4 |% `7 i4 X( }* z3 X/ B# qCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.; s# p" ^. r! G w4 k7 r
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. 9 k. n% Z4 z3 d; M4 |/ Z* n& b