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US budget: Funding deal reached to avert shutdown | US budget: Funding deal reached to avert shutdown |
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Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement on a spending bill to keep the US government running until 30 September. | |
The bipartisan deal boosts military spending but does not include funding for President Donald Trump's proposed wall on the Mexico border. | |
The reported $1 trillion deal (£770bn) needs to be approved by lawmakers. | The reported $1 trillion deal (£770bn) needs to be approved by lawmakers. |
On Friday Congress approved a stop-gap spending bill that averted a government shutdown at midnight on that day. | On Friday Congress approved a stop-gap spending bill that averted a government shutdown at midnight on that day. |
That gave Congress one more week to work out federal spending for the last five months of the fiscal year. | |
Lawmakers are expected to vote on the package in the coming days. | |
The failure to act would have closed national parks and monuments and laid off federal employees. | The failure to act would have closed national parks and monuments and laid off federal employees. |
The last shutdown, in 2013, lasted for 17 days. | The last shutdown, in 2013, lasted for 17 days. |
What is at stake? | What is at stake? |
Full details of the agreement on a spending bill are yet to be made public. | |
But US media reports that it gives President Donald Trump a $12.5bn increase in defence spending and another $1.5bn for border security. | |
White House proposals to cut popular programmes - such as funding medical research and community development grants - were rejected. | |
Democrats also fended off potential cuts to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood. | |
New York City will reportedly receive a $68m boost for local law enforcement, in recompense for the cost of protecting President Trump and his family. | |
The deal also gives coal miners $1.3bn in health benefits, which will be funded by a rise in customs fees. | |
Why couldn't Republicans just force it through? | |
There were a number of key disputes during tense negotiations, and Republicans - who control the Congress, Senate and White House - were forced to make concessions. | |
Democrats had leverage in the talks because their votes will be needed to pass the bill. | |
The Senate requires 60 votes to pass legislation, so the 52 Republicans there will need support from at least eight Democrats. | |
President Trump earlier had to yield to Democratic demands not to include funding for the proposed wall on the US-Mexico border in the spending bill. | President Trump earlier had to yield to Democratic demands not to include funding for the proposed wall on the US-Mexico border in the spending bill. |
Another concession was over Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act. | Another concession was over Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act. |
Mr Trump made scrapping it a key campaign pledge, but divisions among Republicans have so far prevented attempts to get his own health plan through Congress. | Mr Trump made scrapping it a key campaign pledge, but divisions among Republicans have so far prevented attempts to get his own health plan through Congress. |
In a statement on Sunday evening, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called the deal "a good agreement for the American people" that "takes the threat of a government shutdown off the table". | |
He said the measure would increase investment in medical research, education, and infrastructure. | |
"Reports that the package makes a major down payment towards the president's security priorities are encouraging," said John Czwartacki, a spokesman for the White House Office of Management and Budget. |