Democratic lawmakers pressure Obama administration on both sides of Keystone pipeline issue
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 20th, 2011 4:34 am by HL
Democratic lawmakers pressure Obama administration on both sides of Keystone pipeline issue
Democratic lawmakers, split over whether to support a massive oil pipeline crossing the U.S.-Canada border, continue to lobby the Obama administration on both sides of the question.
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Oct. 5, saying he had “serious concern” about allowing TransCanada to construct and operate a 1,700-mile-long pipeline between Hardisty, Alberta, and Port Arthur, Tex.
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