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Poll: Majority of Americans Want Biden to Boost Oil Production

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When Joe Biden was elected he immediately attacked the American energy industry.

He canceled the Keystone pipeline project, that was being developed to bring millions of barrels of oil to the U.S. He made it harder to develop natural gas resources. He had a go at making the oil permitting and well drilling processes much harder – or even impossible. . .

A new poll from Convention of States Action, in partnership with the Trafalgar Group, one of the most accurate pollsters over recent years, shows that 77.3% of the respondents say in the wake of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, Biden “should make increasing American energy production a priority.”

Only 9.3% said no.

The results are from a poll March 7-11 of more than 1,000 likely 2022 election voters. (Read more from “Poll: Majority of Americans Want Biden to Boost Oil Production” HERE)

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Democrats Double Down on Blocking Keystone XL Pipeline

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President Joe Biden created concerns over energy independence on his first day in office when he signed an executive order canceling the Keystone XL Pipeline. Now, as gas prices have reached record-highs, with no sign there’ll be relief any time soon, the White House continues to double down on resistance to allow the pipeline, and it’s a move congressional Democrats are adhering to.

On Wednesday evening, 219 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives blocked consideration of the American Energy Independence from Russia Act (H.R. 6858) offered by Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX). . .

During his floor remarks, Rep. Crenshaw called out the Biden administration’s reliance on foreign oil.

“This week our President – the American President – asked Venezuela and Saudi Arabia to increase oil production. Asked them to boost their outputs so that American consumers wouldn’t see a sharp increase in gas prices. Seems like a noble cause, at first glance. But I couldn’t help but think to myself, what a strange thing to ask. Surely he knows that we can also boost domestic production, right here at home,” the congressman said. (Read more from “Democrats Double Down on Blocking Keystone XL Pipeline” HERE)

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Florida and Alaska Join Keystone XL Pipeline Lawsuit Against Biden

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Two more state attorneys general are joining the ongoing lawsuit initially filed by 21 other states against the Biden White House for its cancelation of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen made the announcement on behalf of Florida and Alaska on Thursday, noting, “The Constitution is clear that presidents do not have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce or to unilaterally undo an act of Congress.” The complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas now includes Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor.

Within hours of assuming the presidency, Joe Biden revoked the permit for the pipeline. In January 2017, President Donald Trump reauthorized its construction after President Barack Obama rejected the proposal in 2015. (Read more from “Florida and Alaska Join Keystone XL Pipeline Lawsuit Against Biden” HERE)

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More Lies: After Canceling the Keystone Pipeline, Biden Claims to Care About Creating Jobs

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By Townhall. President Joe Biden addressed a Joint Session of Congress for the first time on Wednesday night. Speaking to a historically empty lower chamber, Biden claimed to be focused on job creation. The president said that he sees climate change as an avenue to create well-paying jobs, just 100 days after he canceled the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline by revoking the permit previously given.

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Mitch McConnell Calls Biden Speech ‘Lengthy Liberal Daydream’

By Yahoo News. Giving his reaction to Joe Biden’s address to the joint session of Congress, Mitch McConnell called the speech a “lengthy liberal daydream” that failed to include practical plans.

Speaking on the Senate floor the morning after the president’s remarks, the Senate minority leader began by saying that Mr Biden is a “likeable person” that many of those present remember serving with in the upper chamber of Congress. . .

“That was the backdrop for last night’s speech. But instead of practical plans to fulfill these basic responsibilities, America heard a lengthy liberal daydream, said Mr McConnell. (Read more from “Mitch McConnell Calls Biden Speech ‘Lengthy Liberal Daydream’” HERE)

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Senate Failed to Override Obama’s Veto On Keystone XL Pipeline

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By Laura Barron-Lopez. The Senate failed on Wednesday to override President Obama’s veto of legislation approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, falling five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed in a 62-37 vote.

It’s the first time Congress has voted on whether to override a veto from Obama and could be a sign of things to come, with Republicans in charge of the House and Senate.

Eight Democrats voted with Republicans to override Obama: Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Mark Warner (Va.), Claire McCaskill (Mo.), Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Tom Carper (Del.) and Jon Tester (Mont.).

Keystone supporters are optimistic that Obama won’t veto a six-year highway bill if it includes Keystone, despite vows by the president to veto any attempt to circumvent the federal review process of the pipeline.

If attaching Keystone to a transpiration bill doesn’t work, supporters say, they will try to link it to a broader energy package. (Read more about the fail to override the veto on the Keystone XL Pipeline HERE)

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Keystone veto override fails

By Krishnadev Calamur. The Senate has failed to override President Obama’s veto on a measure to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project.


The final vote was 62-37, short of the two-thirds needed to override the presidential veto. Supporters of the measure had previously said they lacked the votes.

While issuing his veto, Obama had said Congress was attempting to “circumvent longstanding and proven processes for determining whether or not building and operating a cross-border pipeline serves the national interest.” (Read more from this story HERE)

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White House Advisers Recommending Veto of Keystone Bill

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By Reuters. President Barack Obama’s advisers will recommend he veto a House bill approving construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline if the legislation reaches his desk, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

Republican senators started the new U.S. Congress on Tuesday with legislation to approve TransCanada Corp’s pipeline from Canada to the United States and White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama would not sign it. (Read more about the threatened veto of Keystone Bill HERE)

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Obama Blasted for Veto Threat on Keystone

By Fox News. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted President Obama on Wednesday for vowing to veto the first bill of the new, Republican-controlled Senate — legislation to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.

In his first major floor speech as majority leader, the Kentucky Republican pushed for bipartisan cooperation on major issues but said it could “only be achieved if, if, President Obama is interested in it.”

He added: “And I assure you, threatening to veto a jobs and infrastructure bill within minutes of a new Congress taking the oath of office — a bill with strong bipartisan support — is anything but productive.”

McConnell’s top lieutenants echoed his concerns, with Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, calling the “premature” veto threats “deeply irresponsible and troubling.”

The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto two pieces of legislation being produced by the new Congress — one related to ObamaCare and the economy, and the other on the Keystone pipeline. On Wednesday, the White House issued formal statements vowing to veto the bills. (Read more about this story HERE)

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Senate Fails To Move Ahead With Keystone Pipeline and NSA Reform

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Photo Credit: TownHall

Photo Credit: TownHall

By Matt Vespa.

As Dan wrote [yesterday], the Keystone Pipeline vote went down in flames. Sen. Mary Landrieu’s Hail Mary ended in disaster; she fell one vote shy to invoke cloture on a bill that probably would not have saved her from defeat in her state’s upcoming runoff election on Dec. 6 against Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy.

Additionally, a bill to reform the National Security Agency post-Snowden also fell two votes shy of cloture; incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spearheaded the bill’s opposition. Yet, both bills are expected to return to the Senate floor next year. Keystone will probably pass, but the changes in the NSA bill will be quite different under a Republican Senate (via NYT):

[T]he vote only put off a fractious debate over security and personal liberties until next year. While a Republican-controlled Senate is less likely to go along with the kinds of changes that were in the bill, which would have ended the N.S.A.’s ability to collect bulk phone call data, the debate could further expose rifts between the party’s interventionist and more libertarian-leaning wings.

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Photo Credit: TOM PENNINGTON / Getty

Photo Credit: TOM PENNINGTON / Getty

Democrats Block Keystone Bill, Landrieu’s Plea Rejected

BY BEN GEMAN, CLARE FORAN AND JASON PLAUTZ.

Mary Landrieu begged her fellow Democrats to back legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline, looking for a lifeline in her long-shot bid to keep her Senate seat. But on Tuesday night, she fell one vote short.

The Senate rejected an attempt to get cloture on the measure, with 41 senators—all Democrats or independents—voting to stall the measure.

It’s a victory for environmental groups and their Democratic allies, who oppose the oil-sands pipeline because of its contributions to global warming. And it saves President Obama a headache: The White House opposed the bill but will be relieved not to have to veto it.

For Landrieu, it’s another setback at an already low moment. Weeks away from Louisiana’s Dec. 6 runoff election and trailing Rep. Bill Cassidy in the polls, Landrieu had hoped to use her steering of the measure through the Senate to infuse new life into her campaign. She got a boost from her party’s top brass when they agreed to hold a stand-alone Keystone vote, a step they’d been loathe to take in the past.

And going into the vote, Landrieu had 59 assured supporters for her motion, but—despite her assurances she could break a filibuster—it was never clear where she’d get No. 60. Democratic Majority Whip Dick Durbin was seen as one of Landrieu’s last options, but he voted ‘no’ on the bill.

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Senate Keystone XL Backers Shy Two Votes

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Supporters of a Senate bill that would approve the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline are two votes shy of the 60 needed to proceed to a vote.

The targets leading up to the expected Tuesday vote are Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Bill Nelson, D-Fla. If they back the bill, it could give lead sponsor Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., a victory that might give her a boost in her Dec. 6 runoff contest against Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy, who is leading in polls.

Bennet, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is charged with getting Democrats elected to the upper chamber, refused to answer reporters when asked which way he would vote. Nelson, whose seat is up for grabs in 2016, told the Washington Examinersimply, “Stay tuned.”

All 45 Republican senators back the bill, which has Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., as the lead Republican sponsor. It would approve the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, which has been in administrative limbo for six years as builder TransCanada Corp. awaits a cross-border permit to complete the northern leg.

National Republican organizations have pointed to Landrieu’s struggles to pass her Keystone XL legislation as proof that she lacks clout, though she has based much of her campaign on her dealmaking abilities and her senior position on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. She would be the top Democrat if she wins re-election.

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Happy Birthday: The Keystone XL Pipeline Battle Turns Six

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Photo Credit: Daily Caller Capitol Hill lawmakers are celebrating the Keystone XL pipeline’s sixth birthday this year by (once again) urging the White House to speedily approve the pipeline.

On Thursday night the House passed a slew of energy-related legislation aimed at boosting oil and natural gas production as well as approving Keystone. This came after a bipartisan group of 45 senators sent a letter to President Obama to make a decision on the pipeline after more than six years of delays…

Six years ago today, the Canadian pipeline company TransCanada applied for a Presidential Permit to build a massive pipeline that would eventually carry 830,000 barrels of oil sands per day from remote areas of Alberta, Canada to refineries on the U.S. Gulf coast.

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Keystone Showdown: Battle Over Pipeline Lands Before Nebraska High Court

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Photo Credit: ReutersThe national debate on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will concentrate on Lincoln, Nebraska Friday as that state’s Supreme Court hears arguments in a case examining whether lawmakers short-circuited the regular approval process in an attempt to expedite the pipeline’s construction.

The court’s ruling – not expected for several months — could force President Obama’s hand in making a final decision whether to green light the oft-stalled project.

Protests and political outrage have accompanied the proposed pipeline for years, but quieted down in recent months because of the Nebraska litigation and the Obama administration’s decision to wait for a ruling in the case before moving forward.

“The issue never goes away if you’re dealing with the pipeline on a local level,” anti-pipeline activist Jane Kleeb told Fox News. “While it may not be on the front page of newspapers nationwide, we’re dealing with it on a daily basis.”

Friday’s case before the seven-member court does not examine whether the pipeline should be built in Nebraska – or anywhere else — but rather if the state’s unicameral legislature improperly passed a law giving the governor authority to approve the project rather than the state’s Public Service Commission. It will take a supermajority of five justices to invalidate the law.

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