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U.S. President Barack Obama issued his third veto Tuesday to reject legislation that would allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, escalating a battle over the project with Republicans in Congress.

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U.S. President Barack Obama, who wants process to run its course in the review of Keystone XL, can’t be pleased with the Nebraska court decision that removes one of the last known obstacles to the project.

Despite finding ways to avoid giving Keystone XL a presidential permit by extending the approval process to an unprecedented six years and counting, process — at least as we know it — is coming to an end, and a While House decision should be due in the next couple of months.

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Notice of the long-expected veto was released without fanfare via a message to the Senate just hours after the bill formally arrived at the White House. The Senate has agreed to hold a vote on overriding the veto no later than March 3.

Obama has repeatedly said a State Department review of the TransCanada Corp. project — which would carry crude oil produced in Alberta, Canada, south through the U.S. — should proceed before a decision is made on whether to allow construction of the US$8 billion pipeline.