The Keystone XL pipeline is an issue that Democrats are going to have to deal with sooner rather than later. Hillary Clinton has repeatedly dipped, ducked, dived, and dodged questions about her position on the project to the ire of the environmental left. In January of 2014, the State Department concluded that the construction of the pipeline “would not substantially worsen carbon pollution,” according to the New York Times. Still, the president vetoed legislation to get the project moving in February. Right now, the project is being reviewed (again) by S

The Senate on Wednesday failed to override President Obama’s veto of a bill that would have approved construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.

A bipartisan majority of senators were unable to reach the two-thirds majority required to undo a presidential veto. The vote was 62 to 37.

The measure’s defeat was widely expected, and marks the latest twist in the clash over the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which would move about 800,000 barrels of carbon-heavy petroleum per day from the oil sands of Alberta, Canada, to ports and refineries on the Gulf Coast.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pressed Democrats on Wednesday to join Republicans in voting to override President Obama's veto of legislation authorizing the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

"I’m urging every Democrat who still believes their party should be about workers, not these deep-pocketed special interests and extremists, to join us," McConnell said on the Senate floor.
"Vote for cloture. Vote to override," he added.

President Obama earned a double-barreled rebuke Monday from The Washington Post's fact-checker, for repeating a faulty claim that the Keystone XL pipeline "bypasses" the U.S. -- and for saying it would only carry "Canadian oil."

The president made the claims in an interview last week with WDAY of Fargo, N.D. Obama continued to downplay the impact of the Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, just days after vetoing a bipartisan-backed bill that would approve the construction project. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has teed up a vote to o

With a showdown vote approaching on the Keystone XL pipeline, both sides continue to spin the facts about exports and safety.

The fight over the Keystone XL pipeline has been raging for so long it seems almost routine at this point. This month, Republicans in Congress passed a bill to approve the pipeline once and for all. On Tuesday, President Obama vetoed it, saying he still needed more time to decide. And on and on it goes...

So this is a good moment to step back and appreciate just how truly and deeply unexpected it is that we're even having this fight in the first place.

President Obama on Tuesday followed through on his vow to veto bipartisan-backed legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline, marking his first veto of the Republican-led Congress and only the third of his presidency.

The Senate will send the Keystone XL pipeline bill to President Obama on Tuesday, senior congressional sources tell Fox News.

The bill, when it reaches the president’s desk, starts a constitutional "clock" by which the president must either sign or veto the legislation.

Obama has vowed to veto the measure if it reaches his desk before the State Department finishes its report.

Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution states such bills must “be presented to the President of the United States; If he approves he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his

The House passed legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline Wednesday, heightening a political showdown with President Barack Obama , who has vowed to veto the bill.

The legislation, approved 270-152 by the GOP-controlled House, authorizes TransCanada Corp. , to construct the 1,179-mile pipeline, which has been under review by the Obama administration for more than six years. The Senate, also in Republicans’ hands, passed the legislation late last month.

The House on Wednesday is expected to pass a bill forcing the administration to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, sending the measure to President Obama, who has vowed to veto it.

The Senate passed an identical measure in January.

While most congressional Republicans and some Democrats support the pipeline, it is not expected to draw the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto. The president has a 10-day window to