McCain

Last week, the Senate approved and passed the Keystone XL bill with a suite of amendments.  Sen. John McCain’s (R-Arizona) amendment to repeal the built-in-America provision of the Jones Act was not among those included.  The House of Representatives has already passed its own version of the bill, and they are set to consider the amendments proposed by the Senate this week.

The shipping media has reacted powerfully to an amendment to the Keystone XL Pipeline bill offered by Senator John McCain, which calls for the repeal of the domestic-build clause set forth by the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, colloquially known as the Jones Act.