The Senate continued work on the Keystone XL Pipeline bill on Thursday, voting on 10 amendments. After finishing the votes on those amendments in the evening, another dozen were offered, six Republican and six Democratic. Majority Leader McConnell wanted to vote Thursday night on those pending amendments, Assistant Minority Leader Durbin asked that the votes occur on Friday as Democrats wanted more time to consider the content of the amendments. Sen. McConnell resisted and moved to table each of the pending Democratic amendments. After successfully tabling 5 of 6 Democratic amendments Sen. McConnell offered a unanimous consent agreement to vote on the six GOP amendments and one remaining Democratic amendment on Friday. Clearly irritated by this maneuver Democrats objected. In the end Sen. McConnell put off votes until Monday at 5:30 p.m. Watch the complete Senate session here: [ Ссылка ]
