. y3 J- o; p% A% k; Q) I+ |- ACongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default. ) u' v7 H( K+ Z# GThe 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. r6 Y0 x7 J/ m; ~6 L