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Keystone XL Fails To Advance In The Senate

CNN is reporting. 

Senate Democrats blocked an effort by Republicans to end debate on a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, a setback for GOP leaders who must rely on a handful of Democrats who have supported the project in the past in order to get approval of their top legislative priority of the new Congress.

60 votes were needed on a pair of procedural motions to end Democratic filibusters, but each failed on a 53-39 tally.

How did the Democratic Senator from North Dakota vote?

Only four of the nine Democrats who voted with Republicans to begin debate voted with them to end it. They were Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Michael Bennet of Colorado, and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota.

From the LA Times:

Complicating matters was the absence of key Republican senators, including Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who was making a campaign fundraising swing through California as a potential presidential contender.

Say what? The GOP Senate Majority Leader took this to a vote knowing that not all his people would be there?

Okay, time to move on.