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House and Senate panels divvy up $600 billion pie
House and Senate panels divvy up $600 billion pie
The House and Senate Appropriations panels Thursday both divided $600.3 billion among federal programs for fiscal 2001. But the two panels divided the pie in different ways.
All numbers are expressed in budget authority and are divided up the way Congress divides up appropriations bills.
| Spending area |
House allocation |
Senate allocation |
Fiscal 2000 spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | $14.38 billion | $14.85 billion | $14.65 billion |
| Commerce-Justice-State | $35.4 billion gross, $34.9 billion net | $33.97 billion | $39.02 billion |
| Defense | $288.39 billion gross, $288.41 billion net | $287.41 billion | $268.6 billion |
| District of Columbia | $414 million | $441 million | $430 million |
| Energy and Water | $21.74 billion | $22.47 billion | $21.1 billion |
| Foreign Operations | $13.28 billion | $13.39 billion | $15.29 billion |
| Interior | $14.72 billion gross, $14.74 billion net | $15.47 billion | $15.22 billion |
| Labor-HHS | $98.52 billion gross, $95.89 billion net | $97.35 billion | $96.61 billion |
| Legislative Branch | $2.36 billion | $2.5 billion | $2.45 billion |
| Military Construction | $8.63 billion | $8.63 billion | $8.35 billion |
| Transportation | $14.99 billion | $13.29 billion | $13.67 billion |
| Treasury-Postal | $14.09 billion | $14.3 billion | $13.75 billion |
| VA-HUD | $78.02 billion gross, $76.19 billion net | $76.23 billion | $76.89 billion |
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