2009 United States federal budget

Main article: United States federal budget

2009 (2009) Budget of the United States federal government

$407 billion (estimated)
Submitted by	George W. Bush
Submitted to	110th Congress
Passed	33334
Total revenue	$2.7 trillion (estimated)
Total expenditures	$3.107 trillion (estimated)
Deficit	$1.4 trillion (actual)
Debt	$12.867455 trillion (estimated)
Website	http://www.gpoaccess.gov/USbudget/fy09/hist.html US Government Printing Office
‹ 2008 2010›

The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2009 was a spending request by President George W. Bush to fund government operations for October 2008-September 2009. Figures shown in this article do not reflect the actual appropriations by Congress for Fiscal Year 2009.

Total receipts

Estimated receipts for fiscal year 2009 are $2.7 trillion (+7.1%).

• $1.21 trillion - Individual income tax
• $949.4 billion - Social Security and other payroll taxes
• $339.2 billion - Corporate income tax
• $68.9 billion - Excise taxes
• $29.1 billion - Customs duties
• $26.3 billion - Estate and gift taxes
• $47.9 billion - Other

Total spending

Further information: Government spending

A dot plot representing spending by category for the US budget for 2009

The President's budget for 2009 totals $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 are appropriations.

Deficit

With projected receipts less than projected outlays, the budget proposed by President Bush predicts a net deficit of approximately $400 billion dollars, adding to a United States governmental debt of about $11.4 trillion. Actual tax receipts totaled approximately $2.1 trillion - significantly less than the $2.7 trillion expected. The actual deficit in 2009 was $1.4 trillion. (Requires source)

External links

• The President's Budget of the United States Government, FY 1996 -- present
• Budget of the United States Government: Browse Fiscal Year 2009 Summary Tables
• Death and Taxes: 2009 A visual guide and infographic of the 2009 United States federal discretionary budget.
• Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 1105, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 111–8 (text) (PDF)), signed into law on March 11, 2009.