Bernie Sanders Rips “Crazy” Senate For Passing Keystone XL Bill

Nick Martin-Brown ?@martinnc31 38m38 minutes ago
Bernie Sanders Rips The “Crazy” Senate For Passing Keystone XL Bill http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/29/bernie-sanders-rips-crazy-senate-passing-keystone-xl-bill.html … via @politicususa

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) didn’t hold anything back when he called the Senate’s passage of a bill that authorized the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline crazy.

– Calling on Senate colleagues to sustain an expected veto by President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate today passed a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline:

“With the scientific community telling us loudly and clearly that we must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels if we are to combat climate change, it is totally crazy for the Congress to support the production and transportation of some of the dirtiest oil on the planet.”

The passage of this bill was crazy on many different. In terms of politics, it was absolutely insane for Republicans to waste nearly a month of time debating and passing a bill that the president has vowed to veto on numerous occasions. It has been well known for weeks that Republicans in both the House and Senate did not have the votes required to override President Obama’s veto. With gas prices plunging to a low point, the main Republican argument that Keystone XL would make America more energy independent (it won’t) has fallen on deaf ears.


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Bernie Sanders @SenSanders · 6h 6 hours ago
President Obama has got to get out his veto pen. #KeystoneXL