President Barack Obama swiftly delivered on his vow to veto a Republican bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada Tuesday afternoon, leaving the long-debated project in limbo for another indefinite period.
The Senate received Obama’s veto message and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell immediately countered by announcing the Republican-led chamber would attempt to overturn the veto by March 3.
Obama rejected the bill hours after it was sent to the White House. Republicans passed the bill to increase pressure on Obama to approve the pipeline, a move the president said would circumvent a State Department process that will determine whether the project is in the U.S. national interest.
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