ACTION ALERT
Call Senators Thune and Johnson NOW to say no to the Keystone XL amendment
Sen. Hoeven, R-ND, has just introduced an amendment to the Senate budget resolution promoting the Keystone XL pipeline and a vote is expected today.
The non-binding amendment, S.AMDT. 494, would not affect the State Department’s review process but basically promotes Keystone XL as a positive project because it will encourage growth in “manufacturing, oil and gas production, and refining.” As usual, it neglects to recognize the hazards to both landowners and the environment and that endless growth in these sectors is not sustainable. It is a message bill, but it is a message that needs to be stopped.
Please call your Senators as soon as possible (today if you can) to let them know you do NOT support Sen. Hoeven’s amendment #494 to promote Keystone XL. If each of their offices get 20-30 phone calls, they will know we mean business. After you call, please report your conversation here so we can keep track of our calls.
Phone: (202) 224-2321
Senator Tim Johnson
Phone: (202) 224-5842
Amendment text
SA 494 – The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution for 1 or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that may result in strong growth in manufacturing, oil and gas production, and refining sectors of the economy through the approval and construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline without raising new revenue, by the amounts provided in the legislation for those purposes, provided that the legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2018 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.