http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/11/congress-gives-final-approval-to-keystone-xl-pipeline-bill-setting-up-veto/
In the article, "congress gives final approval to keystone xl pipeline bill, setting up veto showdown" it explains that the keystone xl pipeline bill has been passed by congress today. According to the article this is merely a formality because Of the fact that the president and his administration has repeatedly stated that They will immediately veto the bill if it is put on their desk.
Though the knowledge that congress would pass the bill and then Obama would veto it is Not new, the realization that it is more than just a simple decision on a pipeline. It is much more than that. It is the first showdown of what will most definitely become an incredible battle between congress and the president in the coming months. I can't wait to see how far the president goes to win this pissing match. Either the president will allow things to actually get done because now there is a majority in both houses or he will make sure absolutely nothing gets done.
Vetoing is the executives check on the legislative branch, this much is true. When you have the executive saying that he will move to have more infrastructure improvements and implacements in the country and he doesn't want to pass something like a pipeline (infrastructure), then isn't he defeating himself with his own words.
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