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Senate rejects GOP measure to build oil pipeline - CNN.com
Clinton is for it....that's gotta hurt. This will be a major issue in the general election.
And Obama has got to stop lying about how "America only has 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, but we use more than 20 percent." That is so intentionally misleading. We have a much higher percentage of the world's supply, but we just don't drill for it. Plus, do we not pay for the oil we use? Does the world not gladly sell us this oil?
Meanwhile, Solyndra barely gets a second look with their gifted millions from Obama.
Washington (CNN) -- The Senate narrowly rejected a Republican-sponsored measure Thursday that would have bypassed the Obama administration's current objections to the Keystone XL pipeline and allowed construction on the controversial project to move forward immediately.
Fifty-six senators voted in favor of the amendment -- four short of the 60 required for approval. Eleven Democrats joined a unanimous Republican caucus in backing the plan.
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney called the decision a "no-brainer."
"How in the world can you have a president who doesn't understand the importance of getting energy from our next-door neighbor?" he said.
Democratic opposition to the Republican measure was complicated by reports last week that former President Bill Clinton came out in favor of building the pipeline.
Clinton is for it....that's gotta hurt. This will be a major issue in the general election.
And Obama has got to stop lying about how "America only has 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, but we use more than 20 percent." That is so intentionally misleading. We have a much higher percentage of the world's supply, but we just don't drill for it. Plus, do we not pay for the oil we use? Does the world not gladly sell us this oil?
Meanwhile, Solyndra barely gets a second look with their gifted millions from Obama.