Sunday, October 13, 2013

Lawmakers hope Senate leaders can break fiscal impasse as deadline looms

U.S. President Barack Obama meets U.S. Senate Democrats in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington By Paul Eckert and Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers voiced tentative optimism Sunday that fiscal crisis talks between Senate leaders would pave the way to a deal to avert a government default and reopen the government, but Democrats and Republicans remained far apart on details. As the clock ticked down to a Thursday deadline for raising the U.S. debt ceiling, necessary to avoid a possible government default that would roil world financial markets, both Democratic and Republican senators said the fact their leaders were meeting represented progress. "It's a breakthrough. ...








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