The House of Representatives approved legislation for the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline Wednesday despite President Barack Obama’s threat to veto the measure. The Republican-controlled House passed the bill, endorsing the Senate’s version in a 270-152 vote, and will now send it to Obama, who has said he planned to use his veto pen. The Senate and House would need two-thirds of both chambers to overrule Obama’s veto, but vote numbers suggest they do not have enough to do so. The north-south pipeline would bring Canadian oil to the Gulf Coast refineries.
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