WASHINGTON (AP) — Budget analysts said Wednesday that a SenateDemocratic plan to reduce the deficit and increase the nation'sborrowing authority would save $2.2 trillion over a decade, morethan a rival House Republican proposal but less than promised. Withboth bills stuck in neutral, Congress, financial markets and thepublic remained on edge days before the deadline for heading off apotentially calamitous default.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the plan bySenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., would result in savingsof just over $2 trillion, some $500 billion less than Reid hadpromised. The Senate bill, however, would save more than a HouseRepublican proposal by Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Nonpartisan congressional scorekeepers said his proposal wouldcut spending less than advertised, about $850 billion over 10years, not the $1.2 trillion originally promised. The estimate,coupled with growing opposition from rank-and-file GOPconservatives, forced Boehner to postpone a scheduled vote on thebill to Thursday.