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Senate panel moves Keystone XL pipeline bill forward despite veto threat

2015-01-08 20:46:54| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

A bill to approve the Canada-U.S. Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a key United States Senate committee today. The Energy and Natural Resources committee moved the bill closer to full debate in the Senate by a 13-9 vote.

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Senate Could Start Fast a " and With Fewer Committees

2015-01-08 17:35:03| Electronics - Topix.net

The state Senate will start the next session by cutting as many as one third of its committees - and the members of those panels could be named weeks earlier than usual. The Texas Senate could lose as many as six of its 18 committees when it adopts rules after the new lieutenant governor is sworn in, and the members of those committees could be named before the end of the second week of the new legislative session, sources said Wednesday.

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Senate panel approves Keystone bill despite veto threat

2015-01-08 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Republicans pushed veto-threatened legislation to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline through a Senate committee Thursday, but Democrats blocked plans for an immediate debate in the full Senate. The Energy and Natural Resources committee moved the bill closer to the floor on a 13-9 vote. Sen Joe Manchin of West Virginia, one of six Democrats sponsoring the bill, was the only committee Democrat to support it. The House will vote Friday on its version of the bill and is expected to pass the measure...

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API Applauds Swift Senate Action On Keystone XL

2015-01-08 04:58:52| oilandgasonline Home Page

API President and CEO Jack Gerard said recently bipartisan Senate filing of a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline shows Congress is following the will of the American people.

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Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate

2015-01-08 04:36:59| Footwear - Topix.net

Alfred H. Bennett, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, vice Kenneth M. Hoyt, retired. Armando Omar Bonilla, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice Edward J. Damich, term expired.

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