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Rep. Raul Grijalva, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called the possible compromise a “cure as bad as the disease.”

House leaders in both parties will have a tough fight passing a debt-ceiling package being finalized by Obama and Republicans.

The Senate meets at noon, after having adjourned Saturday night without taking a vote on a plan from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to raise the debt ceiling.

Senate passage of Reid's plan or any plan has always been in doubt, and word of a new deal between the White House and congressional Republicans may let the Senate escape a series of failed votes.

There were only 11 party defections in the House vote on the Senate Democrats' debt-ceiling plan, and all 11 were Democrats who voted against the bill:

The House on Sunday is expected to be in for a pro-forma session only, and no votes are planned.

"But given the critical fiscal and economic situation, however, members should be prepared to return to Washington quickly if needed," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said on the House floor. "We may only be able to assure a few hours notice at most."

The House voted 173-246 on the bill, well short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage.

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said on the House floor Saturday that President Obama has failed to put forward a plan for resolving the debt ceiling crisis, and called on Obama to engage in the process with just four days left before the deadline.

"Throughout this debate over guaranteeing insane, never before seen in the history of this country levels of spending, President Obama has coolly stood on the sidelines, his arms crossed, very simply castigating Republicans for not giving him a $2.4 trillion blank check," she said.

House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.) on Saturday afternoon said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) asked the House to hold a vote today on the Senate Democratic debt ceiling plan.

Speaking on the House floor at the start of debate on the Senate plan, Dreier recalled that he was asked Friday whether the House would bring the bill up to fail, and said at the time there were no plans to do so.

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter called for Republicans and the Tea Party to work together to help save the country.

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) on Saturday morning said the Senate held a "cowardly" vote on the House "cut, cap and balance" plan earlier this month, and called on Democrats to join with Republicans in cutting federal spending.

"Liberals in the Senate chose to hide, and had a tabling vote to cowardly avoid a recorded vote on the issue," Wilson said.