American lawmakers passed an 11th-hour bill last night to raise the U.S. lending limit and avoid a calamitous debt default, but Barack Obama still faces an angry backlash. Despite successfully passing the rescue package, the President must now deal with criticism from both sides of the aisle over the uneasy compromises that were made to pass the legislation. The 269-161 vote in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives drew a line under the crisis with hours left before the U.S.