Two Senate Republicans told Newsmax on Thursday that Congress was going to bring the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline to the American people whether President Barack Obama approves it or not.

“If he vetoes it, we’ll have other options that we’ll work on,” said North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven, who co-sponsored the bill that the Senate approved on a 62-36 vote. Nine Democrats joined all 53 Republicans to support the project.

“It’s disappointing that he’s coming out and issuing these veto threats, right after the American people so clearly voted and sent a message saying that they wanted him to start working with Congress instead of going it alone,” Hoeven said.

“That’s what it’s about when working for the American people.”

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, whose trouncing of longtime Democrat Mary Landrieu in a December runoff election that was essentially a referendum on the pipeline, said that “we’re doing what’s right by the American people. This is so right in so many ways.

“He doesn’t tell why he doesn’t oppose it, Cassidy added, referring to the president. “He always gives a glib answer and skips on.

“It’s the right thing to do — and the Congress has to do what is right and leave it up to him to decide and then let the American people decide between the two parties.”

Source: Todd Beamon, newsmax.com