Hoeven Predicts 60 Votes for Keystone If Republicans Gain Control of Senate

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Legislation that would deem TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline approved will be passed next year by Congress if Republicans win control of the Senate, Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), the bill's author, told reporters Sept. 16. Republican Senate candidates Mike Rounds (S.D.) and Shelly Moore Capito (W.-Va.) support the bill, and, if elected, would bring the total number of supporters in the Senate to 59, Hoeven said. "You take all the othef races I think we'll easily get to the 60 you need," Hoeven said, referring to the number of votes needed to invoke cloture on legislation in the Senate. The bill (S. 2280), introduced May 1 by Sens. Hoeven and Mary Landrieu (D-La.), would give Congress authority to approve the pipeline through the Constitution's commerce clause but was never brought to the floor for a vote.