Senate Defeats Bill on Keystone XL Pipeline in Narrow Vote

[RonPaul4Prez2012]

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, by a single vote, stopped legislation that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, one of the most fractious and expensive battles of the Obama presidency.

The vote represented a victory for the environmental movement, but the fight had taken on larger dimensions as a proxy war between Republicans, who argued that the project was vital for job creation, and President Obama, who had delayed a decision on building it.

Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, who is facing a runoff election Dec. 6, had pleaded with her colleagues throughout the day to support the pipeline, leading to a rare suspense-filled roll call in the Senate. But she was ultimately rebuffed and fell short by one. The bill was defeated with 59 votes in favor and 41 against, and Ms. Landrieu needing 60 votes to proceed.

Republicans vowed to bring back the Keystone bill as soon as they return in January, when they will hold the majority. Speaking on the Senate floor moments after the vote, Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the incoming majority leader, said that he would immediately bring up a Keystone bill when the new Senate convenes.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/us/politics/keystone-xl-pipeline.html?_r=0

 

[georgiaboy]

wow, guess proud Mary just got sent on down the river.

she probably wasn't gonna win her runoff anyways, but this would've been a nice swan song.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

lol... boy are these political progressive-socialists looney tunes.

There's over a 1/2 million miles of major fossil fuel pipelines throughout the US.

There's over 2 million miles of fuel delivery pipelines throughout the US.


Delusional Washington DC... all for a delay of 47 days until January 3 (114th United States Congress sworn-in)

 

[Tod]

Does building the Keystone Pipeline involve eminent domain? If so, then I oppose it too. Eminent domain is theft (even when the state "pays for what they take") and theft is morally indefensible.

 

[invisible]

Does building the Keystone Pipeline involve eminent domain? If so, then I oppose it too. Eminent domain is theft (even when the state "pays for what they take") and theft is morally indefensible.

It sure does! Massive amounts of ED. IIRC, it's supposed to run from western ND or Alberta, past Kansas City, to Houston. I don't know about anyone else in Congress, but I do know that Amash voted against it.

 

[Natural Citizen]

It sure does! Massive amounts of ED. IIRC, it's supposed to run from western ND or Alberta, past Kansas City, to Houston. I don't know about anyone else in Congress, but I do know that Amash voted against it.

Yeah, this has been a huge battle and legacy/corporate media has done little to report on it leaving the public blind to the matter.

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who was considered a "swing vote" regarding the the bill, said it was not Congress' place to decide Keystone's fate.

"Congress is not -- nor should it be -- in the business of legislating the approval or disapproval of a construction project," he said in a statement.

"And while I am frustrated that the President has refused to make a decision on the future of the pipeline, I don’t believe that short-circuiting the process to circumvent his Administration is in the best interest of the American people."

 

[Ronin Truth]

POTUS Snickerdoodle could also veto passage in January.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

Does building the Keystone Pipeline involve eminent domain? If so, then I oppose it too. Eminent domain is theft (even when the state "pays for what they take") and theft is morally indefensible.

They aren't going to zigzag around parcels of land, that's for sure.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Good. Congress was getting very belligerent thinking they could frame TransCanada's right to build on YOUR land as a freedom issue.

 

[lib3rtarian]

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113[SUP]th[/SUP] Congress - 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Sessionas compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

[TABLE="class: contenttext, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 4"]Question: On Passage of the Bill (S.2280 )[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Vote Number: [/TD]
[TD]280[/TD]
[TD] Vote Date: [/TD]
[TD]November 18, 2014, 05:55 PM[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] Required For Majority: [/TD]
[TD]3/5[/TD]
[TD] Vote Result: [/TD]
[TD]Bill Defeated[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Measure Number: [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]S. 2280[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Measure Title: [/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: contenttext, width: 50%"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 25%"]Vote Counts:[/TD]
[TD="width: 50%"]YEAs[/TD]
[TD="width: 25%, align: right"]59[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="width: 50%"]NAYs[/TD]
[TD="width: 25%, align: right"]41[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Alphabetical by Senator Name[TABLE="class: contenttext, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Ayotte (R-NH), Yea
Baldwin (D-WI), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Booker (D-NJ), Nay
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Nay
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Cardin (D-MD), Nay
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Coats (R-IN), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Fischer (R-NE), Yea
Flake (R-AZ), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Heinrich (D-NM), Nay
Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea
Heller (R-NV), Yea
Hirono (D-HI), Nay
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johanns (R-NE), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Nay
Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Kaine (D-VA), Nay
King (I-ME), Nay
Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Lee (R-UT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Manchin (D-WV), Yea
Markey (D-MA), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
Moran (R-KS), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Paul (R-KY), Yea
Portman (R-OH), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Reid (D-NV), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Scott (R-SC), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Udall (D-CO), Nay
Udall (D-NM), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Walsh (D-MT), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Warren (D-MA), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Grouped By Vote Position[TABLE="class: contenttext, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 3, align: center"]YEAs ---59[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Donnelly (D-IN)[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Enzi (R-WY)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagan (D-NC)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kirk (R-IL)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Pryor (D-AR)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Walsh (D-MT)
Warner (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: contenttext, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 3, align: center"]NAYs ---41[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Baldwin (D-WI)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Coons (D-DE)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harkin (D-IA)
Heinrich (D-NM)[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Hirono (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Markey (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Grouped by Home State[TABLE="class: contenttext, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Alabama:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Sessions (R-AL), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Shelby (R-AL), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Alaska:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Begich (D-AK), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Murkowski (R-AK), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Arizona:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Flake (R-AZ), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]McCain (R-AZ), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Arkansas:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Boozman (R-AR), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Pryor (D-AR), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]California:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Boxer (D-CA), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Feinstein (D-CA), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Colorado:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Bennet (D-CO), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Udall (D-CO), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Connecticut:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Murphy (D-CT), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Delaware:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Carper (D-DE), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Coons (D-DE), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Florida:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Nelson (D-FL), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Rubio (R-FL), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Georgia:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Chambliss (R-GA), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Isakson (R-GA), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Hawaii:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Hirono (D-HI), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Schatz (D-HI), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Idaho:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Crapo (R-ID), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Risch (R-ID), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Illinois:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Durbin (D-IL), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Kirk (R-IL), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Indiana:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Coats (R-IN), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Donnelly (D-IN), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Iowa:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Grassley (R-IA), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Harkin (D-IA), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Kansas:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Moran (R-KS), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Roberts (R-KS), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Kentucky:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]McConnell (R-KY), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Paul (R-KY), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Louisiana:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Landrieu (D-LA), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Vitter (R-LA), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Maine:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Collins (R-ME), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]King (I-ME), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Maryland:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Cardin (D-MD), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Mikulski (D-MD), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Massachusetts:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Markey (D-MA), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Warren (D-MA), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Michigan:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Levin (D-MI), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Stabenow (D-MI), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Minnesota:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Franken (D-MN), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Mississippi:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Cochran (R-MS), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Wicker (R-MS), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Missouri:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Blunt (R-MO), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]McCaskill (D-MO), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Montana:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Tester (D-MT), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Walsh (D-MT), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Nebraska:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Fischer (R-NE), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Johanns (R-NE), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Nevada:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Heller (R-NV), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Reid (D-NV), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]New Hampshire:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Ayotte (R-NH), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Shaheen (D-NH), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]New Jersey:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Booker (D-NJ), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Menendez (D-NJ), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]New Mexico:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Heinrich (D-NM), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Udall (D-NM), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]New York:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Schumer (D-NY), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]North Carolina:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Burr (R-NC), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Hagan (D-NC), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]North Dakota:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Hoeven (R-ND), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Ohio:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Brown (D-OH), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Portman (R-OH), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Oklahoma:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Coburn (R-OK), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Inhofe (R-OK), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Oregon:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Merkley (D-OR), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Wyden (D-OR), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Pennsylvania:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Casey (D-PA), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Toomey (R-PA), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Rhode Island:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Reed (D-RI), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]South Carolina:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Graham (R-SC), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Scott (R-SC), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]South Dakota:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Johnson (D-SD), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Thune (R-SD), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Tennessee:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Alexander (R-TN), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Corker (R-TN), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Texas:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Cornyn (R-TX), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Cruz (R-TX), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Utah:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Hatch (R-UT), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Lee (R-UT), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Vermont:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Leahy (D-VT), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Sanders (I-VT), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Virginia:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Kaine (D-VA), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Warner (D-VA), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Washington:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Cantwell (D-WA), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Murray (D-WA), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]West Virginia:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Manchin (D-WV), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Wisconsin:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Baldwin (D-WI), Nay[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Johnson (R-WI), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 33%"]Wyoming:[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Barrasso (R-WY), Yea[/TD]
[TD="width: 33%"]Enzi (R-WY), Yea[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]