Both sides confident US House will have votes to approve deal

Both Democrats and Republicans are confident that the US House of Representatives will have enough votes on Wednesday to pass an emerging bipartisan Senate plan to raise the US debt limit and reopen the government, a top Democratic aide said.

Aides to House Speaker John Boehner called senior Senate staff earlier in the day to say the House would vote first on the measure, the aide said, adding that it appears certain to be approved with mostly Democratic votes.