ASSOCIATED PRESS: The president has promised in the past to veto the legislation.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: The president has promised in the past to veto the legislation.
The House voted 270-152 to send the bill to the president, endorsing changes made by the Senate that stated climate change was real and not a hoax, and oil sands should no longer be exempt from a tax used to cleanup oil spills. Only one Republican voted against the measure.
But neither chamber has enough support to overcome a veto, and supporters were already strategizing on how to secure the pipeline’s approval using other legislative means.
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