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Fiscal Year 2009 Congressional Budget and Spending

Watch the progress of budgeting and spending for Fiscal Year 2009, which begins October 1, 2008.

September 24, 2008

This page contains information on the the congressional budget and spending process for Fiscal Year 2009, which begins October 1, 2008.

The House and Senate are poised to pass a temporary spending measure that costs the average U.S. family over $5,800, according to a WashingtonWatch.com estimate. Read about it here.

The bill is S. 2638, one of last year's Department of Homeland Security spending bills (which did not pass).

Along with funding the remainder of the government through March, the bill is reported to include full-year funding for Defense, Homeland Security, and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs. The bills replaced by this stopgap measure are listed below. (Defense is the largest, but neither the House nor the Senate even introduced a regular spending bill.):

Defense
-House: no bill introduced
-Senate: no bill introduced

Homeland Security
- House: H.R. 6947, The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - $423.25
- Senate: S. 3181, The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - $425.20

Military Veterans
- House: H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009 - $1,071.25
-Senate: S. 3301, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - $1,080.73

This page will be updated regularly. Check back for more information! Or subscribe to the WashingtonWatch.com email newsletter for regular updates.

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September 14, 2008

With just over two weeks before the beginning of the new fiscal year, neither the House or the Senate have introduced all the annual spending bills, and none have passed into law.

Below is a list of the twelve annual spending bills and their costs per U.S. family (based on current interest rates and population figures on September 14, 2008):

Added September 20: House DHS Appropriations bill

Agriculture
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3289, The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - $825.25

Commerce/Justice/Science
- House: no bill introduced
-Senate: S. 3182, The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - $558.71

Defense
-House: no bill introduced
-Senate: no bill introduced

Energy & Water
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3258, The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - $314.83

Financial Services
- House: no bill introduced
-Senate: S. 3260, The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 - $424.71

Homeland Security
- House: H.R. 6947, The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - $423.25
- Senate: S. 3181, The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - $425.20

Interior
- House: no bill introduced
-Senate: no bill introduced

Labor/HHS/Education
- House: no bill introduced
-Senate: S. 3230, The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - $6,118.99

Legislative Branch
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: no bill introduced

Military Veterans
- House: H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009 - $1,071.25
-Senate: S. 3301, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - $1,080.73

State/Foreign Operations
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3288, The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 - $357.88

Transportation/HUD
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3261, The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - $1,110.43

    This page will be updated regularly. Check back for more information! Or subscribe to the WashingtonWatch.com email newsletter for regular updates.

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    July 24, 2008

    As annual spending bills are introduced, we will list them and their costs here (costs are based on current interest rates and population figures on the date the figures were added):

    This page will be updated regularly. Check back for more information! Or subscribe to the WashingtonWatch.com email newsletter for regular updates.

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    June 28, 2008

    The congressional budget resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 70, passed both the House and Senate recently. Now the House and Senate Appropriations Committees divide the amount of money they are allowed to spend among their twelve subcommittees.

    The Senate Appropriations Committee has allocated federal spending among its subcommittees as listed below. (Figures are expressed per U.S. family, at current interest rates, and do not include "mandatory" spending.) How this money is spent on specific programs will be determined in legislation that will soon be introduced.

    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - $181.90
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - $529.08
    • Defense - $4,465.86
    • Energy and Water Development - $313.77
    • Financial Services and General Government - $208.00
    • Homeland Security - $354.28
    • Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - $263.97
    • Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - $1,450.95*
    • Legislative Branch - $39.39
    • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies - $629.48
    • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs - $332.93
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies - $496.46
    *"Mandatory" spending, which is not included, is a significant part of Labor/HHS spending.

    This page will be updated regularly. Check back for more information! Or subscribe to the WashingtonWatch.com email newsletter for regular updates.

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    June 15, 2008

    The congressional budget resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 70, passed both the House and Senate recently. Now the House and Senate Appropriations Committees divide the amount of money they are allowed to spend among their twelve subcommittees.

    The House Appropriations Committee has allocated federal spending among its subcommittees as listed below. (Figures are expressed per U.S. family, at current interest rates, and do not include "mandatory" spending.) How this money is spent on specific programs will be determined in legislation that will soon be introduced.

    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - $182.49
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - $522.68
    • Defense - $4,748.68
    • Energy and Water Development - $305.31
    • Financial Services and General Government - $216.53
    • Homeland Security - $409.65
    • Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - $250.82
    • Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - $1,415.21*
    • Legislative Branch - $46.26
    • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies - $675.16
    • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs - $372.12
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies - $492.88
    *"Mandatory" spending, which is not included, is a significant part of Labor/HHS spending.

    This page will be updated regularly. Check back for more information! Or subscribe to the WashingtonWatch.com email newsletter for regular updates.

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    March 17, 2008

    The process starts with the President's budget. It sets out the priorities of the Administration. Issued in early February, it called for over $30,000 in spending per U.S. family.

    FY 2009, Budget of the United States Government

    Next, the House and Senate each debate a budget resolution of their own.

    House Concurrent Resolution 312 is the House's budget resolution. It calls for about $25,000 in spending per U.S. family.

    Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 is the Senate's budget resolution. It calls for about $25,000 in spending per U.S. family as well.

    A final budget resolution, hammered out between the House and Senate, is used to allocate the amounts that each of the appropriations subcommittees may spend on their particular areas of government.

    Spending allocations have not yet been made. Check back for updated information! Or subscribe to the WashingtonWatch.com email newsletter for regular updates.

    Below is a list of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees, each of which will pass a spending bill:

    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
    • Defense
    • Energy and Water Development
    • Financial Services and General Government
    • Homeland Security
    • Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
    • Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
    • Legislative Branch
    • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
    • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
    This page will be updated regularly. Check back for more information! Or subscribe to the WashingtonWatch.com email newsletter for regular updates.

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