# l$ ^/ A1 J) u" k6 [, q1 rCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.( J" u" K- i( o2 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.$ W; u/ n7 W% W/ z' o7 `6 k' b