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  APPROPRIATIONS WATCH
 

Appropriations Watch: Congressional Spending Tracker

The Congress has outspent the President by $36,781
Supplemental $16,843
FY08 Total Appropriation $19,938
 
The House has outspent the President by $42,859
Supplemental $21,314
Appropriations to date $21,545
   
Approps bills passed out of 12 12
The Senate has outspent the President by $43,888
Supplemental $19,919
Appropriations to date $23,969
   
Approps bills passed out of 12 7
Note: All amounts are in millions of dollars

House Appropriations
Senate Appropriations
Budget Resolution
Iraq War Supplemental
Omnibus and Defense Appropriation
Subcommittee President's Request Omnibus Base Bill Omnibus - Emergency
Agriculture 17,800 18,100 1,000
Comm-Justice-Science 51,200 51,800 286
Defense 462,900 459,300 6,400
Energy-Water 30,500 31,900
Financial Services 21,700 20,600 250
Homeland Security 34,300 34,850 2,700
Interior-Environment 25,700 26,600 300
Labor-HHS-Education 140,900 144,800 307
Leg. Branch 4,400 4,000
Mil Con-VA 60,700 60,200 3,700
State-Foreign Ops 34,900 32,800 2,400
Transportation-HUD 48,000 48,900 195
Total Discretionary BA 933,000 933,850 17,538
Figures May Vary From Lower Tables Due to Rounding

Base Appropriations Over Request:
850

Total Unrequested Emergency Spending
17,538

Unrequested Advanced Appropriatiobns
2,400

Total Including Emergency and Gimmicks)
Over Pres. Request
19,938
 


House Appropriations
Subcommittee FY07 Enacted Pres. Request 302(b) Allocations 302(b) vs. Pres Increase Over FY07 House-Passed Approps Approps vs. 07 Approps vs. 302(b) Approps vs. Pres Vote Veto threat Conference Conference vs. Bush Pres Action
Agriculture 17,774 17,835 18,825 990 5.9% 18,817   1,043  -8   982 237-18  Would Veto       
Comm-Justice-Science 50,344 51,241 53,550 2309 6.4% 53,551 3,207 1 2,310 281-142 Would Veto      
Defense 419,612 462,879 459,332 -3547 9.5%  459,332   39,720 0 -3,547  359-13  Will sign 459,300 -3,579 Signed: 11/13/07
Energy-Water 30,298 30,473 31,603 1130 4.3% 31,603 1,305 0 1,130 312-112 Would Veto      
Financial Services 19,518 21,678 21,028 -650 7.7% 21,434 1,916 406 -244 240-179 Would Veto*      
Homeland Security 31,905 34,191 36,254 2063 13.6% 36,254 4,349 0 2,063 268-150 Would Veto      
Interior-Environment 26,405 25,650 27,598 1948 4.5% 27,598 1,193 0 1,948 272-155 Would Veto      
Labor-HHS-Education 144,767 140,920 151,112 10192 4.4% 151,748 6,981 636 10,828 276-140 Would Veto 150,700 9,780 Veto: 11/13/07
Leg. Branch 3,773 4,331 4,024 -307 6.7%                  
House Only 2,981 3,374 3,194 -180 7.1% 3,104 123 -90 -270 216-176        
Mil Con-VA 49,752 60,745 64,745 4000 30.1% 64,745 14,993 0 4,000 409-2 Will sign 64,700 3,955  
State-Foreign Ops 31,277 34,943 34,243 -700 9.5% 34,243 2,966 0 -700 241-178 Would Veto*      
Transportation-HUD 47,538 47,963 50,738 2775 6.7%  50,738  3,200 0   2,775  268-153 Would Veto      
Total Discretionary BA 872,963 932,849 953,052 20,203 9.2% 950,063 80,873 1,035 21,545     674,700 10,156  

-The House allocations do not include advance appropriations (the Budget Resolution permits advance appropriations for fiscal years 2009 or 2010 up to a total of $25.6 billion for specified education, housing and postal accounts).
-While the Budget Resolution assumed full funding of the President's request for defense discretionary spending, the House Appropriations Committee exercised its authority to shift $3.5 billion from defense to nondefense discretionary.
*Indicates the president would veto for reasons not related to spending
 


Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee FY07 Enacted Pres Request 302(b) Allocations 302(b) vs. Pres Increase Over FY07 Senate-Passed Approps Approps vs. 07 Approps vs. 302(b) Approps vs. Bush Vote Veto Threat Conference Conference vs. Bush Pres Action
Agriculture 17,774 17,835 18,709 874 5.3%                  
Comm-Justice-Science 50,344 51,241 54,418 3177 8.1%  54,400   4,056  -18   3,159   75-19 Would Veto      
Defense 419,612 462,879 459,332 -3547 9.5% 463,100  43,488   3,768   221  Voice Vote  Would Veto* 459,300 -3,579 Signed: 11/13/07
Energy-Water 30,298 30,473 32,273 1800 6.5%                  
Financial Services 19,518 21,678 21,394 -284 9.6%                  
Homeland Security 31,905 34,191 36,439 2248 14.2% 39,400 7,495 2,961 5,209 89-4 Would Veto      
Interior-Environment 26,405 25,650 27,150 1500 2.8%                  
Labor-HHS-Education 144,767 140,920 149,236 8316 3.1%  149,900   5,133   664 8,980     75-19   Would Veto 150,700 9,780 Veto: 11/13/07
Leg. Branch 3,773 4,331 4,051 -280 7.4%                  
Mil Con-VA 49,752 60,745 64,745 4000 30.1%   64,745   14,993   0   4,000 92-1 Will Sign 64,700 3,955  
State-Foreign Ops 31,277 34,943 34,243 -700 9.5%   34,243   2,966   0   -700 81-12  Would Veto      
Transportation-HUD 47,538 47,963 51,063 3100 7.4%   51,063   3,525   0   3,100 88-7    Would Veto      
Total Discretionary BA 872,963 932,849 953,053 20,204 9.2% 856,851 81,656 7,375 23,969 674,700 10,156

-The House allocations do not include advance appropriations (the Budget Resolution permits advance appropriations for fiscal years 2009 or 2010 up to a total of $25.6 billion for specified education, housing and postal accounts).
-While the Budget Resolution assumed full funding of the President's request for defense discretionary spending, the House Appropriations Committee exercised its authority to shift $3.5 billion from defense to nondefense discretionary.

*Should Congress add language to this bill calling for troop withdrawals or restricting in any other way the President’s ability to conduct the war, he will veto the bill.

 


Budget
Discretionary Spending Totals
  Pres. Budget House Budget House vs. Pres Senate Budget Senate vs. President Conference Budget Conference vs. Pres
2008 1,123,000 1,142,000 19,000 1,133,000 10,000 1,145,000 22,000
2009 1,124,000 1,161,000 37,000 3,041,000 1,917,000 1,161,000 37,000
2010 1,064,000 1,115,000 51,000 3,088,000 2,024,000 1,113,000 49,000
2011 1,047,000 1,102,000 55,000 3,196,000 2,149,000 1,100,000 53,000
2012 1,041,000 1,100,000 59,000 3,228,000 2,187,000 1,097,000 56,000
2008 - 2012 5,399,000 5,620,000 221,000 13,686,000 8,287,000 4,471,000 217,000
 


Supplemental
Vetoed Supplemental and Signed Bill

Account/Activity 
Pres Request House
Democrats
House vs. President Senate
Democrats
Senate vs. President Vetoed Conference
Agreement
Vetoed Conf. Agreement vs. President Signed Bill (HR2206) Signed Bill vs. Pres
BRAC - offset by President with other cuts -3,100   3,100   3,100   3,100   3,100
BRAC (Base Realignment & Closure) 3,100 3,137 37 3,137 37 3,137 37 3,137 37
Defense Health 1,123 2,790 1,667 2,467 1,344 3,300 2,177 3,000 1,877
Dept. of Energy (nuclear non-proliferation) 63 150 87 63 0 150 87 135 72
Dept. of Homeland Security (ports, mass transit,
explosives detection at airports)
  2,500 2,500 2,000 2,000 2,250 2,250 1,050 1,050
Dept. of Justice 173 158 -15 431 258 316 143 313 140
Dept. of the Treasury 3   -3   -3   -3   -3
Dept. of Transportation     0 75 75   0   0
Drug Interdiction (Afghanistan and Central Asia) 259 259 0 255 -4 255 -4 255 -4
Farm Relief (drought and MILC)   3,726 3,726 4,192 4,192 3,500 3,500 3,000 3,000
General Provisions (management savings)   -813 -813 -          
HUD     0 5 5 6 6   0
Hurricane Katrina 3,400 6,357 2,957 6,700 3,300 6,900 3,500 6,270 2,870
Intelligence (Nat'I counterterrorism center) 67 57 -10 72 5   -67   -67
International Food Aid 350 450 100 557 207 500 150 460 110
Legislative Branch   56 56 25 25   0   0
LIHEAP   400 400 640 640 400 400   0
Military Construction 1,740 1,779 39 1,644 -96 1,670 -70 1,670 -70
Military Personnel: pay, housing, training 12,350 13,567 1,217 13,435 1,085 13,500 1,150 13,500 1,150
NIOSH (mine safety)       13 13 13 13 13 13
Operations and Maintenance (Defense) 50,149 52,500 2,351 48,784 -1,365 50,400 251 50,000 -149
Other (includes coast guard retirement)   50 50 100 100   0 447 447
Other (Interior, Agriculture)   61 61 40 40   0   0
Pandemic Flu Vaccine   1,020 1,020 883 883 625 625   0
Procurement (Defense) 24,816 24,814 -2 26,008 1,192 25,600 784 25,600 784
Research, development, testing evaluation (Defense) 1,448 1,035 -413 1,190 -258 1,100 -348 1,100 -348
Revolving Funds 1,321 1,321 0 1,321 0 1,300 -21 1,100 -221
Rural School Aid   400 400 425 425 425 425 425 425
SCHIP    463 463 448 448 650 650 393 393
State Department 5,753 5,890 137 5,753 0 5,736 -17 5,686 -67
Veterns Administration   1,702 1,702 1,767 1,767 1,789 1,789 1,789 1,789
Wildfire Supression   500 500 500 500 500 500 465 456
Work Screening for 9/11 Workers       4 4 50 50 50 50
TOTAL: FY'07 SUPP 103,015 124,329 21,314 122,934 19,919 124,072 21,057 119,858 16,843