4 ~, B' O* w$ X" N3 x' U# U/ H9 C: \Congress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default. 6 G1 D0 j" e0 P4 PThe 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. $ G3 J! e0 J- `0 ~0 X