A group of senators led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), and Sen. John Hoeven, (R-N.D.) presented new legislation Wednesday on Capitol Hill that gives the Obama administration 60 days to approve the production of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
If passed, the Secretary of State must issue a construction permit for the $7 billion pipeline that will bring Alberta crude oil to refineries on the U.S. gulf coast, unless the president determines that it is "not in the national interest."
"If the administration would simply get out of the way and allow it to go forward, it would create jobs almost immediately - lots of jobs," said Sen. McConnell.
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