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The deal "rolls back federal budgets,Kenzo Dress, makes smart investments in programs people rely on,classic tall uggs, and implements policy changes that will bolster American business and our economy," he said.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned Friday of a fight over the measure.
"As with any compromise, this bill isn't perfect, but it represents the kind of responsible governing that will help move our country forward."
Forty per cent of respondents to the Pew Research Centre poll blamed Republicans for the impasse in Congress, compared to 23 per cent who blamed Democrats.
Updated December 17, 2011 15:33:46
It was adopted by a 296-121 margin aiming to prevent public buildings and government agencies from going dark after running out of money.
Democrats are also complaining that Republicans acted in bad faith by attaching a measure to the payroll tax bill requiring Obama to reconsider delaying the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada's tar sands through the US heartland.
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A vote in one of the two chambers is sufficient to prevent the government from shutting down.
Mr Obama has put off a decision on the pipeline until after the election as it has whipped up a political storm and played off environmentalists and union leaders in his own voting base.
But Republicans say the project could produce 20,000 jobs at a time of deep economic pain and are accusing the president of political pandering.
The move comes after days of heated negotiations to break the impasse, one driven by pre-positioning for Democratic president Barack Obama's 2012 re-election bid and deep antipathy between the parties.
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US passes deal to avert government shutdownUS House of Representatives has approved a deal to avoid a federal shutdown, after a last-minute vote on a $917 billion bill to fund the government through fiscal year 2012.
Mr Obama says extending the tax cut gets money into the pockets of poorer workers most likely to spend it.
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The root of the stalemate lay in brinkmanship by both parties over a White House push for a $US1,500 tax cut for 160 million workers and a Republican bid to force Mr Obama to reconsider delaying a decision on a Canada-US pipeline plan.
"Frankly I will not be able to support a package that does not include the pipeline,グッチ マリッジリング," he said.
Payroll taxes are separate from income taxes and extracted from workers' pay packets to fund the social security retirement system.
The latest grandstanding came as a new poll showed that public discontent with Congress was at a record high, with two in three voters saying most lawmakers should be kicked out of office in 2012.
The huge package is expected to be approved by the Senate later on Friday or early on Saturday.
Republicans, particularly in the Senate, were reticent to back the deal.
"After weeks of tough negotiations with our Senate counterparts... we were able to complete a bipartisan,UGG ショップ, bicameral compromise,UGG アグ," said House Appropriations Committee chairman Hal Rogers, overseeing the allocation of public funds.
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