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A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the senate to give congress the power to approve the project. it will link oil sands with refineries and ports in texas. the $5.3 billion pipe loin has become a major controverts see. environmentalists opposing the project since day one, proponents say it would create thousands of jobs. two senators behind the bill are max baucas. and republican john hovin a member of the senate committee on energy and natural resources. welcome to both of you. this is not just canadian oil we are talking about. both of you represent states that have the bacan oil forma...

I was involved in this issue more than a decade ago, and i did support a conscience clause and i was drafting one in the process. we never got to consider the legislation. so i do think it's important. i think with respect to the blunt amendment, i think it's much broader than i could support. >> let's go to north dakota senator john hovin, a co-sponsor of the blunt amendment. are you concerned this is so vague that any employer could say i don't like birth control. i don't like inoculation. i'm going to exempt it from my coverage for all my employees? >> that's not the case. this is to give s...

More than a decade ago, and i did support a conscience clause and i was drafting one in the process. we never got to consider the legislation. so i do think it's important. i think with respect to the blunt amendment, i think it's much broader than i could support. >> let's go to north dakota senator john hovin, a co-sponsor of the blunt amendment. are you concerned this is so vague that any employer could say i don't like birth control. i don't like inoculation. i'm going to exempt it from my coverage for all my employees? >> that's not the case. this is to give someone or an organization tha...

Please come back on the show. senator john hovin. up next, olympia snowe is leaving the united states senate at the end of this term. she says the congress has gotten too toxic. don't you agree? now democrats have a much better chance in this partisan sense of winning a senate seat. we'll be joined by former wisconsin senator russ feingold, a real reformer. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted.

Thank you so much. please come back on the show. senator john hovin. up next, olympia snowe is leaving the united states senate at the end of this term. she says the congress has gotten too toxic. don't you agree? now democrats have a much better chance in this partisan sense of winning a senate seat. we'll be joined by former wisconsin senator russ feingold, a real reformer. [ male announcer ] what if an entire car insurance company