With a sputtering economy and gasoline nearly $4.00 a gallon, Congress should do what President Obama refuses to-immediately approve the Keystone pipeline. 

Attempting to appease his insatiable base during this election cycle, Obama killed the Keystone pipeline, the construction project that would have delivered millions of barrels of crude oil from Alberta, Canada to refiners in Oklahoma and Texas. 

Eager to approve the pipeline and enjoy the thousands of jobs, millions of barrels of crude oil, and billions in economic activity that are tethered to the project, Republicans have pushed legislation that would overturn Obama's decision and approve the pipeline. 

Most recently, the House-passed Highway bill includes a provision that would give the Keystone pipeline the green light. 

Now that the House bill is moving to conference with the Senate's watered-down bill, Obama has doubled down on his job killing position and threatened to veto any highway bill that touches the Keystone project.