Barbara Mikulski: Agreement Reached On $1 Trillion Spending Bill

Negotiators Reach Agreement On $1 Trillion Spending Bill
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 8: Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., arrives for the Senate Democrats' policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 8: Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., arrives for the Senate Democrats' policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Negotiators in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement on a $1 trillion spending bill for consideration this week in an effort to stave off another government shutdown until at least Sept. 30, Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman Barbara Mikulski said on Monday.

The bill, which is expected to be filed at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT), eases some of the across-the-board "sequester" spending cuts by boosting spending on domestic and military programs during the 2014 fiscal year by $45 billion.

Mikulski told reporters that the measure will reverse planned military pension cuts for disabled veterans and does not contain any provision that blocks the implementation of "Obamacare" health insurance reforms.

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