U.S. Representative Sean Duffy (WI-07) voted, yet again, for the Keystone XL Pipeline.
"There is no reason for further delay. Wisconsinites and the American people want this pipeline and they want the new American Congress to lead. The President is the only person standing in the way of this project: it's time for him to move -- it's time to build."
President Obama has promised to veto the bill despite virtually every roadblock he has laid down having been cleared. Fifty-seven percent of Americans support the pipeline, nine Democrat Senators voted for it when it passed the Senate, and the Nebraska Supreme Court cleared the pipeline last month in a ruling that the President had longed claimed was the main reason for his delay.
The Keystone XL Pipeline has been in the approval process since September 19, 2008, when the application was first submitted to the U.S. State Department. That's 2,337 days, or more than six years. The actual construction of the pipeline would range from one to two years. If the pipeline had gone through a reasonable approval timeline, it would have been completed two to three years ago.