--- title: Senate One Vote Short on Keystone Pipeline Bill description: Landrieu Hunts for Filibuster-Proof Majority canonical: https://time.com/3589399/louisiana-senator-one-vote-short-on-keystone-pipeline-bill/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-17T17:02:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:22.168Z article:section: Politics og:title: Senate One Vote Short on Keystone Pipeline Bill og:description: Landrieu Hunts for Filibuster-Proof Majority og:url: https://time.com/3589399/louisiana-senator-one-vote-short-on-keystone-pipeline-bill/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Senate One Vote Short on Keystone Pipeline Bill twitter:description: Landrieu Hunts for Filibuster-Proof Majority twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Louisiana Senator One Vote Short on Keystone Pipeline Bill > Sponsored content. 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Brief is TIME's Washington newsletter, written by senior correspondent Philip Elliott. It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. It reaches 85,000 subscribers with a 37.0% open rate as of August 2026. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ## Video: TIME Explains: The Keystone Pipeline [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Explains: The Keystone Pipeline](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HjKrhtY2.m3u8) (2:11)  _Published 2013-02-11. Building the Keystone XL pipeline will create jobs and potentially lower the price of oil, but it comes at an environmental cost. TIME's Bryan Walsh explains._ by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Nov 17, 2014 5:02 PM UTC by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Nov 17, 2014 5:02 PM UTC Ten days ago, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said that a vote to authorize the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline would be a “[slam dunk](http://time.com/3569910/joe-manchin-barack-obama-cares-senate/).” As of Monday morning, a day before an expected high-profile Senate vote, the ball appears to be hovering above the rim. Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, the party’s Whip, said Sunday that the pipeline’s proponents have nabbed 59 votes as of Friday. All 45 Republicans are expected to vote for the bill, requiring 15 Democratic votes for passage. The two independents—Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Angus King of Maine—are no and “likely no,” respectively, according to a congressional aide. “Well, we were one vote short as we left last week,” said Durbin on [CNN’s State of the Union](http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/11/16/cnn-exclusive-with-senator-dick-durbin/) Sunday. “But I know they’re burning up the phone lines and e-mails trying to find that vote to support the procedural move. I don’t know how successful they have been.” Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is leading the effort to 60 in the midst of a heated runoff reelection race against Republican Louisiana Rep. Bill Cassidy, who sponsored identical Keystone legislation that passed the House Friday. Durbin acknowledged Sunday that the Keystone vote is political, as “every indication” predicts that President Obama will veto the three-page bill. “Every indication is, the president will veto an attempt to preempt the regular process of reviewing the permit for this pipeline,” said Durbin on [CNN](http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/11/16/cnn-exclusive-with-senator-dick-durbin/). “I think that it should go through the orderly process. The Republicans believe that the president’s power should be taken away, it should be moved on a fast track. 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