Fight to secure approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Steve Daines · Montana · Republican

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 94%

Occurrences

Daines said he would continue to fight ... to secure approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline

Daines committed to keep fighting for approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Daines officially announces Senate bid | Montana Public Radio
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he serves on the House Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security and is leading efforts to approve the Keystone XL pipeline

The campaign site says Daines is leading efforts to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

Steve Daines
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Evidence

Daines' office said the Senate passed Keystone XL legislation 62-36 and that Daines was an original cosponsor of S.1.

Shows Daines took concrete legislative action in his first Senate month to advance Keystone XL approval, matching the 'fight' portion of the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Daines Applauds Final Passage of Keystone XL Pipeline - Senator Steve Daines
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Question: On Passage of the Bill, S.1 As Amended. Vote Result: Bill Passed. Daines (R-MT), Yea.

Official roll call confirms Daines voted for Senate passage of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act; the vote advanced approval but did not by itself enact approval into law.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress - 1st Session
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The State Department issued a Presidential permit authorizing Keystone to construct, connect, operate, and maintain border facilities in Phillips County, Montana.

Federal executive approval for Keystone XL was granted during Daines' first Senate term, satisfying the approval objective at that time.

delivered same_term

Federal Register :: Notice of Issuance of a Presidential Permit to TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.
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Section 6 states that the March 29, 2019 Keystone XL permit was revoked.

Biden later revoked the operative Keystone XL permit after Daines' first term, meaning the earlier approval was not durable as of 2026.

partial later_term

Federal Register :: Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
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TC Energy confirmed it terminated the Keystone XL Pipeline Project after construction was suspended following revocation of its Presidential Permit.

The developer's termination confirms that, despite earlier approval and Daines' efforts, Keystone XL was not ultimately built or left approved by the as-of date.

partial later_term

TC Energy Confirms Termination of Keystone XL Pipeline Project
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The State Department notice says it issued a presidential permit on March 23, 2017, authorizing Keystone to construct, connect, operate, and maintain pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada border in Montana for crude oil importation.

Federal executive approval for Keystone XL was granted during Daines' first Senate term, satisfying the approval objective at that time.

delivered same_term

Notice of Issuance of a Presidential Permit to TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P.
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The official Senate roll call shows vote 49 on S.1, titled a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, passed 62-36, and Daines voted Yea.

Daines backed the concrete legislative push to approve Keystone XL early in his first Senate term.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress - 1st Session
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Daines said he was an original cosponsor of S.1 and praised Senate passage of legislation approving Keystone XL by a 62-36 vote.

This is direct evidence that Daines publicly championed and advanced the approval effort.

partial same_term A for effort

Daines Applauds Final Passage of Keystone XL Pipeline - Senator Steve Daines
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Executive Order 13990 says the March 29, 2019 Keystone XL permit is revoked and that the permit is hereby revoked in accordance with its terms.

The later federal reversal shows the approval was not durable by 2026, but it does not erase that the permit had already been issued during Daines' term.

partial later_term

Executive Order 13990 of January 20, 2021: Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
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Assessments

delivered same_term

Daines materially advanced the promise by original-cosponsoring and voting for Senate Keystone XL approval legislation in January 2015, and the project then received a federal presidential permit on March 23, 2017, during his first Senate term. Because the promise was to fight for and secure approval, the 2017 permit satisfies the outcome even though President Biden revoked that permit in 2021 and the project was later terminated. The later reversal affects durability, not whether approval was secured during Daines' term.

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delivered same_term A for effort

Daines materially advanced Keystone XL approval in his first Senate term by voting for and publicly backing Senate passage of Keystone XL legislation, and the federal executive branch issued the relevant presidential permit in 2017. Although that permit was later revoked and the project was ultimately terminated, the claim is about securing approval, which was achieved during his term; the later reversal does not negate the initial fulfillment of the promise.

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delivered same_term

Daines made concrete first-term legislative efforts for Keystone XL approval, including cosponsoring and voting for S.1 in 2015. The promised approval objective was achieved when the State Department issued a presidential permit for Keystone XL in 2017 during his first Senate term. The permit was later revoked in 2021 and the project was terminated, but the promise was specifically to fight to secure approval, not to ensure permanent construction or prevent later revocation.

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