6 M0 o N' b) b0 fCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.! Z; M( @" W/ M# L
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. & }' M+ z' S1 ]! m: H" m% R5 ^