Democrats try to break debt impasse

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats aimed to seize the initiative in efforts to head off a ruinous debt default by pushing their deficit-cutting plan on Saturday toward a possible compromise with a divided Republican Party. Entrenched differences were still hampering a compromise as Democratic ...

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