TOPSHOTS Demonstators hold placards next to a mock pipe during a protest outside of the White House against the building of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline on January 10, 2015 in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives approved a Republican measure on January 9 authorizing the pipeline, hours after a state court removed a legal roadblock to the controversial project's construction. Lawmakers voted 266 to 153 to pass the bill that circumvents the White House, setting up the first major showdown between newly-empowered Republicans who now control Congress and US President Barack Obama who has vowed to veto the measure. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN