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TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL Pipeline would transport oil sands crude from Canada and shale oil produced in North Dakota and Montana to a market hub in Nebraska for further delivery to Gulf Coast refineries. The pipeline would consist of 875880 miles of 36-inch pipe with the capacity to transport 830,000 barrels per day.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) receives frequent requests for congressional votes taken on Keystone XL Pipeline legislation. This report provides roll call vote data on Keystone XL Pipeline legislation identified by CRS using CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database as well as the Congress.gov legislative database.
Roll call votes listed in the tables are broken down by chamber, Congress, and type of legislation—substantive votes (i.e., votes on amendments or passage of bills) versus procedural votes (e.g., votes to recommit the bill to a committee or to provide for the consideration of a bill). Votes are also listed in chronological order for each Congress.
This report is current through the end of the 114April 2019 (116th Congress) and will be updated as events warrant.
TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL Pipeline would transport oil sands crude from Canada and shale oil produced in North Dakota and Montana to a market hub in Nebraska for further delivery to Gulf Coast refineriesrefineries. The pipeline would consist of 875880 miles1 of 36-inch pipe with the capacity to transport 830,000 barrels per day.1
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) receives frequent requests for congressional votes taken on Keystone XL Pipeline legislation. This report provides roll call vote data on Keystone XL Pipeline legislation identified by CRS using CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database as well as the Congress.gov legislative database.
Roll call votes listed in the following tables are broken down by chamber, Congress, and type of legislation—substantive votes (i.e., votes on amendments or passage of bills) versus procedural votes (e.g., votes to recommit the bill to a committee or to provide for the consideration of a bill). Votes are also listed in chronological order for each Congress.
No Keystone XL roll call votes have been recorded in the House or Senate since March 2015.According to both CQ.com and Congress.gov, the House of Representatives first introduced Keystone XL Pipeline legislation in the 112th Congress. The first recorded votes in the House also took place in that Congress.
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Amendment sought to add language describing an environmental finding, which states that the Keystone XL Pipeline would run through the Ogallala Aquifer and which would explain the risks involved with the proposed route. |
Failed (164-260) 7/26/2011 |
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Amendment sought to strike paragraph 15 of the findings section, which says that analysis using EPA models shows that the Keystone XL Pipeline will result in no significant change in total U.S. or global greenhouse gas emissions. |
Failed (164-261) 7/26/2011 |
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Amendment sought to include a finding stating that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Administrator testified at a congressional hearing and said that PHMSA had not done a study analyzing the risks associated with transporting diluted bitumen. The amendment also sought to require PHMSA to complete a review of the risks associated with transporting diluted bitumen, and whether current pipeline regulations are sufficient. |
Failed (163-264) 7/26/2011 |
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Amendment sought to strike language in the findings section of the bill describing the pipeline's safety standards and replace it with language declaring that another pipeline operated by the applicant has leaked more than a dozen times in the United States and 21 times in Canada in less than one year of operation. |
Failed (155-272) 7/26/2011 |
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Amendment sought to strike language in the findings section of the bill declaring that increased Canadian exports of oil to China would increase U.S. reliance on oil from other foreign sources, especially the Middle East. The amendment would replace it with language that would highlight conclusions by Canadian oil consultants saying the pipeline would allow crude oil from the Canadian tar-sands to be exported to other countries, particularly China. |
Failed (152-275) 7/26/2011 |
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Amendment sought to allow for 120 days after the final environmental impact statement or no later than January 1, 2012, for the President to issue a final decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Failed (161-265) 7/26/2011 |
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Amendment sought to allow a |
Failed (168-260) 7/26/2011 |
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Amendment sought to require a study on the health impacts of increased air pollution in communities surrounding the refineries that will process oil transported through the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline before any approval of the pipeline could be granted. |
Failed (163-263) 7/26/2011 |
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Amendment sought to block the President from issuing or denying a permit for the pipeline until the Energy Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission, certified that permitting of the pipeline would not lead to manipulation of the U.S. oil market. |
Failed (164-261) 7/26/2011 |
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Passage of the bill that would require the Administration to make a permitting decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline within 30 days after the final environmental impact statement is issued or by November 1, whichever is earlier. It would direct the President, working through the Energy Secretary, to coordinate with federal agencies to make sure necessary review stages are expedited. |
Passed (279-147) 7/26/2011 |
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In part, the bill would require the President to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline permit application within 60 days of the bill's enactment unless it is determined that the pipeline is not in the national interest. |
Passed (234-193) 12/13/2011 |
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In part, the resolution expresses the sense of the House that any final measure to extend the payroll tax holiday, extend federally funded unemployment insurance benefits, or prevent decreases in reimbursement for physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries should include final approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. |
Passed (226-185) 12/20/2011 |
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Amendment sought to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review the results of the PHMSA study, as required by the bipartisan pipeline safety bill (P.L. 112-90), before issuing a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Failed (173-249) 2/15/2012 |
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Amendment sought to ensure that if the Keystone XL Pipeline is built, the oil that it transports to the Gulf of Mexico and the fuels made from that oil remain in this country for use in domestic commerce. The amendment allows the President to waive this requirement if it can be shown that an export of the oil or fuels will not increase U.S. dependence on oil or fuels the United States buys from hostile nations; and that prices for refiners and consumers will not go up if the export occurs; or if an export is needed to comply with any international treaties or other U.S. agreements to export oil or fuels. |
Failed (173-254) 2/15/2012 |
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Amendment sought to prohibit the issuance of a permit absent conditions that restrict the ability of the permit recipient from initiating or threatening to initiate proceedings to invoke the power of eminent domain against the will of a property's owner for the purposes of constructing or operating the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Failed (149-276) 2/15/2012 |
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Amendment sought to require that a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline is not to be issued or deemed issued unless the permit applicant can certify and provide adequate documentation to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that at least 75% of the iron and steel to be used in domestic portion of the pipeline is produced in North America. |
Failed (193-234) 2/15/2012) |
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Passage of the bill would, in part, provide for approval of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL Pipeline and shift permitting authority for the project from the State Department to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. |
Passed (237-187) 2/16/2012 |
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Passage of the bill to extend the authorization for surface transportation programs would, in part, transfer authority to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project from the State Department to the FERC, which would be required to issue the permit within 30 days of receiving an application. |
Passed (293-127) 4/18/2012 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1938) to direct the President to expedite the consideration and approval of the construction and operation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and for other purposes. |
Passed (246-171) 7/26/2011 |
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Motion to recommit the bill to the Energy and Commerce Committee with instructions that it be reported back immediately with an amendment that would direct the President to ensure federal agencies take any feasible step to prevent an increase in gas prices and limit seizures of American farm and ranch land. It also would add language to the findings section of the bill declaring that the applicant has threatened to condemn the land of farmers and ranchers along the pipeline route and has projected that the pipeline will increase oil prices. |
Failed (181-248) 7/26/2011 |
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Motion to disagree with the Senate amendments and request a conference on a bill (H.R. 3630) that would, in part, require the President to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline within 60 days of the bill's enactment unless he certifies that doing so is not in the national interest. |
Passed (229-193) 12/20/2011 |
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Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on House-passed provisions that would transfer authority to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline project from the State Department to FERC, and provide that if FERC does not approve the pipeline within 30 days that it be deemed approved. |
Passed (261-152) 5/18/2012 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
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Vote Results/Date |
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H.Amdt. 66 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to add language to the findings section of the bill regarding the impact of the Keystone XL Pipeline on the development of crude oil, the projected increase in greenhouse gases, the impact to land and water resources, an assessment of the spill risk, and the projected safety of the pipeline. |
Passed (246-168) 5/22/2013 |
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H.Amdt. 67 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to add a finding that the reliance on oil sands crudes for transportation fuels would likely result in an increase in incremental greenhouse gas emissions in the United States equivalent to approximately that of 4.3 million passenger vehicles. The amendment also sought to provide that the bill would not go into effect unless the President found that TransCanada or oil sands producers could fully offset the additional greenhouse gas emissions produced annually. |
Failed (146-269) 5/22/2013 |
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H.Amdt. 68 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to prohibit final approval and construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline until a study of the health impacts of increased air pollution in communities surrounding the refineries has been completed. |
Failed (177-239) 5/22/2013 |
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H.Amdt. 69 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL Pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place. |
Failed (176-239) 5/22/2013 |
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H.Amdt. 70 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to strike Section 3 of the bill (Keystone XL Permit Approval), which states that the Keystone XL Pipeline does not require a permit to cross the international border between Canada and the United States. |
Failed (177-238) 5/22/2013 |
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H.Amdt. 71 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to remove the mandate to allow one specifically named company [TransCanada] "to never receive appropriate oversight through the permit process for operation and/or maintenance—in perpetuity, while allowing construction permit fast-track. " |
Failed (182-234) 5/22/2013 |
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H.Amdt. 72 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to lengthen the time period for a person to file a claim against pipeline operators from 60 days to one year. |
Failed (182-234) 5/22/2013 |
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H.Amdt. 73 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study and prepare a report of the Keystone XL Pipeline to determine the total projected costs of pipeline spill cleanup, including the potential impacts of a petroleum spill on public health and the environment and the quantity and quality of water available for agricultural and municipal purposes. |
Failed (185-231) 5/22/2103 |
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H.Amdt. 75 to H.R. 3 |
Amendment sought to require that all oil and refined fuels transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline be used in the United States and not exported, unless the President finds that an exception is required by law or in the national interest. |
Failed (162-255) 5/22/2013 |
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Passage of the bill sought to declare that a Presidential permit is not required for approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline's northern route from the Canadian border through Nebraska. Under the bill, environmental impact statements issued to date would be considered sufficient to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act, and the Interior Department |
Passed (241-175) 5/22/2013 |
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Passage of the bill that would allow for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline and require that more federal lands and offshore areas be made available each year for oil and gas leasing. It also would streamline the process for approving drilling permits and limit the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fueled power plants under the Clean Air Act. It would prohibit the EPA from finalizing energy-related regulations estimated to cost more than $1 billion if the Energy Department determines that the regulations will cause significant adverse effects to the economy. It would block federal rules related to hydraulic fracturing for natural gas and set statutory deadlines for FERC and other federal agencies to act when considering certification or permits for the construction or expansion of natural gas pipelines. It also would require the Energy Department to expedite decisions on applications to export liquefied natural gas and establish a new system for the approval and permitting of oil and gas pipelines and electrical transmission lines that cross the U.S. border into Canada and Mexico. |
Passed (226-191) 9/18/2014 |
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Passage of the bill sought to immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline, including any revision to the pipeline route within Nebraska as required or authorized by the state. It also would consider the January 2014 environmental impact statement issued by the State Department sufficient to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act. It also would grant the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction regarding legal disputes over the pipeline or the constitutionality of the bill. |
Passed (252-161) 11/14/2014 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
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Vote Results/Date |
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Motion to order the previous question (thus ending debate and the possibility of amendment) on the rule (H.Res. 228) that would provide for House floor consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) that would declare a Presidential permit is not required for approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline's northern route from the Canadian border through Nebraska. |
Passed (223-194) 5/22/2013 |
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Adoption of the rule (H.Res. 228) that would provide for House floor consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) that would declare a Presidential permit is not required for approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline's northern route from the Canadian border through Nebraska. |
Passed (228-185) 5/22/2013 |
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Motion to recommit the bill to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and report it back immediately with an amendment that would require TransCanada to pay for cleanup of oil spills on U.S. soil. |
Failed (194-223) 5/22/2013 |
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Adoption of the rule (H.Res. 748) that sought to provide for House floor consideration of a bill (H.R. 5682) to immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline, including any revision to the pipeline route within Nebraska as required or authorized by the state. It also would consider sufficient the January 2014 environmental impact statement issued by the State Department to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act. It also would grant the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction regarding legal disputes over the pipeline or the constitutionality of this bill. |
Passed (233-185) 11/13/2014 |
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Motion to recommit the bill to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and report it back immediately with an amendment that would require that oil transported by the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline be considered crude oil for the purposes of determining its contributions to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. |
Failed (192-224) 11/14/2014 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
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Passage of the bill sought to immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline, including any revision to the pipeline route within Nebraska as required or authorized by the state. It also would consider the January 2014 environmental impact statement issued by the State Department sufficient to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act. It also would grant the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction regarding legal disputes over the pipeline or the constitutionality of the bill. |
Passed (266-153) 1/9/2015 |
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Passage of the bill that would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline, including any revision to the pipeline route within Nebraska as required or authorized by the state. It also would consider the January 2014 environmental impact statement issued by the State Department sufficient to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act. It would grant the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction regarding legal disputes over the pipeline or the constitutionality of the bill. It would express the sense of the Congress that climate change is real. |
Passed (270-152) 2/11/2015 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
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Motion to order the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on the rule (H.Res. 19) that would provide for House floor consideration on the bill (H.R. 3) that would allow for the construction of the cross-border Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (240-180) 1/8/2015 |
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Adoption of the rule (H.Res. 19) that would provide for House floor consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) that would allow for the construction of the cross-border Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (244-181) 1/8/2015 |
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Motion to recommit the bill to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and report it back immediately with an amendment that would require TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., to certify to the President that diluted bitumen and other materials derived from oil sands transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline will be treated as crude oil for the purposes of determining contributions for the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. |
Failed (180-237) 1/9/2015 |
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Motion to order the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on the rule (H.Res. 100) that would provide for House floor consideration of the bill that would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (242-183) 2/11/2015 |
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Adoption of the rule (H.Res. 100) that would provide for House floor consideration of the bill to immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (248-177) 2/11/2015 |
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Motion to commit the bill to the House Energy and Commerce Committee with instructions to report it back immediately with an amendment that would require TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., to certify to the President that diluted bitumen and other materials derived from tar sands transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline will be treated as crude oil for the purposes of determining contributions for the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. |
Failed (181-241) 2/11/2015 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
Similar to the House of Representatives, both CQ.com and Congress.gov indicate that the Senate first introduced Keystone XL Pipeline legislation during the 112th Congress. The chamber's first recorded votes on Keystone XL took place in that Congress as well.
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Amendment sought to provide for approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline between Canada and the United States. It would require that the route for the pipeline in Nebraska be submitted by the state of Nebraska. It also would provide for certain environmental protections. Note: By unanimous consent, the Senate agreed to raise the majority requirement for adoption of the amendment to 60 votes. |
Failed (56-42) 3/8/2012 |
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Amendment sought to prohibit the export of crude oil transported by the Keystone XL Pipeline and related facilities unless the prohibition is waived by the President, and require the use of U.S. iron, steel and manufactured goods in the construction of the pipeline, with certain exceptions. Note: By unanimous consent, the Senate agreed to raise the majority requirement for adoption of the amendment to 60 votes. |
Failed (33-65) 3/8/2012 |
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Amendment sought to extend energy tax credit programs, excluding the production credit and the stimulus grant program that expired in 2011. It also would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline and expand oil and gas drilling in new areas, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Provisions would be partially offset by extending the federal employee pay freeze through 2013. Note: By unanimous consent, the Senate agreed to raise the majority requirement for adoption of the amendment to 60 votes |
Failed (41-57) 3/13/2012 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
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Amendment sought to create a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow for legislation to provide for an analysis of the impact of approving the Keystone XL Pipeline, including whether it would raise oil prices, harm domestic energy security, use material not manufactured in the United States or adversely affect individual property rights, job creation or national security. |
Failed (33-66) 3/22/21013 |
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Amendment sought to create a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow for legislation that would provide for the approval and construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline as long as the legislation's costs are offset without raising revenue. |
Passed (62-37) 3/22/2013 |
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Passage of the bill would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline, including any revision to the pipeline route within Nebraska as required or authorized by the state. The 2014 environmental impact statement issued by the State Department would be declared sufficient to satisfy all requirements for review under the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act. It would grant the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction regarding legal disputes over the pipeline or the constitutionality of the bill. Note: By unanimous consent, the Senate agreed to raise the majority requirement for passage of the bill to 60 votes. |
Failed (59-41) 11/18/2014 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
a. A bill or joint resolution that has been vetoed by the President can become law if two-thirds of the Members voting in the House and the Senate each agree to pass it over the President's objection. The chambers act sequentially on vetoed measures: The House acts first on House-originated measures (H.R. and H.J. Res.), and the Senate acts first on Senate-originated measures (S. and S.J. Res.). If the first-acting chamber does not override the veto, the other chamber cannot consider it. If either chamber fails to reach the two-thirds vote requirement, the President's veto stands. See CRS Report RS22654, Veto Override Procedure in the House and Senate, by Elizabeth Rybicki.|
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Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the motion to proceed to the bill that would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (63-32) 1/12/2015 |
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Motion to table amendment no. 13 to the substitute amendment no. 2. Amendment no. 13 would ban the export of crude oil, bitumen or refined petroleum fuel products transported in the United States by the operation of the Keystone XL pipeline, unless a presidential waiver is obtained. The substitute amendment would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (57-42) 1/20/2015 |
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Motion to table amendment no. 17 to the substitute amendment no. 2. Amendment no. 17 would require that the iron, steel, or manufactured goods used in the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline originate in the United States, unless such products are not sufficiently available with satisfactory quality or the use of such products would increase the cost of construction by more than 25%. The substitute amendment would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (53-46) 1/20/2015 |
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Motion to table (kill) amendment no. 99 to the substitute amendment no. 2. Amendment no. 99 would express the sense of Congress that climate change is real and caused by human activities. It would also express that fossil fuels continue to produce a significant portion of U.S. electricity and that it is imperative that the United States invest in fossil fuel technology. The substitute amendment would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (53-46) 1/22/2015 |
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Motion to table (kill) amendment no. 24. Amendment no. 24 would express the sense of the Senate that climate change is real and caused by human activities. It also would urge the United States to overhaul its energy system away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable energy. The substitute amendment would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (56-42) 1/22/2015 |
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Motion to table (kill) amendment no. 25. Amendment no. 25 would condition the measure's effective date to when products derived from oil sands are treated as crude oil for the purpose of the federal excise tax on petroleum. |
Passed (53-42) 1/22/2015 |
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Motion to table (kill) amendment no. 121 to the substitute amendment no. 2. Amendment no. 121 would impose a fee of 8 cents per barrel on oil transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline and direct the revenue to a land and water conservation fund. |
Passed (57-38) 1/22/2015 |
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Motion to table (kill) amendment no. 28 to the bill. Amendment no. 28 would require campaign finance disclosures for individuals who have received revenues in relation to oil sands leases or development in excess of $10,000 during the period between Jan. 1, 2013, and 165 days after the bill's enactment. Subsequent disclosures would be required each time an aggregate revenue of $10,000 is reached. |
Passed (52-43) 1/22/2015 |
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Motion to table (kill) amendment no. 30 to the substitute amendment no. 2. Amendment no. 30 would strike a provision authorizing the U.S. Court of Appeals and the District of Columbia Circuit Court to have original and exclusive judicial review over any civil actions relating to the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
Passed (53-41) 1/22/2015 |
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Motion to table (kill) amendment no. 74 to the substitute amendment no. 2. Amendment no. 74 would express the sense of the Senate that the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program should be funded at no less than $4.7 billion annually. |
Passed (49-45) 1/22/2015 |
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Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on substitute amendment no. 2 that would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline. Note: Three-fifths of the total Senate (60) is required to invoke cloture. A subsequent |
Failed (53-39) 1/26/2015 |
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Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the bill that would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline, including any revision to the pipeline route within Nebraska as required or authorized by the state. Note: Three-fifths of the total Senate (60) is required to invoke cloture. A subsequent |
Failed (53-39) 1/26/2015 |
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Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the bill that would immediately allow TransCanada to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities known as the Keystone XL Pipeline, including any revision to the pipeline route within Nebraska as required or authorized by the state. Note: Three-fifths of the total Senate (60) is required to invoke cloture. |
Passed (62-35) 1/29/2015 |
Source: Congress.gov; CQ.com's Roll Call Vote Report database.
Author Contact Information
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According to TransCanada's 2008 permit application, the original proposal for the Keystone XL Pipeline system consisted of a 1,700-mile pipeline running from Alberta, Canada to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast Project was proposed as the southern segment of the Keystone XL Pipeline system, but it was separated from the original proposal because it did not require a presidential permit. The Gulf Coast Pipeline was completed in 2013 and began service in 2014.
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