Armed with a new poll that shows most Americans support building the Keystone XL pipeline and also oppose a White House veto of the project, the Republican Party Tuesday kicked off a citizen petition to force President Obama’s hand.
“Sign the petition to tell President Obama to stop his veto threats,” said the new petition drive.
The poll from Paragon Insights found that 53 percent of registered voters believe Obama should not veto the pipeline. Some 62 percent support building it.
“A veto pen is not a jobs plan, and it certainly isn’t the hope and change the president promised,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee spokeswoman Andrea Bozek. “Yet again, President Obama has proven that he is more interested in siding with his political base than signing bipartisan legislation that would create thousands of American jobs.”
The effort is just the latest to get the pipeline built. An unusual collection of liberals and conservatives, and business and labor have joined to push it, believing it will create over 42,000 jobs, boost the economy and help with the nation’s oil supply.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
