The US House of Representatives has passed a $1.1tn (£700bn) budget bill, averting a government shutdown with just hours to spare.
The Republican bill was passed by 219 votes to 206, after the White House urged Democrats to back it.
The legislation will fund most of the government until the end of September 2015, although some departments will only receive short-term funding.
Homeland Security is one of those - giving Republicans an opportunity to try to block President Obama's immigration reforms in two months' time.
The President faced a revolt from dozens of Democrats over a clause which rolls back key financial regulations on Wall Street.
Among them was the House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who described the pro-banking measures as "blackmail".
Democrats fear it could lead to a repeat of the conditions which contributed to the financial crisis seven years ago.
Although the House Speaker, Republican John Boehner, had been confident before the vote, he too struggled to secure enough votes.
On Thursday he was forced to delay proceedings in the House to shore up support for the bill.
The legislation still needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be signed into law.
A government shutdown in October 2013 saw hundreds of thousands of federal employees sent home and many services, national parks and tourist sites closed for as much as two weeks.
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