Via Washington Examiner:
The U.S. Senate voted down a key vote to override a White House veto on a bill to approve the contentious Keystone XL pipeline, which the GOP sees a key to job creation and maintaining a strong U.S. infrastructure.
The vote on override a presidential veto failed 62-37.
The Senate had passed the bill 62-36 in January.But last month President Obama vetoed the measure.
Republicans have said that if they couldn’t override Obama’s veto, they plan to wrap legislation green-lighting the 1,700-mile pipeline into a spending measure or broader bill, such as the federal highway bill.
But Democrats who oppose the $8 billion Canada-to-Texas project say they’re confident Obama would continue to nix legislative attempts to approve the pipeline.
The administration has maintained it would reject bills that circumvent a federal review for a cross-border permit TransCanada Corp. needs to build the pipeline’s northern leg. That State Department review has been ongoing for more than six years.