House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton said that he envisions the House will vote to override President Obama’s expected veto of a bill approving the Keystone XL pipeline.
The House is set to vote on the Senate-passed bill Wednesday afternoon. It’s expected to clear the chamber and make it to the president’s desk, but well shy of the two-thirds support needed to surmount a veto.
“If he vetoes it as we anticipate — I worked at the White House so I know that once a president says something it doesn’t change — yeah, we’ll have a vote,” the Michigan Republican told reporters.
The White House has threatened to veto the bill that authorizes the 1,700-mile Canada-to-Texas pipeline. The project has been under federal review for a cross-border permit for more than six years.
The Senate, too, plans to attempt a veto override. The upper chamber would need four more Democrats to cross the aisle.
