Senate Fails To Override Obama's Keystone Veto

[blackhawk]

Now you see that is how the government is supposed to work a bill is introduced the House votes on it if it passes it goes to the Senate if it passes there it goes to the President for him to either sign or veto then Congress can try to override the veto. I understand the lefts amazement at this process as under the leadership of Harry Reid very few bills ever came up for a vote much less made to the Presidents desk.

that's exactly how I said Keystone would end, and the RW kept reminding everyone KEYSTONE WAS COMMING REGARDLESS !

hows that working out now ?

We will know in the next election now that everyone has cast a vote and will have to defend it as it should be.

 

[Freewill]

What is truly, truly laughable is how the left wing pretends to care about America. To pretend to give a f..k about anything other then winning. People killed due to trains with oil overturning, they don't give a s..t because it ain't them dying. Hypocritical liar driving cars and using oil and then fighting against it as if they are above it all. Obama is nothing but a narcissist that must win at all cost. IF the pipeline created ONE job that is one job but the liberal left doesn't give a crap it isn't their job.

Here is the reasons that narcissitic in chief gave for his veto:

"The Presidential power to veto legislation is one I take seriously," Obama wrote in a veto message he sent back to the Senate. "But I also take seriously my responsibility to the American people. And because this act of Congress conflicts with established executive branch procedures and cuts short thorough consideration of issues that could bear on our national interest -- including our security, safety, and environment -- it has earned my veto."

Where in any of this is anything less then he wants his way and he owes the envior weenies. So they kill the pipeline so that more environmental damage can be done with trains. What a load of crap.

Another oil train explodes in West Virginia. Here s why this keeps happening. - Vox

 

[OKTexas]

Now you see that is how the government is supposed to work a bill is introduced the House votes on it if it passes it goes to the Senate if it passes there it goes to the President for him to either sign or veto then Congress can try to override the veto. I understand the lefts amazement at this process as under the leadership of Harry Reid very few bills ever came up for a vote much less made to the Presidents desk.

that's exactly how I said Keystone would end, and the RW kept reminding everyone KEYSTONE WAS COMMING REGARDLESS !

hows that working out now ?

Delayed, not dead, your dear leader won't be around for ever.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Guys, this is how a free country works. Votes, a veto, an attempt to overturn it, and if a failure, wait for a new day.

I think I would have vote for it, but I would have mandated hundreds of permanent jobs be part of the solution.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Guys, this is how a free country works. Votes, a veto, an attempt to overturn it, and if a failure, wait for a new day.

I think I would have vote for it, but I would have mandated hundreds of permanent jobs be part of the solution.

We need the Senate. If we can't get it, none of this matters.

 

[TooTall]

KEYSTONE XL IS NOT IN OUR NATIONAL INTEREST [ ALL RISK NO REWARD ]

The Risks:

The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would produce enormous risk for the United States, and would yield no identifiable reward. A basic analysis of this risky venture makes it clear that the pipeline is not in our national interest. The lengthy list of risks—to water, public health, and climate among others—is not worth a pipeline that facilitates exports to China and Venezuela, does nothing to reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil, and creates only 35 permanent jobs.

The so-called rewards that pipeline supporters continuously promote are in fact nothing but pipe dreams. The Keystone pipeline would have a limited impact on energy security, would do little to reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil, and would create very few permanent jobs.

Without any tangible benefit of energy independence or sustainable jobs, why shoulder the enormous risks to water, public health, and climate? The Keystone pipeline is not in our national interest, and not worth the risk.

Lack of rewards:

Doesn’t increase energy security, but rewards foreign competitors, such as China and Venezuela: The pipeline will not reduce our dependence on foreign oil because Keystone XL products will likely be exported overseas, including to China and Venezuela. The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is designed as a pipeline through the United States, not to the United States. Because of these exports, the pipeline will not reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil.

35 permanent jobs: In the Environmental Impact Study, the State Department found that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would create only 35 permanent jobs along the 1,700 mile pipeline.

More: All Risk No Reward The Risks

I applaud President Obama's veto.

The thousands of high paying Union jobs that Obama screwed then out of and the thousands of jobs to support them while they are building the pipeline may just piss off some of them.

What ******* idiot thinks that Venezuela is going to import oil? Oil added to the global market will lower the price.

 

[JakeStarkey]

However, it oil we could claim for ourselves.

Would give us almost 90% energy sufficiency.

 

[blackhawk]

Guys, this is how a free country works. Votes, a veto, an attempt to overturn it, and if a failure, wait for a new day.

I think I would have vote for it, but I would have mandated hundreds of permanent jobs be part of the solution.

Agreed I wish the President would have signed the bill still it was refreshing to see the government work the way it's supposed to for a change.

 

[Dot Com]

Victory for private property rights, state rights and native American rights. Defeat for the Kleptocracy.

exactly.

 

[Dot Com]

Yo, its takes time to get rid of you Radicals who are destroying good paying jobs in this Country! But the "Real American People" are seeing what is going on, and will give the Republicans total control of both houses, its a matter of time fools! Then with a Republican President, who cares about its citizens, will pass it! So you idiots keep talking, love it!!! You Radical Party is falling apart!

"GTP"

"OBAMA HATES AMERICA"
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Yo, you can post junk like that in the Rubber Room but not here son 1stRambo

 

[1stRambo]

Yo, its takes time to get rid of you Radicals who are destroying good paying jobs in this Country! But the "Real American People" are seeing what is going on, and will give the Republicans total control of both houses, its a matter of time fools! Then with a Republican President, who cares about its citizens, will pass it! So you idiots keep talking, love it!!! You Radical Party is falling apart!

"GTP"

"OBAMA HATES AMERICA"
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Yo, you can post junk like that in the Rubber Room but not here son 1stRambo

Yo, Fact of Life!

"GTP"

"OBAMA HATES AMERICA"

 

[danielpalos]

WASHINGTON -- The Senate tried, but failed, to override President Barack Obama's veto of legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline on Wednesday.

The measure drew 62 "yes" votes, with nine Democrats joining Senate Republicans in voting to override the veto. A two-thirds majority, or 67 votes, is needed to override a presidential veto. The Senate's original vote on the legislation in January yielded 62 "yes" votes as well.

Obama vetoed the bill last week, arguing that the bill "conflicts with established executive branch procedures and cuts short thorough consideration of issues that could bear on our national interest -- including our security, safety, and environment."

More: Senate Attempt To Override Obama's Keystone Veto Fails

Good. Give President Obama time to sort through the national security factors.

Good Job. Some on the left believe we should hold out for a promotion of the general welfare with the (other) Peoples' money, instead of merely just another bailout for another private sector.