) d9 [# H% w1 Q* K. eCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.! ?9 i8 b) t0 p* X6 }# q3 @
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. ; v/ X3 b; G' _( a# S4 m