They have been going way out on a limb to get this pipeline approved, even to the point where a tax cut for middle class Americans and unemployment benefits and money for physicians was--a bill was held up to make sure that there was a provision that gives special treatment to the Keystone Pipeline.
Waxman criticizes efforts to prioritize Keystone Pipeline over essential benefits.
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