6 q7 b$ s& ~- q1 I1 ~Congress is due to vote today on an eleventh-hour debt deal between Republicans and Democrats to save the US economy from default.; ^( Y. e- a2 }; 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. 4 [8 w' j+ n4 T! l. E% }