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McConnell pushes for votes on Keystone pipeline, EPA rule
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) insisted Tuesday that a vote on approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline be part of an agreement that would allow sweeping transportation funding legislation to advance.
The transportation bill stalled in a procedural vote early Tuesday afternoon as negotiations on which amendments will be considered continue, and McConnell said an agreement is “very close.”
McConnell wants a vote on a GOP leadership-backed plan — offered by Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) and David Vitter (R-La.) – that would approve construction of the proposed pipeline from Alberta, Canada, to Texas.
He also wants a vote on Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-Maine) amendment that would delay industry compliance with EPA rules to curb air toxics from industrial boilers, and require the rule to be re-written.
The Hill has more on the wrangling over the bill here.
