http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/06/white-house-issues-veto-threat-over-keystone-bill/
The article "white house issues veto threat over keystone bill" explains the clash between the current congress and the white house. The press Secretary for the obama administration announced that the president would indeed continue his stance against the keystone pipeline bill by choosing not to sign it if it is passed. Senator john hoeven is leading the charge for the passing of the bill and he believes that they have 63 senators that will vote for the bill and possibly more which will cross the 60 vote threshold that is required for passing.
It amazes me that the first act of the new congress is already being challenged by the president. I think that this is going to be quite the battle between the president and congress for the next two years. To me it sounds like congress believes that the pipeline will help the entire country with the jobs and oil it will bring and and the president is trying to please special interest groups at the expense of the american people.
I agree-- the president and congress will most definitely be clashing for the next two years. Unfortunately that could mean that even less will get done in the federal government than before (if they were getting much done in the first place, I'm not sure..) I feel like the pipline will get passed one way or another regardless of if the president vetoes it, but we'll have to see.
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