The agreement on raising the U.S. debt ceiling was adopted Monday by the House of Representatives by 269 votes against 161 and will now be considered by the Senate.
The compromise negotiated in extremis by the Republicans and Democrats and announced Sunday evening by President Barack Obama plans to reduce the U.S. deficit of 2.400 billion in 10 years and should allow the world's largest economy to avoid being in default payment.
The Senate should vote to turn in the day Tuesday, the day the U.S. Treasury warned that it would no longer be able to pay bills unless an agreement.
Harry Reid, leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, announced that the vote would take place at noon (1600 GMT).The text must obtain the votes of at least 60 of the 100 senators, he said.
If senators mimic representatives, the U.S. debt ceiling, currently set at 14,300 billion will be raised and the United States will escape a situation of default, which would have had any impact on the global economic system.
In the hours before the vote in the House, uncertainty still hangs over the attitude of the parliamentary basis, both right and left.
In the ranks of the Republican Party majority in the House of Representatives, elected officials close to the Tea Party had raised objections to the compromise negotiated over the weekend in Washington.
In the ranks of the Democratic Party, the left wing complained that the text does not provide immediate tax increases for the wealthiest households and corporations.
"We are very concerned that the text is to make all these cuts but does not include any contribution of the richest people of our country, no income. It's disconcerting," said Nancy Pelosi, Democratic minority leader of the House, before rallying in the final compromise.
Monday night, 174 Republicans voted in favor of the agreement, against 66 who opposed it. The group has divided Democrats, voting for 95 elected, 95 elected voting against.
The image tarnished the political class
With the vote of the representatives, a first hurdle has been crossed.But concerns remain about a possible deterioration in the sovereign rating of the United States, the Triple A allowing them to obtain financing at favorable rates.
If the world's largest economy was losing the "signature" would increase credit costs in the United States and threaten the fragile economic recovery, with implications for the global economy.
The compromise provides for drastic reductions in public spending over ten years but does not affect taxation.It also creates a bipartisan parliamentary committee responsible for defining the end of November a new plan to reduce the federal deficit.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), non-partisan, confirmed that the compromise would reduce the deficit of at least 2100 billion over ten years.
On a political level, hard to say who should win this long and tortuous process.
Barack Obama, who is running in a second term in November 2012, accepted cuts in public spending of a magnitude greater than what he wanted and will have to convince the electorate as he had left no other choice.
However, the Democratic president could garner points among moderate voters and "independent".
"This process was long and messy and, as with any compromise, the outcome is far from satisfactory," he said in a video message released by his campaign. "But he also launched an important debate on how we address the challenges that lie ahead."
Right, John Boehner, the chairman of the House of Representatives, won the cuts he sought and avoided an immediate increase in taxes. But it could emerge from this crisis with a tarnished image, that of a leader under the influence of too sharp Tea Party, the conservative movement that has developed in recent years on the fringes of the Republican Party.
"The process works.It may be ugly, but it works, "Boehner said after the vote.
Finally, the American political establishment as a whole could suffer from these weeks of negotiations, that public opinion could be interpreted as political maneuvering at a time when Washington expects it effective remedies to boost growth and reduce unemployment, which remains at over 9% of the workforce.
"The real loser in this exercise is Washington," said Scott Reed, Republican elections.