Keystone pipeline faces vote in Senate

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[URL="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e50T3xzZlF_JqD4fgWRJ6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-03-08T165305Z_1_CBRE8271AX800_RTROPTP_2_KEYSTONE-PROTEST.JPG"] [/URL]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate could vote as early as Thursday on a plan to fast-track the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, a bid that is unlikely to attract enough Democratic support to pass but will give its Republican supporters an opening to criticize President Barack Obama's energy policies. Obama put the $7 billion project on hold pending further environmental review. Republicans argue the pipeline, which would ship oil from Canada and northern U.S. states to Texas, would create jobs and improve energy security at a time of surging gasoline prices. ...




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