U.S. lawmakers averted a partial shutdown of the federal government late last week by coming up with a deal that would fund spending for what's left of the 2011 fiscal year. This week, they're expected to pass that deal, but they'll have little time to exhale - fights over the U.S. debt limit and a budget for fiscal 2012 are ahead. Here is a look at this and some of the other stories CNN plans to follow this week:

Congress to pass 2011 spending deal; Obama to talk deficit reduction

The U.S. House and Senate have until Friday to pass a 2011 spending deal that the chambers' leaders struck late last week. The deal, which was agreed just an hour before a temporary funding measure was set to expire last Friday night, will cut $38.5 billion in spending for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends September 30. Full details of the spending cuts are expected to be released Monday.

To give aides time to put the deal in legislative language, Congress agreed to one more funding extension, which expires Friday.

Much of the 2011 battle hinged on disagreements between Republicans and Democrats over how deep and where to cut spending, with the country's debt at $14 trillion and rising. One of the next battles will be over raising the country's legal borrowing limit of $14.29 trillion, which the nation is expected to exceed next month. House Republicans have warned their support for raising the ceiling will require more austerity steps.

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