Keystone oil pipeline bill advances in Senate

[Yahoo! News]

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Congress edged closer to approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Monday, with several Senate Democrats bucking President Barack Obama to vote for the contentious project's construction. It cleared its first major hurdle in the Republican-controlled Senate, advancing on a 63-32 vote, including 11 Democratic supporters. Monday's vote officially kicked off debate on the long-delayed project, which if constructed by builder TransCanada would transport crude from Alberta's oil sands south to refineries on the US Gulf Coast. Keystone supporters received a boost Friday when Nebraska's Supreme Court dismissed a suit challenging a proposed route of the pipeline, which had been one of the primary rationales for the Obama administration delaying its decision on the pipeline.

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