Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks to the media after the U.S. Senate passed a bill allowing a rise in the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington August 2, 2011. Congress buried the specter of a debt default by finally passing a deficit-cutting package on Tuesday, but the shadow lingered of a possible painful downgrade of the top-notch American credit rating. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)