"The vote served as a preview of the confrontations that lie ahead in Washington. President Barack Obama is on track to overhaul immigration rules on his own by the end of the year -- a move that is pushing some conservatives to consider shutting down the government in retaliation.
And as soon as the new Republican Congress is sworn in next year, Keystone will be back on the agenda, along with efforts to curtail Obamacare, raising the prospect of Obama issuing a series of vetoes.
But for all the battles that lie ahead, Tuesday's vote was really about local politics. Louisiana's Senate race is headed for a Dec. 6 runoff election, and Landrieu -- currently the Senate Energy and Natural Resources chairwoman -- saw the pipeline as a final chance to demonstrate her clout to voters in an energy-rich state.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/politics/senate-keystone-vote-tuesday/index.html
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