11-14-2014, 07:07 AM
This is not directly Puna-related, but since we are all suffering the effects of climate change, this is an important vote coming up. Tuesday, the US Senate will vote on whether to force Obama to build the Keystone Pipeline.
Hirono is vulnerable to persuasion on this issue. As you may know, Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu is up for a runoff election on Dec 6. She has decided that if she can get the pipeline approval passed with a veto-proof majority, she will have the pipeline as a trophy, the President will have to approve it, and she will win re-election. This morning, she announced she had 59 votes. I don’t know if this is true, but she is lobbying hard and I can see her approaching especially her female colleagues and making deals.
To contact Sen. Hirono:
Honolulu office: 522-8970
Washington, DC: 202-224-6361
Or, go to <hirono.senate.gov> to email her.
Hirono is vulnerable to persuasion on this issue. As you may know, Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu is up for a runoff election on Dec 6. She has decided that if she can get the pipeline approval passed with a veto-proof majority, she will have the pipeline as a trophy, the President will have to approve it, and she will win re-election. This morning, she announced she had 59 votes. I don’t know if this is true, but she is lobbying hard and I can see her approaching especially her female colleagues and making deals.
To contact Sen. Hirono:
Honolulu office: 522-8970
Washington, DC: 202-224-6361
Or, go to <hirono.senate.gov> to email her.