GRAND RAPIDS, MI — U.S. Rep. Justin Amash was the sole U.S. House Republican to not vote in favor of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project this week...Amash is known for voting "present" on legislation he does not oppose but deems unconstitutional...
His spokesman, Will Adams, said in an email that despite his vote, Amash supports the pipeline's construction, but there's a caveat.
"He supports the construction of the pipeline but opposes the singling out of any one company or individual in a bill," Adams wrote.
...That explanation mirrors another vote Amash cast in 2011, when House Republicans freshly in control of that chamber passed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood.
