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January 31, 2012

Republicans Tout Bill to Override Obama on Keystone Pipeline 
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Senate Republicans have announced plans to introduce legislation
allowing Congress to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, despite
President Obama’s rejection of the controversial project. An analysis
by the Public Campaign Action Fund and 350.org found that the the
bill’s 44 co-sponsors have received a combined $22.3 million in
campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry since 1989. One
Democrat has joined the Republican effort — Joe Manchin of West
Virginia. Trans Canada, the company behind the $7 billion pipeline,
spent $1.33 million on lobbying last year.



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