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Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

Originally published April 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

From my article of November 2, 2011, “TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices“: “The TransCanada Keystone Xl pipeline project will result in increased gas and diesel prices in 15 Midwestern States – to the detriment of those states’ citizens and economies.” While I continue to ponder the question… How much more […]

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The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato

Originally published November 12, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 4 Comments

The New National Past Time: Pipeline Hot Potato

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! Wait… Is that a football? No, but it is brown. And it is oblong. Hey, it’s smoking! Wait! It’s a hot potato! It’s America’s new national past time and no, sorry, Husker fans, it is not football. It’s called Pipeline Hot Potato. So, let’s play! Let’s meet our […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Adrian Smith, Featured, Federal, Foreign Policy, Governor, In the News, Lee Terry, Nebraska, Senators, Sovereignty, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral, US House Tagged With: 2010 federal report pipeline, adrian smith, annette dubas, atkinson hearings, attorney general jon bruning, chair transportation and telecommunications committee, congressional research service, congressman lee terry, dave heineman, dubas lb1, dubas pipeline bill, dubas transcanada payment, governor heineman, hillary clinton pipeline, jane fleming kleeb, jane kleeb, jon bruning, jon bruning foreign campaign donations, jon bruning pipeline, jon bruning position on pipeline, jon bruning transcanada, jurisdiction pipelines, keystone xl, keystone xl pipeline, keystone xl pipeline route, kleeb pipeline, langemeier governor pipeline, langemeier pipeline bill, lee terry, lee terry crs report, lee terry north american-made energy security act, lee terry pipeline, lee terry pipeline expedition bill, lincoln hearings pipeline, major oil pipeline siting act, mike flood, ne, nebraska, nebraska 3rd congressional district, nebraska governor, nebraska lee terry, nebraska legislature, nebraska natural resources committee, nebraska sandhills, ogallala aquifer, oil pipelines, pipeline, pipeline decison, pipeline hot potato, pipeline interim study report, pipeline politics, pipeline project, pipeline special session, political hot potato, President barack obama, president obama pipeline, rep. adrian smith, rep. lee terry, sandhills, secretary of state hillary clinton, senator annette dubas, senator deb fischer, senator dubas, senator fischer, senator mike flood, speaker flood, speaker mike flood, speaker of the legislature, special legislative session, state department hearings pipeline, state senator chris langemeier, state senator deb fischer, state senator tony fulton, state sovereignty, states rights, Tenth Amendment, tony fulton, transcanada, transcanada pipeline route, u.s. politics, u.s. senate race nebraska, Unicameral, where's adrian?

Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?

Originally published October 14, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?

Some bits of information noted in our articles about the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project: Many Nebraskans who oppose the pipeline project or who simply want the route changed are citing environmentalist jargon in making their case. Nebraskans who call themselves conservative are working with or supporting groups and individuals with whom they would normally […]

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NE Unicameral on TransCanada Pipeline: Torturing Words, Logic & State Sovereignty

Originally published October 7, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 11, 2011. 2 Comments

NE Unicameral on TransCanada Pipeline: Torturing Words, Logic & State Sovereignty

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that […]

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#1 Question for Lee Terry: What DID You Do With That 2010 CRS Report About Pipeline Authority?

Originally published October 4, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 2 Comments

#1 Question for Lee Terry: What DID You Do With That 2010 CRS Report About Pipeline Authority?

Updated October 26, 2011: Considering the popularity of this article, we thought it important to list all of our TransCanada / Keystone XL pipeline pieces: If you are going to read one article, we recommend #4, as it best summarizes the whole subject. Note that there are links in each to prior articles. 1) Transcending […]

Filed Under: Adrian Smith, Congress, Deserving of Darts, Featured, Federal, Federal Legislation, Governor, In the News, Jeff Fortenberry, Lee Terry, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral, US House Tagged With: 2011 session unicameral, 2011 state legislature, 2011 unicameral, afp-ne, americans for prosperity-nebraska, annette dubas, big labor, congressional research service report september 2010, congressman jeff fortenberry, congressman lee terry, crony capitalism, crs report pipeline nebraska 2010, dave heineman, gpldc, great plains laborer district council, house of representatives, j. peter ricketts, james wright, jeff fortenberry, john mccollister, keystoe xl pipeline route, keystone pipeline route, keystone xl pipeline, lb340, lb578, lb629, lee terry 1140 local omaha, lee terry nebraska, lee terry pipeline, lee terry platte institute, legal authority pipeline, legislation nebraska pipeline, liuna, mike johanns, mn limited, ne cdo2, nebraska federal delegation, nebraska governor, nebraska politics, nebraska second congressional district, nebraska sovereignty, nebraska's ruling class, negop, north american=made energy security act, opponents proponents, pete ricketts, pipeline interim study, pipeline state federal issue, platte institute, rep. fortenberry, rep. lee terry, rep. terry, representative lee terry, ron kaminiski, senator tony fulton, state law nebraska pipeline, terry townhall pipeline, tony fulton, tony fulton fox news channel, transcanada, transcanada pipeline project, transcanada pipeline route, u.s. senate race 2006, unicameral actions pipeline

Terribly Troubling Truths About TransCanada Pipeline – Nebraska: We Have A Problem

Originally published September 30, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 30, 2011. 12 Comments

Terribly Troubling Truths About TransCanada Pipeline – Nebraska: We Have A Problem

On Tuesday we wrote an article about the TransCanada pipeline issue that has been getting a lot of reads and generated a number of e-mails and phone calls. We even drew the attention of one of the people mentioned, Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb, who stated that she wants to sit down and have coffee. Tuesday’s […]

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Transcending The Typical TransCanada Talking Points

Originally published September 27, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated September 16, 2014. 6 Comments

Transcending The Typical TransCanada Talking Points

Is Nebraska’s debate over the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline project focused on the most substantive issues? Opponents cite the environment, proponents, job creation and “energy security”. Here at GiN, we think the most important issues have been overlooked. Read full articleTranscending The Typical TransCanada Talking Points

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