[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 35 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE APPROVAL ACT--VETO

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the 
Senate the veto message on S. 1.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will now proceed to the 
consideration of the President's veto message on S. 1, which the clerk 
will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       Veto message to accompany S. 1, a bill to approve the 
     Keystone XL Pipeline.

  (The text of the President's veto message is printed on page S1073 of 
the Congressional Record of February 24, 2015.)
  The Senate proceeded to reconsider the bill.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk on 
the veto message.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the veto message 
     on S. 1, an act to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
         Mitch McConnell, Susan M. Collins, Shelley Moore Capito, 
           John Cornyn, David Vitter, Richard Burr, Thom Tillis, 
           Daniel Coats, Mike Rounds, Dean Heller, David Perdue, 
           Bob Corker, Mike Lee, James Lankford, Jeff Sessions, 
           Lamar Alexander, Johnny Isakson.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum 
under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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