Mary Landrieu, a Democrat ,who is still trying to secure here position in a state that is heavily dependent on refinery jobs Is one vote short away from getting a filibuster-proof majority to approve the Keystone XL pipeline when a bill that she has sponsored authorizing the project comes to the Senate floor as early as next Tuesday. The White House has signaled Obama won't be forced on issue.
So we are looking at the first clash of the Republican majority congress for the new Year. With the lame duck administration over a climate destroying project that for the most part will be of no economic benefit to America. The tar sand aren’t taxed as they pass through a United States territory to a refinery in Louisiana which is in a Foreign Trade Zone again not taxed as it is for export to Europe and Latin America. Keystone XL will increase gas prices for Americans—Especially Farmers.
The only thing that it will do is create a few thousand pipe fitter jobs in time for the 2016 election and allow donor/republican investors to recoup their investment capital. After that the job will shrink to about thirty maintenance crew members.
The only thing that it will do after that will is supply the republicans with a fire hose cash flow for all elections in the future .
Oh yea forgot, It will kill the Planet by triggering the extinction event. So should it pass, it has been good knowing all the good progressive folks of the daily Kos.