Congressional negotiators have approved $87.5 billion legislation to support US troops and reconstruction in Iraq.
Negotiators from the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to the final bill after backing President George W. Bush and killing a plan to require Iraq to repay half of the measure's nearly $20 billion for its reconstruction.
The White House had threatened to veto the entire bill if Congress did not agree to give Iraq the reconstruction aid, rather than go along with a Senate-passed plan that would have turned half of it into loans.
The bill also has nearly $65 billion to keep US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The House of Representatives may vote on the bill's final passage as early as today with the Senate to follow.
Both chambers are expected to pass it easily, despite broad support among lawmakers to make Iraq use its potential oil wealth to repay part of the reconstruction money.
The final legislation then would be sent to Mr Bush, who argued that seeking repayment would burden Iraq with more debt, slow efforts to stabilize the country and prolong the US occupation.