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> POLITICO Breaking News
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> President Barack Obama made his rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline official this afternoon, placing the blame squarely on House Republicans for inserting a 60-day deadline into the payroll tax legislation at the end of last year.
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> "This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people," Obama said in a statement. "I'm disappointed that Republicans in Congress forced this decision, but it does not change my Administration's commitment to American-made energy that creates jobs and reduces our dependence on oil."
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