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Can Congress overrule Obama on the Keystone XL pipeline?

By Juliet Eilperin
April 10, 2013 at 1:05 p.m. EDT
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As the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power takes up legislation Wednesday to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline extension, the bill raises a key question: can Congress wrest the Keystone decision away from President Obama?

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The answer: Neither side knows exactly, but depending on the legislative language, Congress could very well pull it off.

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