In interviews with numerous GOP lawmakers, members spoke with confidence – and acceptance – of the fact that the House will soon approve a short-term deal to raise the debt-ceiling and force Democrats to the negotiating table.

Details are still being ironed out, House Republicans said, but they are on track to approve a debt-limit extension — lasting between four and six weeks — that would establish a framework for subsequent fiscal negotiations. Lawmakers said this short-term deal, which President Obama has promised would compel him to join comprehensive talks over long-term fiscal issues, could pass as soon as Friday.

“We aren’t going to solve the long-term challenges in a week,” said Rep. Tom Price of Georgia. “So if there’s a solution to this … it’s a negotiated agreement to have a short-term debt-limit extension that gives the time to be able to solve the long-term challenges.”