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Senate Fails to Override Keystone Veto

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thinkstock 3.4.15 keystone?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1425525794223Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Senate could not muster up enough votes Wednesday to put the Keystone XL pipeline back in play.

The bill on reconsideration failed to pass with a vote of 62 to 57, with eight Senate Democrats voting in favor of overriding the presidential veto.

The vote required support of two-thirds of the Senate to pass.

The legislation would have authorized construction of an $8 billion pipeline to transport oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast.  

President Obama said the State Department is still conducting its review of whether the pipeline is in the national interest.


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