• The bill allows the federal government to fund highway and other transportation projects through 2014 and to continue collecting gasoline and diesel taxes.
• Republicans won provisions that will cut in half the environmental review time for highway projects.
• Democrats got rid of approval for the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Facing weekend deadlines for action, congressional leaders have agreed to deals overhauling the nation’s transportation programs without a Republican provision forcing approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, and avoiding a doubling of interest rates for new student loans, congressional officials said Wednesday. ...