- D( {1 H" {, ?% a" RCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default." e9 U7 x2 [9 D; A l$ ]
The plan would raise the government's borrowing limit by at least two trillion dollars. Spending would be cut by a similar amount with a bipartisan committee helping to decide where the axe should fall.* ~1 W1 F* U9 @6 J- F/ X1 }