A member of the Center for Biological Diversity in polar bear costume protests the Keystone XL pipeline during a visit by President Barack Obama for a two-day visit to Los Angeles for two political fundraisers Wednesday, May 7, 2014.

The U.S. Senate has narrowly rejected a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial project that would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast of the United States.

Coming into the floor debate on Tuesday, there was not certainty as to what the outcome would be — a true rarity for the Senate. At the beginning of the debate on Tuesday afternoon, bill sponsor Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said the debate was “one of the first debates I’ve been in in 8 years where the outcome is uncertain … [but] I know in my heart we have 60 votes.”

As it turns out, Landrieu did not have the 60 votes to pass her bill. It failed by a final count of 59 to 41.

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STORY: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/18/3593489/keystone-xl-senate-vote/