The 114th Congress plans to get the bill to approve the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline by this Friday at the earilest. The President has made it somewhat clear that he will veto this bill once it reaches his desk. A poll taken shows that 59% of the country population support building it. The main opposition is that of enviromentalist groups and memebers of the Democratic party.
This is really one of the most blown up things that has happened in our lifetime that is happening in our country. It is something that is more of a political battle than anything. I get that people are worried what may happen but it will supply us with energy that is close by. It can supply jobs for people and give us a little more oil. If the Congress and the President "battle it out", it will make what they leave behind no different than those they replaced, people who can't/ won't do what is right for the country.
Link: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/with-veto-threat-obama-and-congress-head-for-collision-over-keystone-pipeline/ar-AA7R6hR
I agree that it is a political battle as we saw of the live C-SPAN video in class the other day. It's clear most Democrats do not want the bill passed, but if it isn't, then oil prices will rise significantly as we discussed. I almost want to say the future of our economy relies heavily on this bill.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the Keystone Pipeline is a mostly political battle really annoys me because oil and the Middle East is such a big problem right now. We need to become independent from the Middle East and their oil because of a little issue called "they freaking hate us you guys." Like Mrs. Friedel mentioned in class, they're actively trying to ruin us using our oil dependency. We need a supplement that doesn't come from them. I can't believe Obama is YET AGAIN going to block it.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this is completely a political battle, especially since most of the states that would have the pipeline passing through them are on board for its construction. This pipeline has been studied more than any of the other hundreds of thousands of pipelines that run across the US, and it would decrease our dependency on foreign oil. Too many people are arguing purely based on their political affiliations.
ReplyDeleteWell the big problem is the fact that the president is giving in to special interest groups. I think because of the republican majority he is now going to just oppose anything they pass just to be stubborn. Anybody who knows anything about the pipeline and pipelines in general know that pipelines are the safest and most efficient Means of transportation and if we are going to take in crude from other countries it might as well be from a country who we are allied with.
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