% g: e3 z% [$ a$ C1 r. HCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.: K( ]* _* t3 e/ D _( J3 P B& s
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.: `/ ?# z, R7 o" o+ B