2009 United States federal budget
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| Submitted by | George W. Bush |
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| 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 |
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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
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. 111–8 (text) (PDF)), signed into law on March 11, 2009.