All Eyes on the Senate as Deadline Looms

Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell “say they will continue negotiating on Sunday for a way to reopen the government, lift the debt ceiling — the deadline is on Thursday — and find a way out of a crisis that could have perilous implications for the nation’s economy,” the New York Times reports.

Politico notes “the burden to find a solution now falls squarely” on Reid and McConnell — “two shrewd tacticians who have a long, complicated and contentious personal and political history with each other.”

Washington Post: “During the fiscal crises that have gripped Capitol Hill over the past five years, each resolution and compromise came after Senate leaders picked up the pieces of failed efforts between the White House and the House.”