# ^2 L& p0 k" {* o* w+ b2 C5 Q0 C$ B. [Congress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default. 0 p# X5 V8 {9 l* r. @6 u6 X( a, 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. & X0 [/ ]1 F7 B! j" x5 j) P. o