Republican members of the House are upset that Obama has set aside the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline which would deliver oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf coast. The president wants more study of the impact of the pipeline on the oil industry and environment.
The battle between the two parties may be a critical part of the fall elections. Republicans claim delays will rob the economy of tens of thousands of construction jobs.
A plan to fast-track the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline was passed by a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, as Republicans made yet another attempt to spur approval of the project that has become a major issue in the 2012 elections.
The bill would wrest decision-making on the pipeline from the Obama administration and hand it to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which would be compelled to issue approval permits quickly on the Canada-to-Texas project.
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