/ V. c, _+ T0 x( i9 jCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.! b9 b9 G( [7 W6 I1 \# @6 N" ]
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.* o- G7 _3 t$ z