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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie Sanders Rips “Crazy” Senate For Passing Keystone XL Bill
Nick Martin-Brown ?@martinnc31 38m38 minutes agoBernie Sanders Rips The Crazy Senate For Passing Keystone XL Bill http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/29/bernie-sanders-rips-crazy-senate-passing-keystone-xl-bill.html via @politicususa
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) didnt hold anything back when he called the Senates passage of a bill that authorized the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline crazy.
Calling on Senate colleagues to sustain an expected veto by President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate today passed a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline:
With the scientific community telling us loudly and clearly that we must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels if we are to combat climate change, it is totally crazy for the Congress to support the production and transportation of some of the dirtiest oil on the planet.
The passage of this bill was crazy on many different. In terms of politics, it was absolutely insane for Republicans to waste nearly a month of time debating and passing a bill that the president has vowed to veto on numerous occasions. It has been well known for weeks that Republicans in both the House and Senate did not have the votes required to override President Obamas veto. With gas prices plunging to a low point, the main Republican argument that Keystone XL would make America more energy independent (it wont) has fallen on deaf ears.
read: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/29/bernie-sanders-rips-crazy-senate-passing-keystone-xl-bill.html
Bernie Sanders @SenSanders · 6h 6 hours ago
President Obama has got to get out his veto pen. #KeystoneXL
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Bernie Sanders Rips “Crazy” Senate For Passing Keystone XL Bill (Original Post)
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Jan 2015
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msongs
(67,441 posts)1. maybe the naughty dems were throwing away a vote for domestic reasons as obama can veto nt
...as usual.
aspirant
(3,533 posts)7. Let's wait and see
how many of these 9 continue to vote the repubs way.
President Bernie speaking the truth!
Takket
(21,625 posts)2. when does the house vote on this?
think
(11,641 posts)4. "the dirtiest oil on the planet". Proper Verbage
speaks volumes
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sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)5. The President doesn't support this no? So he will veto any bill that passes?
Thanks again Bernie for looking out for this country and our precious environment. We need hundreds more like him.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)6. K&R for Bernie Sanders,
a statesman in a sea of corrupt corporate sellouts.