Congress Would Replace Obama as Keystone Decider Under Bill
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Three Senate Republicans plan to introduce legislation that would give Congress the authority to approve TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline, which has been denied a permit by President Barack Obama.
The bill has 44 co-sponsors, Senator David Vitter of Louisiana said today in a statement. It would allow the Calgary-based company to begin construction on its 1,661-mile (2,673-kilometer) project to carry crude produced from Canada’s oil sands to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico.