+ g/ r7 |+ i6 d+ VCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.! s, k; h4 H/ y' X3 K
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. ! f2 M& }5 B c. J. J5 I; o3 h! q