; o4 b: U3 \! E$ r" lCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default. / M4 } z% J2 Z/ B M0 fThe 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. ) b" Z, \! E5 t) W6 \