Keystone XL could be deciding factor on energy-efficiency bill

Published May 1, 2014 4:00am ET



The fate of a Senate energy-efficiency bill might come down to the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.

Democrats on Thursday said they planned to offer a standalone vote on whether to approve the $5.4 billion Canada-to-Texas project, fearing that attaching it to an energy-efficiency bill they plan to bring to the floor next week would sink the measure.

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