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The American Petroleum Institute is running television and radio ads urging 

According to filings with the Federal Communications Commission, API is planning to spend more than $68,000 on TV ads on three major networks in the Twin Cities. An API spokesperson declined to give the total amount of the ad buy.

The Keystone pipeline would bring oil from Canada to the United States, and 

s who voted against similar measures in the past.

The television ads focus on jobs that could be created by the project, and prominent people who have backed the plan.

Here's one of the ads running in the Twin Cities.

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Catharine Richert

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The American Petroleum Institute is running television and radio ads urging Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar to support the Keystone XL pipeline. According to filings with the Federal Communications Commission, API is planning to spend more than $68,000 on TV ads on three major networks in the Twin Cities. An API spokesperson declined to 

The American Petroleum Institute is running television and radio ads urging Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar to support the Keystone XL pipeline. According to filings with the Federal Communications Commission, API is planning to spend more than $68,000 on TV ads on three major networks in the Twin Cities. An API spokesperson declined to Read more →


New ads target Franken, Klobuchar on Keystone XL pipeline

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