Many people insist there is no difference between repubs and dems, but this is just one of many examples of the stark differences between the radicals in the obama administration and the sensible repubs in congress:
[h=3]White House Press Secretary: Expedited Review Leaves Obama "Little Choice" But To Reject Keystone.[/h]In the "E2 Wire" blog in
The Hill (1/18) Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman write, "White House press secretary Jay Carney stressed Tuesday that the Obama Administration will have little choice but to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline under an expedited schedule included in the payroll tax cut package," because the State Department is currently "reviewing an alternate pipeline route" to skirt a part of Nebraska deemed "environmentally sensitive." Carney said "it is a fallacy to suggest that the president should sign into law something when there isn't even an alternate route identified in Nebraska and when ... there was an attempt to short-circuit the review process in a way that does not allow the kind of careful consideration of all the competing criteria here that needs to be done."
House Republicans Discussing Options If Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline. In the "E2 Wire" blog in
The Hill (1/18) Ben Geman writes, "Top House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, bracing for White House rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, mulled plans to force approval of the controversial project at a meeting Tuesday." Representative Ed Whitfield (R-KY), head of the Energy and Power Subcommittee, said options would "include Representative Lee Terry's (R-NE) bill that would place the permit decision in the hands of independent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), taking it away from the State Department." Meanwhile, both Terry and Whitfield said Senator John Hoeven's (R-ND) bill "that would put the final decision on Keystone in the hands of Congress" was another consideration.
In the "Floor Action" blog in
The Hill (1/18) Pete Kasperowicz writes, "House Republicans returned to work Tuesday evening with a sharp message for President Obama that there is no reason for delaying the Keystone XL pipeline, with one member arguing that the Obama Administration's reasons for delay so far are 'bull.'" On Tuesday night Terry said "this is all politics," adding "stop playing politics, Mr. President, and put us on a road that we can be energy independent."
Canadian Prime Minister: Iranian Threats Make Keystone More Necessary. In the "E2 Wire" blog in
The Hill (1/18) Ben Geman writes, "Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joining Capitol Hill Republicans and business groups, said Iran's threat to block a major oil shipping lane builds the case for US approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline." According to Harper, "when you look at the Iranians threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz, I think that just illustrates how critical it is that supply for the United States be North American." Harper and other Canadian government officials have urged Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline "to bring oil sands crude from Alberta to Gulf Coast refineries."
Why on earth would we not want more good domestic jobs, greater energy independence, less reliance on the middle east, and better relations with a friendly Canada. Can't the Marxists parading as radical environmentalists be silenced for once?
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