Posted at 10:22 PM ET, 07/30/2011

Reid postpones vote on debt ceiling until Sunday afternoon

By Felicia Sonmez

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Saturday night postponed a vote on his plan to raise the country’s debt ceiling, a move that suggests a compromise between congressional leaders and the White House aimed at averting a default Aug. 2 may be close at hand.

In remarks on the Senate floor at 10 p.m., Reid said that he’d spoken with the White House “quite a few times this eveningâ€