WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Republican leaders are holding a middle-class tax cut hostage by a provision for the Keystone XL oil pipeline in a bill they know won't pass, an official said.
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday that extends a payroll tax cut and increases jobless benefits but gives the White House two months to make a decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.