Michal McGinnis shared a link EXCERPT: Sen. Sanders was correct. Republicans have no chance of seeing Keystone XL signed into law while President Obama is in office. Sanders also nailed the fact that Keystone XL is not a jobs bill. Keystone is nothing more than a Republican gesture of love for the Koch brothers and big oil. Mitch McConnell promised a new and productive Senate, but instead McConnell’s Senate is wasting weeks on a bill that is going absolutely nowhere. The Republican idea that they will force President Obama to authorize the pipeline by attaching it to must sign legislation is a delusion. If there is one thing that the has become common knowledge over the last six years, it is that there no guarantee that even must pass/sign legislation will ever become law. The Republican fixation with the authorization of Keystone XL has lost with reality. Keystone XL won’t create massive amounts of jobs. The pipeline won’t make America more energy independent, or less dependent on foreign oil. The pipeline is an example of the sort of bad public policy that congressional Republicans have continually embraced. It may be a new Republican majority, but as Bernie Sanders pointed out, Republicans remain as out of step as ever.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:19:46 +0000