House Speaker John Boehner Signs Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, center, speaks during an enrollment ceremony to sign the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act (S.1) with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, from left, Senator John Hoeven, a Republican from North Dakota, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, McConnell, Representative Kristi Noem, a Republican from South Dakota, Representative Kevin Cramer, a Republican from North Dakota, Representative Fred Upton, a Republican from Michigan, and Sean McGarvey, president of the North America's Building Trades Unions, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Congressional Republicans achieved an elusive legislative goal Wednesday, sending a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline to President Barack Obama. The U.S. House passed the measure 270-152, with 29 Democrats joining all but one Republican to support the bill. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images