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Obama to meet with GOP again on shutdown, debt

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM
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Tammy Cox (left), a worker at a Holiday Inn in nearby Tusayan, Arizona, joins nearly 100 other protesters at a Welcome To The Grand Canyon sign outside the south entrance to the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. The marchers protested the federal government's refusal to accept financial assistance from local business owners to reopen the park.AP PHOTO
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WASHINGTON (AP):

President Barack Obama is making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the coming days as pressure builds on both sides to resolve their deadlock over the federal debt limit and the partial government shutdown.

With the shutdown in its ninth day yesterday and a potential economy-shaking federal default edging ever closer, neither side was revealing clear signs of bending.

Amid the tough talk, though, there were hints of the possibility of a brief truce. There were indications that both sides might be open to a short-term extension of the US$16.7 trillion borrowing limit and a temporary end to the shutdown, giving them more time to resolve their disputes.

Obama was to huddle with House Democrats yesterday afternoon as both parties look for a way forward.