: ~- y9 L7 o$ ?8 p) KCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.. J- C, H! H- J3 N7 w* h. M8 g
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.+ M* M% @8 \; N% n: y+ {4 E" ]