Tag: Obama Keystone XL

Roadbuilding

Senate fails to override veto on Keystone XL pipeline construction

President Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL pipeline remains intact after the Senate could not muster enough votes March 4 to override the decision. The president vetoed Senate bill S. 1 in late February. The Senate fell just a few votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed in a 62-37 vote, according to a report […]

March 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline construction; bill heads back to Congress

Citing a contempt for the national interest on the part of Congress, President Barack Obama vetoed a bill that would have cleared the way for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The move comes two weeks after Senate bill S. 1 was passed by the House of Representatives and more than a month after the […]

February 24, 2015

Business

42,000 construction jobs lost for a lie: Billionaire green activist flashes cash, democrats put off Keystone decision until 2016

Funny how good people with good intentions wind up doing bad things when they enlist politicians to their cause. In February, the New York Times featured a profile of billionaire Tom Steyer’s bid to raise $100 million to defeat the Keystone pipeline project and promote the democratic party’s green agenda. After endless backpedaling, the State […]

May 23, 2014