2009 United States Federal Budget - Total Spending

Total Spending

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The 110th Congress' budget for 2009 totaled $3.1 trillion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2008. This budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:

  • Mandatory spending: $1.89 trillion (+6.2%)
    • $644 billion – Social Security
    • $408 billion – Medicare
    • $224 billion – Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
    • $360 billion – Unemployment/Welfare/Other mandatory spending
    • $260 billion – Interest on National Debt
  • Discretionary spending: $1.21 trillion (+4.9%)
    • $515.4 billion – United States Department of Defense
    • $145.2 billion(2008*) – Global War on Terror
    • $70.4 billion – United States Department of Health and Human Services
    • $68.2 billion – United States Department of Transportation
    • $45.4 billion – United States Department of Education
    • $44.8 billion – United States Department of Veterans Affairs
    • $38.5 billion – United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
    • $38.3 billion – State and Other International Programs
    • $37.6 billion – United States Department of Homeland Security
    • $25.0 billion – United States Department of Energy
    • $20.8 billion – United States Department of Agriculture
    • $20.3 billion – United States Department of Justice
    • $17.6 billion – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    • $12.5 billion – United States Department of the Treasury
    • $10.6 billion – United States Department of the Interior
    • $10.5 billion – United States Department of Labor
    • $8.4 billion – Social Security Administration
    • $7.1 billion – United States Environmental Protection Agency
    • $6.9 billion – National Science Foundation
    • $6.3 billion – Judicial branch (United States federal courts)
    • $4.7 billion – Legislative branch (United States Congress)
    • $4.7 billion – United States Army Corps of Engineers
    • $0.4 billion – Executive Office of the President
    • $0.7 billion – Small Business Administration
    • $7.2 billion – Other agencies
    • $39.0 billion(2008*) – Other Off-budget Discretionary Spending

The financial cost of the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan are not part of the defense budget; they were appropriations.

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