The pipeline was tied to a temporary extension of payroll taxes, Eb, that the Repubs insisted that Obama decide (yes or no) on the pipeline... He decided no but left the door open for it to be taken up later after it had been assessed and new application were made...

This is all about politics... The BIG LIE that the Repubs are telling is that Obama isn't for increasing production for the American people... The pipeline was never for the American people... All it would do is furnish oil to the "world market" and the American people would have no leg up on bidding for it...

Here's an idea... Why no refine the crap in Canada, build a pipeline and the US get 50% of the production at a fixed rate for the next 20 or so years...

The way it is proposed, we get nothing but the risk...

B~