' G* q$ @& N: |2 nCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.3 V6 C* L# r- O/ I* Q1 E
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.3 E7 w$ t! s0 {; V