Democratic leaders said Tuesday the energy and water spending bill, delayed for weeks by their rejection of an Iran-related amendment, will be passed by next week.

Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., cheered the agreement between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Tom Cotton to remove the amendment from the appropriations bill if a vote to close debate on the funding package fails Wednesday. Democrats have blocked debate from closing over Cotton’s proposal to keep the Department of Energy from buying more heavy water from Iran.

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