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Judge denies Indian tribe's plea to halt national nuclear dump in Nevada LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge has denied an Indian tribe's plea to block plans for a nuclear waste dump in Nevada based on a claim that the project would violate a 19th century treaty. U.S. District Court Judge Philip Pro ruled Tuesday that the Western Shoshone National Council could not demonstrate "immediate and irreparable" harm because the Yucca Mountain repository has yet to open and a disputed rail line has yet to be built. Lawyer Robert Hager, representing the tribe, said Wednesday that no decision had been made whether to appeal. He noted that the judge's ruling left open the possibility that the tribe could seek an injunction later. Energy Department spokesman Allen Benson said the government was gratified by the decision. He said the department filed a motion Monday asking the judge to dismiss the tribe's March 4 lawsuit outright. In 2002, Congress picked Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, as the site to entomb 77,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel now stored in 39 states. The site is at the western edge of the Nevada Test Site, within ancient Shoshone lands. The tribe claimed the Ruby Valley Treaty of 1863 allowed only settlements, mining, ranching, agriculture, railroads, roads and communication routes on Western Shoshone ancestral lands. The treaty recognized vast stretches in present-day Nevada, California, Utah and Idaho as tribal land. An Indian Claims Commission decided in 1946 that the tribe lost the land through "gradual encroachment."

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Veto Override Battle Looms as #Obama Gets #Keystone Bill @NewsMax

Monday, 23 Feb 2015 03:16 PM

By Joel Himelfarb

Congressional Republican leaders are expected to send President Obama legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, The Hill reports.

While the bill passed Congress more than a week ago, Republican leaders delayed sending it to the White House in order to prevent Obama from carrying out his veto threat while Congress was out of town.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner and many other Republicans have urged Obama to reconsider his promise to veto the bill, pointing to estimates that it could create as many as 40,000 jobs.

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Some members of Obama's own party have indicated that they too think his veto threats are a mistake. Defying the president, 28 Democrat House members on Jan. 9 voted in favor of passage of legislation authorizing the Keystone pipeline which passed by a 266 to 153 v

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