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In reply to the discussion: Senator Announces Democrats Have Enough Votes To Sustain An Obama Veto Of Keystone XL [View all]RiverLover
(7,830 posts)67. OR, they're going to wrap KXL up with pretty bows of wind & solar so it will pass without -too- much
political fallout...
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that Democrats will try to improve a pending bill that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline, but that even with those improvements, he believes President Barack Obama should veto the legislation.
"These amendments will make it better but certainly not good enough at this point in time," Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "I think there will be enough Democratic votes to sustain the president's veto. We need a much different energy policy."
Republicans in the Senate are expected to quickly take up a bill on the Keystone pipeline after gaining control of the upper chamber this week. Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in an interview aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Senate Republicans would work to approve the pipeline, which McConnell said "would put a lot of people to work almost immediately."
...Schumer said there will be amendments saying that steel used in the pipeline must come from the U.S. and that oil from the pipeline should not be exported to other countries. Another amendment, he said, would add more jobs in wind and solar energy. But even with those amendments, Schumer said he believes Democrats would sustain a presidential veto. Obama has not said how he would respond to the legislation.
"Our Republican colleagues say that this is a jobs bill but that really is not true at all. ... And so Democrats are dubious of this, but were going to introduce amendments to make it more of a jobs bill," he said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/04/chuck-schumer-keystone-pipeline_n_6413004.html
"These amendments will make it better but certainly not good enough at this point in time," Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "I think there will be enough Democratic votes to sustain the president's veto. We need a much different energy policy."
Republicans in the Senate are expected to quickly take up a bill on the Keystone pipeline after gaining control of the upper chamber this week. Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in an interview aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Senate Republicans would work to approve the pipeline, which McConnell said "would put a lot of people to work almost immediately."
...Schumer said there will be amendments saying that steel used in the pipeline must come from the U.S. and that oil from the pipeline should not be exported to other countries. Another amendment, he said, would add more jobs in wind and solar energy. But even with those amendments, Schumer said he believes Democrats would sustain a presidential veto. Obama has not said how he would respond to the legislation.
"Our Republican colleagues say that this is a jobs bill but that really is not true at all. ... And so Democrats are dubious of this, but were going to introduce amendments to make it more of a jobs bill," he said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/04/chuck-schumer-keystone-pipeline_n_6413004.html
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Senator Announces Democrats Have Enough Votes To Sustain An Obama Veto Of Keystone XL [View all]
Cha
Jan 2015
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"Real Democrats".. "the only true really really true Democrats".. Just 'cause they wanted it
Cha
Jan 2015
#19
Really.. that's right, I momentarily forgot about poor Harry's conditon. Get Well Sen Reid!
Cha
Jan 2015
#45
Woot! What I've been thinking (& saying) for months: PBO's been laying out the case to shut it down
Hekate
Jan 2015
#14
Yes, Spazito.. I didn't know and to hear Sen Schumer actually tell the FACTS about Keystone on FTN..
Cha
Jan 2015
#43
So glad most of the Dems are on board being against the bogus Keystone for Jobs meme!
Cha
Jan 2015
#53
How about that Sen Schumer on TV saying "Why create very few jobs with the dirtiest of energy from
Cha
Jan 2015
#57
And, somewhere Sen McConnell is not smiling about the President's big ol VETO PEN. LOL
Cha
Jan 2015
#66
I thought Senator Schumer was considered a "blue dog".. "corporate dem"? .. and please what did
Cha
Jan 2015
#34
Oh wow! thank you, DonCoquixote.. big dog got it WRONG.. the FACTS are Against him!
Cha
Jan 2015
#48
I have no idea.. but, it will be interesting to see what she has to say when the President VETOES
Cha
Jan 2015
#56
Hillary has already indicated she will follow the Alison Grimes strategy
Cali_Democrat
Jan 2015
#103
Actually it's a headline from the site.. and I don't think Sen Schumer would be saying that if he
Cha
Jan 2015
#69
Wow, Good POint, fresh.. thank you! Keystone would increase Koch's networth to $200 Billion in
Cha
Jan 2015
#70
Boehner will likewise be bowed. He frontloaded Keystone fast track into every CR since 2009.
freshwest
Jan 2015
#74
Good to know, SunSeeker. I really don't see how anybody who's into reality and doesn't want to
Cha
Jan 2015
#73
A Hand Painted Tepee as a gift for Pres Obama to represent hopes for protected land and clean water!
Cha
Jan 2015
#85
Yes, Daryl Hannah.. love her activism, Kath! The vid that SunSeeker posted is from around
Cha
Jan 2015
#93
OR, they're going to wrap KXL up with pretty bows of wind & solar so it will pass without -too- much
RiverLover
Jan 2015
#67
I'll take my victories where they come, jeff. kochs wants the Keystone and McConnell is determined
Cha
Jan 2015
#106
Unfortunately for some, acknowledging a victory would mean giving Obama some credit.
great white snark
Jan 2015
#116
Oh, the Irony--this will prob. be one of the first veto's by a Dem. President and
riversedge
Jan 2015
#126
President Obama has VETOED one or two other bills before this.. but, this will be grand, riveredge..
Cha
Jan 2015
#127
If Obama vetoes this legislation (which is sure to come but hasn't yet).......
RationalMan
Jan 2015
#133