Senate want to override Obama's keystone pipeline veto

The Senate tried to override President Barack Obama's veto of Legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline.  President Obama vetoed a bill  that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline, making good on a threat to reject a proposal embraced by Republicans as a jobs measure but opposed by environmentalists as contributing to climate change.

Keystone XL's future also hinges partially on a fight over property rights in Nebraska. A group of landowners in the
state have been fighting for years to keep TransCanada off their land, and despite a legal setback, they score a
victory when a district judge halted TransCanada's use of eminent domain in Nebraska.

Republicans support building the pipeline, saying it would create jobs. Obama has questioned keystone XL's employment
impact and raised concerns about its effects on climate change. The struggle over whether to build Keystone escalated after Republicans won control of the Senate.

Environmentalist have urged Obama to reject Keystone because of carbon emissions involved in getting the oil out of
Canadian tar sands.