Republican lawmakers on Wednesday expressed their dismay and blasted Pres. Joe Biden's decision to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline construction.
The U.S. Senate failed on Wednesday to muster up enough votes to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill that would have authorized the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The House voted Wednesday to pass a final version of a bill that authorizes construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline in spite of President Barack Obama's promise to veto the controversial bill.
The Senate voted Thursday to approve the Keystone XL pipeline in spite of President Barack Obama's threat to veto the controversial bill. Nine Democrats joined the entire Republican caucus to pass the bill in a 62-36 vote. Now, it's up to the House and Senate to finalize one version of the bill before sending to the president's desk.
The Senate is on track to vote on the Keystone pipeline project before the end of next week after its new majority leader, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, forced the body through.
The GOP believes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has protected President Obama. The Republicans want to get legislation in front of the president that forces him to make a choice.
President Barack Obama and his administration have decided to postpone the decision on the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until after the congressional midterm elections in November.
During the last few years, environmentalists, activists and some landowners have protested the Keystone XL pipeline extension from Alberta, Canada's oil sands to Port Arthur, Texas because of fear that it could it cause environmental degradation to the farmlands in the Midwest.
