With markets waking, Washington’s debt standoff worsened significantly Sunday amid recriminations and distrust just eight days before the real threat on an unprecedented default. 
 
 Having broken off talks last Friday with the White House, Speaker John Boehner is still trying to achieve much of the same $3 trillion package in a two-stage process tied to raising the debt ceiling in increments of $900 billion first and then about $1.6 trillion next year. 
 
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 But on the eve of a Monday Republican conference, Boehner’s would-be Senate partner, Majority Leader Harry Reid, was called to the White House on Sunday and then came out swinging, accusing the speaker of taking a “my-way-or-the-highway approach” that could never be acceptable to the Senate nor to President Barack Obama. 
 
 “Tonight, talks broke down,” Reid (D-Nev.) said. “Speaker Boehner’s plan, no matter how he tries to dress it up, is simply a short-term plan, and is, therefore, a non-starter in the Senate and with the president.” 
 
 Reid said he had begun drafting his own $2.7 trillion deficit reduction plan and urged Boehner to join him. But Republicans reacted angrily, saying Reid had been working with them Sunday afternoon up to the White House meeting and the sudden change-of-heart was dictated by Obama, jilted by Boehner but a major force in the whole struggle. 
 
 “Sen. Reid took the bipartisan plan to the White House and the president said no,” said a Republican aide familiar with the talks. A second leadership aide put it more bluntly, saying the speaker had 218 votes in the House for his proposal, while Reid and Obama don’t yet have 60 votes for any alternative in the Senate. 
 
 Indeed, since breaking off talks with the White House, Boehner has kept open lines to Obama, and the two men talked Sunday. But at this stage, the Boehner-Reid working relationship may be even more crucial, and in a conference call with Republicans on Sunday, Boehner had seemed to give a nod to Reid by emphasizing that any legislative strategy has to pass the Senate as well. 
 
 “We’ve seen this coming all year long. But here’s the challenge: To stop [Obama], we need a vehicle that can pass in both houses,” Boehner said. 
 
 “I do think there is a path,” Boehner said, still holding out hope of filing a bill Monday for House floor action Wednesday, “but it’s gonna require us to stand together as a team. It’s gonna require some of you to make some sacrifices. If we stand together as a team, our leverage is maximized and they have to deal with us. If we’re divided, our leverage gets minimized.” 
 
 Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) met for an hour Sunday evening with the president at the White House, and the Nevada Democrat must walk a fine line between working with Boehner and keeping faith with the president and Pelosi in the mounting crisis. ||||| House Speaker John Boehner hopes to have a framework for a debt-limit plan in place by Sunday afternoon to avoid roiling the Asian markets, he told colleagues on a Saturday conference call. 
 
 An immediate deal would raise the debt ceiling and cut spending, Boehner said, and there are still options on the table for more comprehensive deficit reduction of $3 trillion to $5 trillion, according to GOP sources on the call. He is also aiming for a framework in the form of Cut, Cap and Balance — the plan that has failed in the Senate, Obama has threatened to veto but House Republicans passed overwhelmingly. 
 
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 He acknowledged that he might not be able to get the details of a plan to all members by the time he makes an announcement tomorrow, but warned colleagues that they risk losing leverage in the negotiations if something isn’t enacted by Aug. 2. 
 
 Congressional lawmakers may meet later Saturday to continue discussions, Democratic and Republican sources said. 
 
 The Ohio Republican also said his goal is to avoid using the Senate’s “McConnell plan,” which would allow the president to raise the debt ceiling at several junctures over the next year-and-a-half, subject to congressional disapproval. 
 
 “Don’t worry. I’ll be strong,” he said, according to one of the sources. 
 
 Michael Steel, Boehner’s spokesman, said the speaker is “working with congressional leaders on a path forward that will prevent a default. He is aware of the White House’s concerns about the Asian markets.” 
 
 He discussed several options for reaching some of the longer-term goals of House Republicans and the White House later in the process. He received credit from several lawmakers for his work as a negotiator and his defense of GOP principles, sources on the call said. 
 
 Boehner walked away from talks for a large-scale deficit deal Friday, saying the White House abandoned an agreed upon number for a revenue increase and was insisting on tax hikes. That move, GOP aides and lawmakers said, was seen favorably by House Republicans, who are wary of deal making with Obama. 
 
 Boehner recounted to participants on the call what he told Obama. 
 
 “As I read the Constitution, the Congress writes the laws and you get to decide what you want to sign,” Boehner said, recounting what he told the president, according to two sources. 
 
 Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who is charged with wrangling the votes for any agreement, told lawmakers to “keep calm and carry on,” according to two sources on the call. 
 
 Boehner also told lawmakers how the larger compromise fell apart. He said there was an agreement on a revenue ceiling that would be done through reforming the tax code, not raising rates. 
 
 Boehner and McConnell, along with their Democratic counterparts, met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for less than an hour Saturday, the start of a last-gasp round of negotiations with the president to avert a government default on the nation’s debt.
– If you were waiting with bated breath for John Boehner to announce a new deal framework today in an effort to avert panic in the Asian markets and stop the US from defaulting ... tough luck. Boehner spoke with House Republicans on a conference call this afternoon, and word is the details of a new proposal to raise the debt ceiling—and, of course, cut spending—will come tomorrow, not today. During the call, Boehner said that a "grand deal" with President Obama isn't possible, the Wall Street Journal reports. Harry Reid is working on his own "back-up plan," rumored to include $2.5 trillion in spending cuts, a $2.5 trillion debt ceiling increase, and no new taxes. Reid and Nancy Pelosi are planning to meet with Obama at 6pm, a source says. Meanwhile, the dollar was trading down against the yen and the Swiss franc, but the Journal notes it's still early. Need something to keep you occupied while you wait? Politico has a list of "myths and realities" of the deficit negotiations.