Originally Posted by Brent 3dSexCash

Because it is such a better idea to buy it from environmental friendly countries such as Saudi Arabia and Venezuela right?

Do you have any idea how much it sucks to live in Saudi Arabia as a female? Do you have any idea how much damage Venezuela does to the environment when they produce oil? The more oil we cant get from places like Canada, the more we have to get and support terrible places like Saudi Arabia. Both these countries have terrible human rights records as well as terrible records in regards to the environment.

But hey, at least people that supported the veto " can feel good about themselves" that they "helped" the environment.

Originally Posted by BFT3K

Republicans have been trying to convince the American people that the Keystone XL pipeline will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and that it will create American jobs. Yet on Tuesday they voted to table an amendment introduced by Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Sen Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) that would have required keeping the pipeline oil in the United States for domestic use. Republicans unanimously rejected bringing up the amendment to a floor vote. So much for reducing America?s dependence on foreign oil. As critics have repeatedly pointed out, the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will not reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil because the oil will be exported, after it passes through America?s midsection. Republicans proved that point by explicitly voting down any efforts to keep the pipeline oil here.

Republicans also rejected an amendment proposed by Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to require that if the pipeline is approved, it must be built with American iron and steel. Every Republican, except North Carolina Senator Richard Burr, voted to table that amendment as well. So much for caring about American jobs. Every Democratic Senator approved of the Franken amendment, including pipeline supporters like Heidi Heitkamp (ND), Joe Donnelly (IN), Mark Warner (VA), Joe Manchin (WV), Claire McCaskill (MO), and Jon Tester (MT). Every Democratic Senator except Heitkamp, Warner, and Manchin also supported the Markey-Baldwin amendment.