Exclusive: Republicans move to control Keystone approval
WASHINGTON | Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:54pm EST
(Reuters) - Congressional Republicans, who are urging President Barack Obama to back the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline, are now working on plans to take the reins of approval from the hands of the president should the White House say no.
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, whose state is counting on the pipeline to help move its newfound bounty of shale oil, is drafting legislation that would see Congress give the green light to the project by using its constitutional powers to regulate commerce with foreign nations, an aide told Reuters.
Source Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-usa-keystone-bill-idUSTRE80A28C20120111
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Republican motto: If it's against the rules, change the rules.
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And this gets through self-same Senate how? And why does Reuters not remind the reader about this guy and how he would actually become "a law" as part of fact-checking the drivel that is uttered by a repuke?
