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Senate fails to override Obama's Keystone pipeline veto
2015-03-05 10:11:38| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Senate on Wednesday failed to override President Obamas veto of a bill that would have approved construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. A bipartisan majority of senators were unable to reach the two-thirds vote required to undo a presidential veto. The vote was 62 to 37. The measures defeat was widely expected, and was the latest twist in the clash over the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which would move about 800,000 barrels of carbon-heavy petroleum per day from the...
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