CBS News, March 22, 2012, Thursday

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March 22, 2012, Thursday

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Face the facts: A fact check on gas prices

Reince Priebus: "The Republicans have been in favor of this Keystone pipeline (that will create) twenty thousand jobs."

Supporters of the Keystone pipeline from the tar sands in Western Canada to the refineries in the Gulf Coast say the project would create 20,000 jobs, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. However, the U.S. State Department estimated it would create 5,000 - 6,000 jobs and some analysis say the number isn't that high, including a report by the Cornell University Global Labor Institute that found up to 1,400 temporary construction jobs would be created.