Obama Seeks Post-Debt Talks With Senate Republicans Open
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President Barack Obama opened the door to talks with Republicans on topics from health care to entitlement programs if they end the impasse over the U.S. debt ceiling.
Some possible paths out of the partisan impasse in Washington are starting to emerge as the U.S. government enters the ninth day of a partial shutdown, with less than a week before U.S. borrowing authority lapses Oct. 17. Each option is tentative, and lawmakers remain far from an agreement amid verbal sparring between Obama and House Speaker John Boehner.