Something is happening in Washington. In the budget dispute, US President Obama and the Republicans have a little closer also because the Conservatives are running out of time.

From the White House John Boehner vanishes in the metropolitan heavy rain on Thursday night and seeks his black Chevrolet SUV. On the Republican colleagues waiting for a minibus. Doors, and go back towards Parliament. No comment, no gestures, nothing.

One and a half hours, these 19 Republicans have previously sat together in the Congress and its leader Boehner, the Speaker of the House with US President Barack Obama and his people.

Boehner and Co. submitted Obama an offer to resolve the budget dispute: they would to be achieved in exactly one week debt ceiling increase so that the U.S. remained serve another six weeks and spared from bankruptcy their payment obligations, in return, Obama should negotiate with them about savings and taxes. The currently active government shutdown – that the government arrest – but should be maintained for now.

US Shutdown day 10:Instead of two hostages only one ?

In plain English: The Republicans offered to temporarily give away one of their two political hostages – and the most significant: the debt limit. Has embarked on the President? What does the silence after the meeting?

Now that an agreement has not clearly given. Because that would be even able to announce to the whole world. The talks failed but are not, because otherwise both sides have expressed their disappointment before the microphones.

Just exactly as they have done in the past few days always. Rather, this time is: President and adversaries are parted without public words, because there is little progress at least, because both sides obviously struggling to build new confidence in confidential conversation. And because they want to lead the next, perhaps decisive talks on this basis.

There is a positive signal on this Thursday evening. In Washington, there thaw between Democrats and Republicans, at least a little.

“Good meeting,” the White House can do afterwards. Decisions have not given it, but the President put on the further progress. Very similar to the sounds of Republicans, as their motorcade arrives at the Congress again. “A very useful meeting” was the remarks Eric Cantor, their leader in the House of Representatives. The talks would continue, hopefully you’ll find a way.

And Republican Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the Finance Committee, stressed that the president had “neither yes nor no,” said the offer. You have now able to get a “discussion”, which will hopefully lead to “negotiations”.

For Obama, this is not without pitfalls. Because if the debt limit issue will only be deferred by six weeks , the Republic would be calculated on Thanksgiving again in front of the same dispute would again blackmail potential. And the shutdown ? Obama is said to have vehemently urged at the meeting with Republicans on a swift end the government shutdown.

Boehner did , it reports the magazine ” Politico ,” asked the government for further funding early next week in prospect. However, under conditions . He is said to have spoken of a process of two steps : first , the increase in the debt ceiling and then , after the start of large-scale budget negotiations , an end to the shutdown . Obama agrees here , this would of course contradict his anti – Ransom dictum . Because he had always stressed that he would with the Republicans via negotiate everything – but ” not with a gun to the head ” only after they had taken from the table and both threats .

US Shutdown Day 10:Pressure from Right Wing

For both sides, the situation is now becoming bleaker. If it comes to a U.S. debt default, it is the U.S. president who stands before the world community and has to explain the new economic crisis. The Republicans get themselves a problem with U.S. citizens.

According to an NBC poll cherish only 24 percent of Americans positive feelings for the party – never before has a lower value measured. 53 percent of respondents think the Republicans deceive more guilt on shutdown when the president (31 percent). Particularly bad America rated the Tea Party movement: Only 21 percent of respondents see the positive radicals. And their figurehead, the Texas Senator Ted Cruz, crashed in the popularity polls: Only 22 percent of Americans like him, according to a Fox poll.

This is remarkable, because the Republican money-or-life strategy was initiated primarily by Ted Cruz: It was the Texan who urged the party in the summer to put a package deal between the further financing of the government as well as the increase in the debt ceiling on one side and the stop or shift from Obama’s health care reform (“ObamaCare”) on the other side. The pressure of the Right Wing was so powerful that Boehner finally bowed. Of the top Republicans can emancipate themselves from the Radikalinskis in their ranks now maybe?

Also noteworthy is that this Thursday hardly of Obamacare is the question. The Republicans talk instead of spending and revenue from taxes and the budget. Of course, says the deputies and financial expert Hensarling, fall under these broad headings and Obamacare, but at the same time he noticed that they had simply not a clear majority, and the president is the most important health care reform. Aha.

Day 10 is the day of the shutdown of disarmament, that much is clear. And Boehner’s offer to Obama is not the only signal. In parallel, the democratically-dominated Senate, the upper chamber of parliament, working on compromise. Pragmatic Republican senators advertise the debt limit for two months (or more) and to increase the government for another six months (or more) to fund in exchange for a tax should fall on medical devices that Obamacare commits. If it’s only that.

Suddenly, what moves in Washington.

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