Obama and Republicans Struggling To Reach Shutdown, Debt Limit Deal

Oct. 17 looming

(Reuters)—President Barack Obama and congressional Republican leaders moved to end their fiscal impasse on Friday, but struggled to strike a deal on the details for a short-term reopening of the federal government and an increase in the U.S. borrowing limit.

After the first signs on Thursday of movement in the standoff, both sides worked furiously to find enough agreement to get federal workers back on the job and extend the government's borrowing authority past the October 17 limit.