Reason: Political action on approval of the final phase of the Keystone XL Pipeline is likely done for the year after the Senate fell five votes short of invoking cloture on an energy bill to which Republicans were trying to attach an amendment that would approve construction on Keystone. The Hill reports:
The Senate standoff left green groups confident that Keystone would not be approved this year, and that it was dead for the rest of the Obama era.
"Keystone is not going to become law under this...