The US Senate has passed a $1.1tr spending bill - and prevented a repeat of last year's government shutdown.
The 56-40 vote on Saturday came as Congress ended a two-year legislative session that has been marred by bitter partisanship and few successes.
Now the measure will be sent to US President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it into law before Wednesday.
This will mean that most government agencies will be funded until September 2015, except for the Department of Homeland Security, which will have its funding reviewed at the end of February.
By this time the Republicans will control the House of Representatives and the Senate and will be able to deny the organisation funding to enforce Mr Obama's recent order easing deportations for undocumented immigrants.
Getting the 1,603-page bill through was a bitter struggle, with a revolt by House Democrats that nearly scuttled the bill and delaying tactics in the Senate.
Of the 40 "No" votes, 22 were Democrats, many of them furious that negotiators inserted policies into the package, including one pulling back on key financial regulations for Wall Street banks.
Another part of the bill gets rid of campaign finance law by dramatically increasing the amount of money wealthy donors can give to political campaigns.
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Gallery: US Landmarks Re-Open After Shutdown
A National Park worker removes a closed sign at Washington's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial after it was re-opened to the public following a partial shutdown of government services.
A woman jogs past the Lincoln Memorial on the morning after a bipartisan bill passed by the House and the Senate allowed the government to reopen and the debt limit to be raised.
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