2 O/ P8 i ?, A: n" C8 iCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.0 j; J% Z2 J+ j& M% O1 q% h8 z
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.6 K( t* z c7 ^+ `! i