House-Senate negotiators rolled out a $1.1 trillion spending bill Monday night — a giant package that fills in the blanks of the December budget agreement and promises to restore some order to government funding over the next year. 
 
 Under pressure from Republicans, the measure keeps a tight rein on new funding for Wall Street regulators and effectively freezes appropriations for President Barack Obama’s health care program at the reduced, post-sequester level. 
 
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 But the White House retains the flexibility to find the financing it needs to implement the health exchanges and appears satisfied to have avoided the most contentious restrictions proposed by conservatives. 
 
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 Among his other domestic priorities, Obama secured significant new funding he has wanted for pre-kindergarten education initiatives, albeit more through existing programs like Head Start than the new format he envisioned. 
 
 Indeed, the new $8.6 billion funding level for Head Start reflects one of the biggest investments in the bill — an estimated $1 billion, or 13 percent, increase over current funding and $612 million over its initial 2013 enacted appropriation. 
 
 At the same time, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) came away with two coal-related riders, one affecting mountaintop mining regulations and the other challenging new Export-Import Bank guidelines on the financing of coal-fired power plants overseas. 
 
 One legislative provision that all sides embraced would exempt disability pensions for veterans from a cost-of-living cut included in the December budget deal. 
 
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 The very evident give-and-take caps more than six weeks of often intense bargaining within the Appropriations Committees and sets the stage for what the leadership hopes will be a rapid series of floor votes sending the bill on to Obama by this weekend. 
 
 “This bill is a compromise, but it reflects Republican priorities and holds the line on spending in many critical areas,” Rogers said. 
 
 His Senate counterpart, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), more colorfully described the deal as an end to “shutdown, slowdown, slam-down politics.” And speaking for the White House, Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell suggested lawmakers get on with it. “The administration urges Congress to move quickly to pass it,” Burwell said. 
 
 To avoid any threat of a shutdown, the House will first take up a short extension of the current stopgap continuing resolution on Tuesday — moving the deadline back three days to Saturday. This should buy sufficient time for the House to act on the larger omnibus bill Wednesday. And Senate Democrats are hoping that there will be sufficient Republican support to avoid major battles over cloture Thursday and Friday. 
 
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 This remains a tight time frame, but the rewards are substantial for both parties. And there is a genuine hunger to build on the December budget deal and not risk another government shutdown akin to last October’s. 
 
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 Already, a long-anticipated farm bill has gone off the tracks since lawmakers returned from the holidays. If the omnibus were to fail as well, it would be a huge black eye for both parties. 
 
 One positive sign came from Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican on Appropriations. In anticipation of the filing, he met with his fellow Republicans on the panel. Shelby said later he would support the bill and asked his colleagues to support it as well. 
 
 “I’m on board,” Shelby told POLITICO. “If the House comes with a big vote, we’ll get a big vote, too.” 
 
 “It’s not everything anybody wanted, but we’ve been working hard at it, and it will lead us, hopefully, to regular order.” 
 
 As the former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee — and an ardent opponent of the Dodd-Frank reforms — Shelby left an imprint seen in the tight budgets for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The administration appears to have avoided restrictive riders proposed in the House, but the price is far less money than the president wants. ||||| The massive $1.1 trillion spending bill would fund federal agencies through the rest of the fiscal year. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images) 
 
 Congressional negotiators unveiled a $1.1 trillion funding bill late Monday that would ease sharp spending cuts known as the sequester while providing fresh cash for new priorities, including President Obama’s push to expand early-childhood education. 
 
 The 1,582-page bill would fully restore cuts to Head Start, partially restore cuts to medical research and job training programs, and finance new programs to combat sexual assault in the military. It would also give all federal workers a 1 percent raise. 
 
 But in a blow to the District, it provides only partial funding to continue constructing buildings for the Department of Homeland Security’s campus in Anacostia. 
 
 The White House and leaders of both parties praised the measure, which would fund federal agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year and end the lingering threat of a government shutdown when the current funding bill expires at midnight Wednesday. 
 
 “The bipartisan appropriations bill represents a positive step forward for the nation and our economy,” White House budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell said in a statement. 
 
 The spending bill puts flesh on the bones of a bipartisan budget deal struck in December, when Republicans and Democrats agreed to partially repeal the sequester, heading off a roughly $20 billion cut set to hit the Pentagon on Wednesday and restoring funding to domestic agencies, which had already absorbed sequester reductions. 
 
 Despite the increases, the bill would leave agency budgets tens of billions of dollars lower than Obama had requested and ­congressional Democrats had sought. That represents a victory for congressional Republicans, who, after three years of fevered battles over the budget, have succeeded in rolling back agency appropriations to a level on par with the final years of the George W. Bush administration, before spending skyrocketed in an effort to combat the recession. 
 
 Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, said he expects a majority of lawmakers in both parties to support the measure. 
 
 “Everybody can find something to complain about — legitimately so,” Cole said. “But from the Republican standpoint, gosh, this is $164 billion less than Bush’s last discretionary budget, so that’s pretty good progress in cutting spending.” 
 
 Many Democrats agreed. 
 
 “Compared to the sequester, this is obviously a big improvement. But compared to investments we should be making, it falls far short,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), the senior Democrat on the House Budget Committee. The measure proves, he said, that “this notion that the federal government is on a spending binge is just nonsense.” 
 
 With the deadline for a government shutdown fast approaching Wednesday night, House and Senate leaders were preparing a temporary bill to keep the government open through Saturday. That would give lawmakers the rest of the week to review the massive new measure, which proposes funding and policy changes that would reach into every corner of the federal government. 
 
 House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) met through the weekend to put the finishing touches on the package. The pair released a joint statement late Monday, along with a photo showing them smiling happily and shaking hands. 
 
 “As with any compromise, not everyone will like everything in this bill,” the statement said. “But in this divided government a critical bill such as this simply cannot reflect the wants of only one party.” 
 
 Given barely a month to complete work on the package, Mikulski and Rogers were able to overcome early partisan disputes over funding for the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s signature legislative achievement, and payments due to the International Monetary Fund, a frequent target of conservatives. To sweeten the package, they agreed to include a provision that would exempt disabled veterans from a modest pension reduction for military retirees enacted last month to help cover the cost of the sequester repeal. 
 
 All told, the bill would provide $1.012 trillion to the Pentagon and other federal agencies. An additional $92 billion would be set aside for overseas operations, including military activity in Afghanistan and assistance for the growing flow of refu­gees fleeing the war in Syria. The bill also authorizes $6.55 billion for domestic disaster relief. 
 
 The measure authorizes a 1 percent pay increase for civilian federal workers and U.S. military personnel. But in response to several examples of excess spending by federal agencies, the bill would put in place new limits on certain conferences, official travel and employee awards. 
 
 The National Institutes of Health would receive $29.9 billion, $1 billion more than under the sequester but $714 million less than the agency was due to receive last year before the sequester hit last March. 
 
 Carrie Wolinetz, president of United for Medical Research, a consortium of patient, provider and research organizations, said the proposal “won’t adequately reverse the damage done by last year’s budget sequester and ensure the nation’s biomedical research enterprise makes continued progress in lifesaving research and development.” 
 
 Head Start, which had to drop children from its rolls due to the sequester, would get $8.6 billion, fully reversing the cuts. And while Republicans refused to finance Obama’s push for universal pre-kindergarten classes, they granted his request to expand Head Start partnerships that benefit toddlers and infants. 
 
 The Department of Homeland Security would face a reduction in funding of about $336 million, with most of the cuts at the scandal-ridden Transportation Security Administration. In a victory for Republicans who have sought for years to boost the use of private security contractors, the agreement increases funding for private security screeners and caps the TSA’s overall screening personnel at 46,000. 
 
 The agreement is riddled with dozens of controversial policy riders. One would bar funding to enforce a law that requires incandescent light bulbs to meet new efficiency standards. 
 
 The measure would continue a ban on transferring terrorism detainees at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to sites in the United States. It would also withhold additional funding for the government of Afghanistan until the country agrees to a new bilateral security agreement. And the measure would ban foreign aid for Libya until Secretary of State John F. Kerry “confirms Libyan cooperation” with ongoing investigations into the Sept. 11, 2012, attack at the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi. 
 
 The measure would also provide new congressional backing for Obama’s strategy of continuing aid to Egypt, despite a law that forbids U.S. military aid to governments that have taken power by military coup, as Egypt’s interim military-backed government did in July. 
 
 Several issues regarding gun control are also included in the bill. The legislation restricts the Justice and Homeland Security departments from establishing programs similar to the “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking effort. In response to allegations that the administration has been stockpiling ammunition for use by federal agents, the measure also requires Homeland Security to provide detailed reports on its purchase and use of ammunition. 
 
 The measure also continues a ban on the use of federal funding to perform most abortions, including abortions in the District and for federal prisoners. But Republicans agreed to jettison other contentious proposals, including a ban on new federal regulations for greenhouse gases and the “global gag rule,” which sought to prohibit U.S. funding for organizations that give women information about abortion. 
 
 Anne Gearan contributed to this report. ||||| Lawmakers on Monday night unveiled a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, contained in a 1,582-page document , that leaders plan to bring to a House vote on Wednesday and before the Senate by the weekend. 
 
 The bill covers the entire federal discretionary budget for fiscal 2014 and fleshes out the details of December’s budget agreement between Democrats and Republicans. By passing the bill, Congress would ensure the government stays open until Oct. 1. 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT The two leaders of the appropriations panel on Monday said their bill would ensure there would be no repeat of October's 16-day government shutdown. 
 
 "There will be no shutdown," said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who predicted a strong bipartisan vote. "The fact is, this is a strong bipartisan bill; it is a bicameral bill. We feel very good we were able to accomplish this with a lot of give and take, a lot of compromise on both sides." 
 
 Her House counterpart said the bill reflected a compromise between the GOP-led House and Democratic-led Senate, adding that it would also continue a "downward trend" in spending by the government. 
 
 “The bill reflects careful decisions to realign the nation’s funding priorities and target precious tax dollars to important programs where they are needed the most," House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said in a release. "At the same time, the legislation will continue the downward trend in federal spending to put our nation on a sustainable fiscal path." 
 
 “My committee worked closely with our colleagues in the Senate to find common ground. This bill is a compromise, but it reflects Republican priorities and holds the line on spending in many critical areas,” Rogers said. 
 
 The Obama administration also praised the bill in a statement. 
 
 "Appropriations Chairmen Mikulski and Rogers deserve credit for working together to craft this legislation in a bipartisan and constructive manner. The Administration urges Congress to move quickly to pass it," White House Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell said. 
 
 To please defense hawks, the bill includes $92 billion in war funding for the Pentagon, about $10 billion more than the Senate sought. This should help the military cope with a base budget decrease to $486 billion, a drop of $30 billion from the Senate's draft bill. 
 
 Republican appropriators touted a number of policy riders they were able to get into the bill, including a provision preventing the Export-Import Bank from blocking coal projects and one preventing new restrictions on livestock industry. The bill has no high speed rail funding nor any for the International Monetary Fund or United Nations cultural organization. On ObamaCare, the GOP notes there is no new funding requested by agencies to implement the law and the so-called ObamaCare slush fund is cut by $1 billion to prevent the administration from dipping into it. Appropriators had to contend with 134 policy riders on the omnibus, many of which were opposed by Mikulski. In the end, many remained in the bill, including one preventing the National Labor Relations Board from implementing e-Card Check regulations for unions and language preventing a ban on incandescent light bulbs. But Mikulski emphasized that there was nothing in the omnibus that would hold up Obama's signature healthcare law. 
 
 "There is nothing in the bill that blocks ObamaCare," she said, however. "ObamaCare lives another day." 
 
 She also said there are no "new" abortion riders in the giant bill. 
 
 The bill includes one crucial change to a controversial cut to military pensions that was included in the December budget deal. With the change, disabled veterans and relatives of deceased service members would not see their pensions cut. 
 
 But the omnibus does not completely reverse the $6 billion cut agreed to in December, despite demands by scores of lawmakers. Some senators hope to enact that change as part of a separate unemployment insurance extension. 
 
 To keep the government funded while lawmakers consider the omnibus, the House on Tuesday will vote on a 3-day spending bill that would keep the government operating through Saturday night. The Senate will also have to approve that measure before the end of Wednesday. 
 
 The series of votes this week creates opportunities for disagreements that could lead to a shutdown, particularly given the secretive talks on the bill and the possibility that members of either party will object to spending provisions. 
 
 But neither party seems in the mood to create a huge fight over either the continuing resolution or the omnibus, which is based on spending levels set by a budget deal approved by Congress in December. 
 
 Republicans in particular are keen to avoid another shutdown after their approval numbers plummeted during the October shutdown. The GOP now wants to keep the discussion on ObamaCare’s flawed rollout as much as possible. 
 
 The budget was approved overwhelmingly on a 332-94 vote in the House, and negotiators are hoping to recreate the coalition of centrists that led to passage. 
 
 While majorities in both chambers look likely to back the omnibus, House and Senate conservatives are warning of opposition, and outside Tea Party groups have sought to pressure GOP leaders. 
 
 FreedomWorks, one of the Tea Party groups, unfavorably compared Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Monday to his predecessor — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the House Democratic leader. 
 
 “What do John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi have in common?” it said in a release. “Boehner is trying to ram an omnibus spending bill through Congress before you and I can find out what's in it. That's the same way Pelosi snuck ObamaCare through Congress.” 
 
 It's not clear if Boehner will lose a number of conservatives. 
 
 Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) has said he would oppose any bill that funds the government above $967 billion in annual funding. The budget deal brokered last month sets regular spending at $1.012 trillion with additional money for wars and disasters. 
 
 Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) is open to supporting an omnibus, but says it would have to include conservative priorities. 
 
 Wall Street regulators would receive relatively modest funding hikes under the omnibus. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which faces a significantly expanded workload under the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, would receive a 9.3 percent boost, or $20 million, to bring its funding up to $215 million. 
 
 It had warned this fall it could have to furlough employees this fiscal year for up to 14 days to make ends meet. 
 
 The other financial regulator whose budget is set by Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, received a relatively smaller boost. 
 
 That agency got just a $25 million hike to bring its budget up to $1.35 billion, a 1.8 percent increase. 
 
 The package eliminates $25 million the SEC had kept in a reserve fund congressional critics decried as a “slush fund” free of oversight, and assigns $44 million of the SEC’s budget to its economic analysis branch. 
 
 Republican critics of the agency have long argued it fails to properly weigh the economic impact of new rules, and the regulator has faced legal challenges on that front. 
 
 Significantly in the foreign policy arena, the bill prevents the implementation of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, opposed by gun-rights advocates, and adds new restrictions on aid to Afghanistan and Egypt. 
 
 The bill continues a ban on the troubled Postal Service ending Saturday mail delivery. 
 
 — This story was updated at 9:03 a.m.
– After weeks of late nights, House and Senate negotiators believe they have hammered out a bipartisan spending bill that will ensure a year free from government shutdown drama. "There will be no shutdown," says Senate Appropriations Committee chair Barbara Mikulski. "This is a strong bipartisan bill, and it is a bicameral bill." The bill covers discretionary spending throughout fiscal 2014, ensuring the government remains open until at least October 1. The time frame to pass the mammoth $1.1 trillion bill is tight, but both parties are keen to avoid another shutdown, Politico notes. "I'm on board,” says Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee. "It’s not everything anybody wanted, but we’ve been working hard at it, and it will lead us, hopefully, to regular order.” Rep. Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, says he expects a majority of lawmakers from both parties to back the measure. "Everybody can find something to complain about—legitimately so," he tells the Washington Post. "But from the Republican standpoint, gosh, this is $164 billion less than Bush’s last discretionary budget, so that’s pretty good progress in cutting spending." The bill eases the sequester spending cuts, providing just upward of $1 trillion to federal agencies and another $92 billion for overseas operations for a total of $1.1 trillion, marking the first time discretionary spending has fallen over four years since the Korean War, according House Appropriations Committee chair Hal Rogers. Federal workers will get a 1% raise under the bill, which provides fresh cash for President Obama's push to expand pre-kindergarten education and contains no language that would block ObamaCare. The measure slashes Homeland Security funding by $336 million, with most of the cuts at the TSA. The measure also contains dozens of policy riders, including a continued ban on transferring Gitmo detainees, prevention of funding for a ban on incandescent light bulbs, and new restrictions on aid to Egypt, the Hill finds.