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At least, they were frustrated with what they said was a double standard from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who moved to end debate on the bill and set up a final vote next week after tabling a number of Democratic amendments.

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The Senate had already voted on 15 amendments, 10 of which were offered by Democrats and another five from Republicans. But Democrats cried foul at the move, with some, like Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, taking to Twitter to express their disgust.

Democrats noted that McConnell had previously threatened to hold Friday votes to get through Keystone work, and suggested that he cut debate short to let Republicans head to a weekend conference for a group affiliated with the Koch brothers.

Adam Jentleson, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's spokesman, also unleashed his disapproval on Twitter.

But Republicans dismissed the criticism, arguing that a full week of debate over Keystone was more than enough, and noting that the amount of work done in the Senate on the bill at least in terms of votes surpassed what was done over the entire last year.

"The Senate voted on more amendments to the Keystone bill than the total # allowed in all of 2014 combined," tweeted Don Stewart, McConnell's spokesman.

The night's events, however, further strained relations between the two parties headed into what's already likely to be a tense vote on the controversial bill next week.

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U.S. Senate Democrats made the opening move in their effort to portray Republicans as out of step with mainstream Americans on the question of whether humans cause climate change.

Democrats maneuvered a vote on an amendment Wednesday that would designate climate change as a man-made event. Although the amendment was defeated, Republicans were forced to take a stand on the issue before the 2016 campaign begins.

The vote was intended to help determine who the climate-change deniers in the U.S. Senate really are, third-ranking Democrat Charles Schumer of New York said a day before the vote. Do they deny that human activity has helped create climate change? Stay tuned -- well see.

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The Senate, by a 50-49 vote with 60 required, rejected the amendment to a Republican bill approving TransCanada Corp. (TRP)s Keystone XL oil pipeline. Republicans control the Senate 54-46.

The amendment, offered by Senator Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat, would have deemed that climate change is real and that human activity significantly contributes to it.

South Dakota Senator John Thune, the chambers third-ranking Republican, said the proposal had political undertones.

Obviously, its a very politically motivated vote, he said. They would love to get a bunch of Republicans voting against those amendments.

Five Republicans voted in favor of Schatzs amendment -- Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Mark Kirk of Illinois. No Democrats voted against it.

Ten additional Republicans also voted for a separate proposal that said human activities contribute to climate change, though it didnt call the contribution significant.

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