Upton Predicts Republican Senate Takeover, No Obama Decision on Keystone This Year

摘要

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) told Bloomberg BNA May 9 he is confident Republicans will control both the House and Senate following the November congressional elections and predicted President Barack Obama will not make a final decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline in 2014. Upton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he believed Obama would continue to push off a decision on Keystone to avoid upsetting his environmental supporters and said control of the Senate will offer Republicans an opportunity to lead on energy issues such as the pipeline. "I don't expect the president to make a decision on this" in 2014, Upton said. "He's ducked and weaved on this from the start. The environmental community has made it pretty clear they'll sit on their hands come this election if he pushes the green light."