THE US FUTURE GROWTH IN ENERGY GETS A NO VOTE AS THE ENERGY VISION OF BRINGING ENERGY FROM OUR CANADIEN NEIGHBOR GETS TURNED DOWN ONE LAST TIME AS A STAND ALONE BILL FROM THE DEMOCRAT POTUS BHO CHAOS - AS HIS ZERO COST OF LOWERING FUTURE ENERGY COST GETS THE PASS OVER FOR THE AGENDA MUSTER OF HIGHER ENERGY COST FOR CITIZENS–AS THE POTUS BHO VETO OF THE KEYSTONE PIPE IS UPHELD AS A SMOKESCREEN FROM THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE–THE GOP SENATE FAILS TO GET THE MAJORITY VETO BUSTING VOTE FALLING 5 SHORT 62-37

The Senate failed on Wednesday to override President Obama’s veto of legislation approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, falling five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed in a 62-37 vote.

It’s the first time Congress has voted on whether to override a veto from Obama and could be a sign of things to come, with Republicans in charge of the House and Senate.

Eight Democrats voted with Republicans to override Obama: Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Mark Warner (Va.), Claire McCaskill (Mo.), Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Tom Carper (Del.) and Jon Tester (Mont.).

Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), who backs the pipeline, missed the vote.

voted to approve the $8 billion oil sands project in January. Sixty-seven votes are needed to override a presidential veto.

Keystone proponents vowed to continue the fight for the pipeline despite the failure.

“If we don’t win the battle today, we will win the war, because we will attach it to another piece of legislation,” Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), who wrote the bill, said Wednesday.

Hoeven said Republicans are likely to try to attach the legislation to a long-term transportation funding bill. Congress faces a May 31 deadline to approve new transportation funding.

“This is coming back in the form an infrastructure bill, a road bill that we are all voting for,” said Manchin.

Keystone supporters are optimistic that Obama won’t veto a six-year highway bill if it includes Keystone, despite vows by the president to veto any attempt to circumvent the federal review process of the pipeline.

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