Senate leaders reach tentative agreement

WASHINGTON — Sen­ate lead­ers reached ten­ta­tive agree­ment Fri­day night on leg­is­la­tion to extend Social Secu­rity pay­roll tax cuts and job­less ben­e­fits for two months while requir­ing Pres­i­dent Barack Obama to accept Repub­li­can demands for a swift deci­sion on the fate of an oil pipeline that promises thou­sands of jobs.