The Republicans do not have their pulse on the nation in regard to Keystone XL.

The Washington Post has conducted a poll asking Americans if the review should be completed.

January 19, 2015
By Aaron Blake

...Just 34 percent of Americans say, (click here) 'Build it now.' An additional 61 percent are happy to allow the review process to play out.
Even among Republicans, 43 percent want the review to run its course. Just more than half -- 53 percent -- insist it's time to move forward....

The Keystone XL pipeline has become a political icon for the Republicans. It is important to their base and nothing else. 34 percent is the Republican base. Case in point. Republicans don't govern, they play politics the entire time they are in office. Cronies.

As much as Democrats get blamed for passing legislation that is political, nothing is farther from the truth. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was discussed for decades and when there were many Americans dying from lack of health care insurance it was time to act. 

The KXL is not necessary and endangers lives along it's route due to it's danger to the aquifer and the quality of life of Native Americans. This violates their values. They have a right to peaceful use of their lands.

January 20, 2015
By Emily Atkin

Nebraska landowners (click here) have launched two separate lawsuits that, if successful, could serve to delay or even stop the construction of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
The lawsuits, filed last week, represent Nebraska property owners’ second attempt to challenge the constitutionality of a law that gave the Keystone XL pipeline a legal route through the state and, by extension, their property. The landowners claim that TransCanada — the Canadian company that wants to build Keystone XL — made direct threats to use eminent domain and seize their land if they did not consent to having the pipeline run though it.
“We stand with landowners to protect property rights and a constitutional pipeline routing process,” said Jane Kleeb, director of Bold Nebraska, a group that has been at the center of the state’s Keystone XL opposition movement. “While we fight to ensure TransCanada and the state of Nebraska do not run roughshod over farmers and ranchers, we also call upon President Obama to reject Keystone XL now.”

The law that is being challenged is called LB1161. The landowners say it is unconstitutional because it allows pipeline companies, like TransCanada, to bypass the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) when seeking approval of their route through the state and go directly to the Governor....

This pipeline is more evidence to the disregard by the American-Canadian petroleum industry. It ignored the glut of oil they were sending into the market place which allowed prices to collapse of the commodity. The truth be known, this industry should not be expanding it's footprint. There is no market for their products. The demand for oil has been shrinking which also speaks to fall in commodity price. They care nothing, but, money. Life is bigger than that.