"With polls showing Americans support Keystone, Democrats had used the amendments Tuesday to undermine the pipeline’s purported benefits to the U.S."
Democrats are looking for political cover knowing full well they're the ones who have been blocking the pipeline all along.
"Mark Cooper, a TransCanada spokesman, said about 52 percent of the steel that’s already purchased comes from a U.S. plant. The remaining needed materials will be “pursued in the U.S.,” Cooper said in an e-mail."
In other words, a non-issue -- except for Democrats who all of a sudden are interested in American jobs?
"Supporters say the project will create jobs and improve U.S. energy security."
Indeed.
"Critics say it’s a risk to the climate and a threat to farmland and water resources in the states the pipeline would cross."
"risk to climate"
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