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US Congress 'reaches $1tn spending deal' US Congress edges closer to $1tn spending deal
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US Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on a $1.1tn (£701.6bn) spending bill ahead of a looming Thursday evening deadline. US congressional leaders have reached an agreement on a $1.1tn (£701.6bn) spending bill ahead of a looming Thursday evening deadline.
A consensus would prevent a government shutdown and fund the federal government until September 2015. The agreement funds most of the government until September 2015, preventing a government shutdown.
The bill was agreed by congressional leaders and is expected to be passed by Congress this week. But one US agency would only be funded for several weeks as Republicans seek to confront President Obama over immigration policy.
But there are disagreements over immigration-related funds requested by President Barack Obama. The party won control of both the House and Senate in November's elections.
But additional cash requested to bolster US border security, issued by Mr Obama through a controversial executive action last month, remains in the balance. Democrats, who control the Senate until early next year, have said they will wait to see the final measure before putting their weight behind it, but the bill was negotiated by leaders in each party and is expected to pass.
Republicans - who gained control of both chambers of Congress in November's pivotal mid-term elections - may put spending for the Department of Homeland Security, responsible for immigration oversight, on a shorter timeframe until conservatives formally take the reins next month. "The federal government's going to run out of money in two days... We've been trying to work with Republican leaders to avoid a shutdown," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday.
The package must be approved before a spending deadline on Thursday. The bill funds the government at the same levels that were negotiated last December.
The bill is expected to include funding requested by Mr Obama to fight the spread of Ebola in West Africa. It also adds emergency funding requested by President Barack Obama, including funds to fight Ebola in West Africa and money for US air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Representative Hal Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations committee, said the measure "will allow us to fulfil our constitutional duty to responsibly fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown."
But funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which includes US border security, is only extended to 27 February.
Republicans are expected to try to use the expiration as leverage to force Mr Obama to roll back a executive action that ended the threat of deportation for about five million of the estimated 11 million immigrations living in the US illegally.
Representative Kevin McCarthy said the bill "sets up a battle" with the president on immigration and "his illegal action".
The 1,600 page bill also includes a number of provisions intended to gain votes from both parties, including:
A vote in the House is expected on Thursday, while the Senate will likely take it up on Friday or later.
In the meantime, Congress is expected to pass a short-term spending bill to prevent a shutdown.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Mr Obama would have to "look at the whole package" before deciding whether to sign the bill.