Which team do you support? http://thisav.fun/ thisav.com Talks in the Senate began on an optimistic note Saturday when Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell — two men who have been barely on speaking terms over the past several weeks — took the lead on crafting a deal that would reopen the government and extend the nation’s ability to borrow money until at least January 31. Republican leaders, beaten and battered in the polls and eager to end an impasse of their own creation, had dropped almost all their demands. Major changes to Obamacare, the Republican demand that started the mess in the first place, are now off the table.