washington u.s. president donald trump push major military buildup suffer setback thursday house representatives put plan hold fully fund federal government next sept. 30 instead resort temporary measure freeze spend current level dec. deadline rapidly approach either extend federal fund way trigger partial government shutdown house next week advance temporary patch accord senior aide try provide money dec. 22. give congress time craft second patch aide say operate government january move successful would keep pentagon run last year level far republican hop hand trump 634 billion fiscal 2018 fund military regular operations 85 billion last year months republican democratic leaders house senate work behind scenes broke deal overall spend level current fiscal year already two months old democrats demand increase non-defense spend military budget pump trump demand unclear whether republicans congress trump allow unrelated controversial measure attach either temporary spend bill democrats whose vote normally need republican-controlled congress pass spend bill hop use political leverage win passage immigration measure attach end-of-year appropriations bill bill would provide legal protections dreamers hundreds thousands undocumented people come unite state children establish root house speaker paul ryan ask possibility attach immigration provision spend bill say want resolve issue note congress march deadline pass dreamers measure say get deadlines front refer spend bill trump 's call military buildup hit bump congress