Reports: Some Progress on Deal to Open Government, Still discussing Length of Agreement, Senate Adjourned until Monday

From Kasie Hunt of NBC News:

Senate is adjourned until 2 p.m. Monday.

From John Harwood of CNBC:

Aide: Senate D leaders optimistic of deal after "productive" Reid-McConnell talk. Haggling over length of CR/debt hike but expect to resolve

Currently the Democrats want a shorter deal (like 6 weeks) for both a continuing resolution (CR) and to pay-the-bills (aka raise "debt ceiling").    The reason for a shorter deal is the Democrats are concerned about sequestration cuts in the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) that will take effect in 2014.