WASHINGTON –- The fight over the Keystone XL pipeline is about to become a fight over the lesser prairie chicken as well.
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) is seeking to attach an amendment to legislation authorizing construction of the pipeline that would throw out federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a bird native to Midwestern prairies.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who has been leading the Senate floor debate on the Keystone bill, indicated Tuesday evening that votes on the Moran amendment and others are likely on Wednesday.
