Republican and Democratic leaders in the US Congress have unveiled a $US1.3 ($A1.8) trillion bill to fund the government through September, which includes an additional $US80 billion in national defence spending but fails to fund some of President Donald Trump's immigration initiatives.
If passed by the House of Representatives and Senate by a Friday midnight (local time) deadline, it would avert the shutdown of many federal agencies and programs beginning this weekend, when existing funds expire.
Earlier on Wednesday, the White House indicated Trump would support the measure, potentially ending a prolonged debate over spending priorities for the fiscal year that began last October 1.
The Republican-controlled Congress will need Democratic support to pass a bill that many Republican conservatives are likely to balk at because of its cost.
Representative Mark Walker, who heads a large group of House conservative Republicans, complained that the bill will add to budget deficits. "It is imperative that we curb Washington's out-of-control spending addiction that has not been slowed under Republican rule," Walker said.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer touted the measure. "From opioid funding to rural broadband, and from student loans to child care, this bill puts workers and families first," he said in a statement.
Trump at one point wanted $US25 billion included in the bill to fully fund construction of his proposed US-Mexico border wall, but negotiations with Democrats to make that happen fell apart early this week, according to congressional aides.
Instead, Trump will get nearly $US1.6 billion more for border security this year.
Republicans said that money will help with more than 145km of "physical barrier construction" along the southern US border "for replacement (of existing barriers), bollards, and levee improvements."
Democrats said the money would not be used for any new concrete wall.
The Department of Homeland Security would get an additional $US7 million to hire 351 new Customs and Border Protection agents. But the legislation would not give Trump money for the significant increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents he sought as part of a plan to expand deportations of undocumented immigrants.
Besides containing the largest increase in defence spending in 15 years, the bill would provide a significant boost in non-defence spending.
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