overturn the veto.
"The real question here is whether we're going to allow Keystone's energy to help support middle-class jobs in America, or whether we'll allow those jobs and energy to potentially be sent to high-polluting countries like China," McConnell said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/republicans-fail-to-override-obama-veto-of-keystone-xl-tarsands-pipeline-20150304-13vgak.html
Fail!!!
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Oh shit, now I insulted donkeys! 
give Scott Walker a call and he's ready to serve.
XXL Wisconsin pipeline dwarfs Keystone and affects every waterway in the state
Written by Louis Weisberg, Staff writer
Thursday, 12 February 2015 12:07
A 42-inch pipeline buried beneath every major waterway in Wisconsin would dwarf the volume of gritty, chemical-laced sludge carried by Keystone XL when it amps up operation next year. Only a Dane County zoning committee stands in the way — temporarily — of oil giant Enbridge’s intention for Line 61 to convey more tar sands crude than any pipeline in the nation.
A network of pipes and pumping stations built at various times and gradually joined together, the convoluted line began in 2006 and currently pumps an astonishing 560,000 barrels through Wisconsin daily. After its 12 pumping stations are either constructed or upgraded with additional horsepower, the line would convey up to 1.2 million barrels daily — one-third more than the Keystone XL’s 800,000 barrels.
Enbridge, North America’s largest oil and gas pipeline operator, has the Western Hemisphere’s worst record for spills. The National Transportation Safety Board has recorded 800 incidents since 1999 — and that’s not including oil that seeps into the environment from weak or corroded sections of pipe, which is ignored by federal regulators ...
http://www.wisconsingazette.com/wisconsin/xxlbreakwisconsin-pipeline-dwarfs-keystone-and-affects-every-waterway-in-the-state.html
They don't honor any stinking TREATIES with NATIVE AMERICANS, look at what happened in the Black Hills, to hell with scared ground---gold, gold, gold.
