9 z q- l: A0 x$ a- vCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.! |; \0 g6 @( 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., J8 w. V' H1 Q9 I W) A% ]