CNN Just Reporting: . KXL measure lacks the 60 votes needed for construction

[misterhighwasted]

Last edited Fri May 2, 2014, 01:50 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/112768656

Great news. This has to be stopped.

Thank You Nebraska for standing your ground.
Thanks to the 60 Senators who can hold this vote up.
Hope they don't change their minds


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[MoonRiver]

1. YES!

[Brother Buzz]

2. They are short of the 60 votes needed to pass

Last I looked, there are only one hundred votes in the Senate.

[misterhighwasted]

4. Yes 60 votes short of passing. So far so good

Hope it stays that way..

[Brother Buzz]

8. NO, short of the 60 votes needed to pass

[joeglow3]

9. I am not following you

Only 51 are needed to pass. How can you be 60 short when you only need 51?

Or, are you saying it can be filibustered and 60 is needed to end the filibuster? If so, are you saying zero Senators support it?

Sorry, but you have my head spinning.

[2naSalit]

12. It sounds to me

like there are not a full 60 votes in favor, which would be required if someone filibustered the vote. That means there are at least 41 who oppose but there could be more.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Does that mean 60 senators oppose it, or none of them do?

Assuming that 60 votes were needed to proceed, then 60 votes short means none of them support it.

[former9thward]

5. It is not 60, it is 41 Senators who can hold the vote up.

You know that obstructionist filibuster we all love to hate (except some of the time).

[joeglow3]

11. Ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Be quite about that.

Seriously, I hate the way BOTH parties go back and forth on shit like this and act shocked when they are on EITHER side.

[2naSalit]

14. You mean 41?

[former9thward]

17. Correct, Thanks I'll edit.

[Arkana]

6. Excellent.

The pipeline needs to die and stay dead. It's an environmental hazard with no upside.

[NCTraveler]

7. They aren't anywhere near 60 votes short. nt.

[fredamae]

10. I can't find

Anything on this today but this:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/01/keystone-xl-pipeline-senate-bypass-obama
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/204593-rep-cassidy-urges-landrieu-to-move-on-keystone-legislation

[Brother Buzz]

16. Reid is open to vote but admits they are short

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059998878

By most counts, they are short two votes, not sixty.

[fredamae]

18. Thanks! This makes sense n/t

[pampango]

13. Both parties are the same - update: House passes KXL bill, Senate does not (per OP).

Senate supporters of the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline have introduced legislation authorizing its immediate construction and say they expect the measure will come to a vote in the coming days.

The legislation was introduced by Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Republican Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota.

In a statement, they said it has the support of all 45 Senate Republicans and 11 Democrats.

The legislation is the latest response in Congress to the Obama administration’s recent announcement that it was delaying a decision on the pipeline indefinitely, citing a Nebraska court case relating to the project.

The House has voted previously to approve construction of the pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada to the United States, where it eventually would reach Gulf Coast states.

http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140501/us-house-approves-pipeline-senate-supporters-pushing-vote

This article indicates a slight partisan difference in the Senate as well. 45 out of 45 republican senators are in favor of the pipeline bill. 42 out of 53 Democratic senators are opposed to it.

[Cali_Democrat]

15. This is incorrect information. nt

[misterhighwasted]

19. well..now i am confused by CNN also

Wtf would they be referring to with this statement of 60 votes short to pass KXL?
Did I misread or something..?

[Blue_In_AK]

20. Good.

I'm disturbed that my Democratic senator, Mark Begich, favors this pipeline. He's never met an oil project that he doesn't love.

[misterhighwasted]

21. must be BFF's with North Dakota

No one dare dissent on anything oil

[Blue_In_AK]

23. Oh, you bet.

North Dakota is our big rival now. You'll get a kick out of this:

http://m.

[misterhighwasted]

25. !!! "Holy Shit its Crazy" haaaha

This is hilarious.
Hahahaa

So appreciate the good laugh today
thanks

[Blue_In_AK]

26. Noooorth DaKOta.

[misterhighwasted]

27. Ha It is pretty funny. Thought I had no accent in my speech till I left ND

and then returned years later. Every single vowel sound is pronounced distinctly. Especially the long O sound. Weird to hear NDakotans speak now that I've lived elsewhere.

[Blue_In_AK]

28. That's kind of funny

because a lot of people up here have a touch of that accent, especially in the Matanuska Valley (Wasilla/Palmer). I think it's because a lot of homesteaders from the northern plains were recruited to come here during the Depression and brought their accent with them.

[City Lights]

22. Hip hip hooray!

[misterhighwasted]

24. Am reposting & correcting the Headline for clarification.

Reposting CNN word for word.

[rhett o rick]

29. It's not the headline that's inaccurate. It's this statement, "Thanks to the 60 Senators who can

hold this vote up." It should say, "Thanks to the 41 or more Senators who may hold up the passage of this bill assuming the bill is filibustered."

[misterhighwasted]

30. Thank You. I stand corrected

Thank You 41 Senators