No debt deal yet: GOP, Democrats ready rival plans

WASHINGTON — With bipar­ti­san talks stalled, House Repub­li­cans and Sen­ate Democ­rats read­ied rival debt-limit emer­gency fall­back plans in hopes of reas­sur­ing world finan­cial mar­kets on Mon­day the U.S. gov­ern­ment will avoid an unprece­dented default in barely a week.