, m% d% m# T; z9 ^) R( v, VCongress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.: v- a$ s9 d% }9 h( K$ b# k4 O: I& 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. 2 Y) U. Z# r( E+ |" z- T