Keystone oil pipeline bill fails in Senate
1 of 3. Protestors rally in front of the Lamar County courthouse where landowner Julia Trigg Crawford is set to go to court in a battle with TransCanada over the trenching of her private property for the Keystone pipeline in Paris, Texas February 17, 2012.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican proposal to give a permit to the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline in a vote that will give Republicans more ammunition to criticize President Barack Obama's energy policies on the campaign trail.
Credit: Reuters/Mike Stone
Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON
Thu Mar 8, 2012 8:25pm EST
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