WASHINGTON �?? The House passed a bill on Tuesday that gives the White House a Nov. 1 deadline to finish its review of Keystone XL, a controversial oil pipeline that would expand Canada's oil sand imports to refineries in Texas. The vote was 279-147 with one person abstaining.
The debate comes amid renewed concern about oil pipeline safety, following a recent oil spill at an ExxonMobil pipeline in Yellowstone and a series of leaks at an existing TransCanada oil pipeline known as Keystone 1.
The State Department, which has been tasked with executing the permitting process for the Keystone XL, has promised to carry out the review process by year's end. But the bill introduced by Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.), H.R. 1938, would require that the White House make a decision on the pipeline by Nov. 1.
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