{"id":18095,"date":"2013-03-23T20:42:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T00:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18095"},"modified":"2013-03-23T20:44:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T00:44:47","slug":"it-isnt-legally-binding-but-it-was-a-good-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18095","title":{"rendered":"It Isn’t Legally Binding–But It Was A Good Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Politico<\/a> reported on a vote taken in the U. S. Senate<\/a> to endorse the Keystone XL pipeline<\/a>. The vote, 62-37, is symbolic, but it does put pressure on President Obama<\/a> to approve the pipeline.<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

Senators also resoundingly defeated, 33-66, an amendment from Sen. Barbara Boxer<\/a> (D-Calif.<\/a>) that called for \u201cexpeditiously analyzing and making decisions\u201d on the pipeline project. Boxer\u2019s proposal included a long list of criteria for the review, including whether the pipeline would increase oil prices, use materials not manufactured in the U.S., affect individual property rights and otherwise \u201cadversely [affect] job creation\u201d and national security.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBoth of these votes make it very clear that the Senate will approve this project if the president doesn\u2019t,\u201d Hoeven<\/a> (R-N.D.) boasted to reporters afterward.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The vote is non-binding, but the article notes that the 62-37 vote is filibuster-proof.<\/p>\n

The article also reminds us:<\/p>\n

Republicans marked the anniversary (the one-year anniversary of Obama\u2019s speech<\/a> at a TransCanada<\/a> pipe storage yard near Cushing, Okla., where he called for making it a \u201cpriority\u201d to expedite approval of Keystone XL\u2019s southern leg) by poking Obama for failing to approve Keystone\u2019s northern portion, which would bring crude oil from Alberta<\/a>\u2019s oil sands into the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you recall, the president held a photo op last year to tout his support for the southern part of that pipeline,\u201d House Speaker John Boehner<\/a> said in a video<\/a> his office released Friday morning. \u201cThe only problem was that section didn\u2019t need his approval. He had nothing to do with it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

At least some Democrats are willing to put jobs and the American economy above party politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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