) I. [7 V8 u' z: |Congress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.! J; M/ S- A! i1 Q$ i2 [9 E
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. 5 }5 \" z. k1 ~8 M6 K