Dems Fail to Advance Buy America Measure on Keystone Bill
Senate Republicans used a procedural motion on Jan. 20 to block an amendment to the Keystone pipeline legislation that would require only U.S.-produced construction materials are used in the project, the chamber's Minority Leader Harry Reid said after the vote…
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(here). A staffer for Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, hit back at that accusation. The motion, called "tabling," is a common practice in the Senate, the spokesman said. Murkowski is a primary supporter of the Keystone bill. Earlier in the day, Senate Democrats rallied support for the construction material amendment, as well as an amendment to require all petroleum and petroleum goods produced through the pipeline are sold in the U.S. (see 1501190005). The petroleum measure was also tabled.