Landrieu Seeks 60th Vote on Keystone Approval/NBC [View all]

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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/landrieu-seeks-60th-vote-keystone-approval-n250786

With a key Senate vote set for Tuesday night, supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline are scrambling for one more vote to move forward with a measure authorizing the oil transportation project.

The measure, aggressively backed by endangered Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu, needs 60 votes to advance Tuesday evening. So far, 59 senators – including all Republicans – have publicly said they’ll back the bill.

Landrieu pushed for the vote during the lame duck session of Congress after her re-election race in Louisiana advanced to a December 6 runoff. Because the Keystone project is popular in their home state, Landrieu and GOP challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy have jostled for credit for supporting the bill.

North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota, another chief backer of the bill, predicted Monday that “we’ll get there” by picking up several more supporters before the vote set for 6:15pm ET Tuesday.