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GOP leaders: Keep pipeline in payroll tax bill ? USATODAY.com
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Washington (CNN) -- The Senate on Saturday voted to extend the payroll tax cut by two months, after both sides were unable to reach a comprehensive agreement to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for a full year.
The deal, passed in a 89-10 vote, includes a provision to speed up a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, giving the Obama administration 60 days to make a call on the project.
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Jim Jones bucks Obama on Keystone XL pipeline
By Josh Rogin Friday, December 16, 2011 -
Former National Security Advisor Jim Jones called today for quick action on the Keystone XL pipeline construction, directly opposing the White House he worked for only a few months ago.
Jones, who rarely speaks in public and almost never contradicts his former boss President Barack Obama, lashed out against the administration in a press call and warned of grave consequences to U.S. national security if the project to build the pipeline doesn't move forward immediately.
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11/10/2011
Obama Rejects Reason, Kills Keystone XL
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"Any effort to try to tie Keystone to the payroll tax cut I will reject. So everybody should be on notice," President Obama said on Dec. 7 during a press briefing with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.