{UAH} Keystone XL bill defeated in U.S. Senate by 1 vote

Keystone XL bill defeated in U.S. Senate by 1 vote

LIVE2: Reaction to defeat of Keystone XL bill

 

Reaction to the defeat of the bill to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. Senate LIVE here.

CTV News Channel: Keystone bill fails in Senate

 

CTV's Paul Workman says the Keystone XL bill was not carried through the U.S. Senate as it was defeated by one vote.

CTV News Channel: Pipeline political drama

 

Paul Workman has the latest details on the Keystone XL pipeline as the U.S. senate gets set to vote on the project's approval.

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The Canadian Press 
Published Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:17AM EST 
Last Updated Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:43PM EST

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate has rejected a proposal to fast-track the approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

Pipeline supporters needed 60 votes to win approval for the bill,

but it went down to defeat by a margin of 59-41.

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The U.S. Senate votes on a bill to fast-track the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014.

Even if passed, the bill was not expected to pass muster with U.S. President Barack Obama, who had hinted strongly he would veto the bill, which is designed to short-circuit the White House's own environmental review process.

Keystone XL, a political football almost since its inception six years ago, would transport bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The question of its approval is now expected to resurface in the new year.

The company behind the project, Calgary-based TransCanada Corp., says Keystone XL would create tens of thousands of U.S. construction jobs.

The pipeline was approved last week for the ninth time by the Republican-dominated House of Representatives, but faced a tougher test in the Senate, which is still controlled by Democrats until a new session begins next year.

Read more:http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/keystone-xl-bill-defeated-in-u-s-senate-by-1-vote-1.2106858#ixzz3JT0zeiCI

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