' l# }. A1 w1 y8 V. `Congress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default. / Q0 ~! w+ Q. [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. 7 K9 `+ V0 S+ R# u$ L( D% ^