Washington ? The Senate approved a massive $390 billion measure Thursday financing most federal agencies, blessing the long-delayed last chunk of this year’s budget that stalled last fall in an election-season standoff with President Bush over spending.

The bill’s 69-29 passage ended the first prolonged battle this year in the new Senate. The winners were the chamber’s majority Republicans, who battled — and sometimes used budget sleight of hand — to keep the price tag within limits Bush demanded.

Nineteen Democrats joined 50 Republicans in supporting the measure, while 27 Democrats, one independent and one Republican — Sen. Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois — were opposed.

Passage set the stage for what could be prolonged negotiations with the House before a final measure can be sent to Bush for his signature.

Bush and Republicans said the bill reflected diminished resources caused by revived deficits and the need to focus on fighting terrorism and restoring the economy. But Democrats said the wide-ranging bill shortchanged everything from hiring food inspectors to helping low-income school districts.

The measure is a collection of 11 bills financing every agency except the Pentagon for the federal budget year that started Oct. 1 and is now nearly one-third over.