House Republicans Said to Drop Two Demands on Debt Limit

House Republican leaders are giving up efforts to couple a U.S. debt-limit increase with measures backing the Keystone XL pipeline or revoking an Obamacare insurance provision, two party leadership aides said.

House leaders lack enough Republican support for either option, and they are looking at other possible conditions to attach to a debt-limit increase, said the aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private talks.