After meeting with the Democratic and Republican caucuses of the U.S. Congress, President Obama is weighing several possible plans to reopen the government and temporarily raise the debt ceiling.

House and Senate Republicans have proposed different deals, and both Congress and the White House could work through the weekend to find a bipartisan solution to the budget stalemate. One Senate Republican said a solution could come as early as midweek.

A possible deal come as new poll numbers show the GOP is at risk of losing House control in 2014. Another poll says Republicans are taking the brunt of the blame for the D.C. gridlock. If Democrats take over, that would mean a lot more influence for Hawaii’s two representatives.

Meanwhile, on Friday — Day 11 of the shutdown — Reps. Colleen Hanabusa and Tulsi Gabbard rejected the latest mini-spending bill passed by the House GOP.

“Today’s bill funds only limited activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration, while ignoring other critical agencies funded by the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill,” said Hanabusa. “This measure does nothing to reopen the Department of Energy’s Office of Environment Management, which provides funds for the safe cleanup of nuclear weapons development and research; it also fails to fund the Corps of Engineers, which suspended all major contracting awards and will have to close 2,500 recreation sites tomorrow, hurting private companies and job creation.”

Photo: Protester outside the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 10. (Civil Beat)

—Chad Blair