Obama May Have To Shut Down Government To Halt The Keystone Pipeline | Zero Hedge.
It would appear the first big test for President Obama’s ‘veto’ pen will be no lesser issue than the Keystone Pipeline. Reuters reports that Republicans will quickly introduce stand-alone legislation in the first quarter of 2015 that would approve the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Canada, Republican Senator John Hoeven said in an interview. “It’s really a good chance to see if the president’s willing to work with us,” Hoeven said, suggesting they would pressure Obama to act one way or another by attaching the bill to some must-pass legislation leaving Obama’s only option but to fold or shut down the government. As Reince Priebus exclaimed, “he’s going to be boxed in.”
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Republicans will quickly introduce stand-alone legislation in the first quarter of 2015 that would approve the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Canada, Republican Senator John Hoeven said in an interview.
“I think Keystone will be one of the first bills we’ll be able to put up in the new Congress,” said Hoeven, from the oil-rich state of North Dakota.
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