Budget boosts and cuts, agency by agency

A comparison of the Bush administration's proposals for fiscal 2008 and 2009.

Agency FY 2008 Proposal
(in billions)
FY 2009 Proposal
(in billions)
FY 2009-FY 2008
(in billions)
Agriculture $20.2 $20.8 +0.6
Commerce 6.6 8.2 +1.6
Defense 481.4 515.4 +34.0
Education 56.0 59.2 +3.2
Energy 24.3 25.0 +0.7
Health and Human
Services
69.3 70.4 +1.1
Homeland Security 34.3 37.6 +3.3
Housing and Urban
Development
35.2 38.5 +3.3
Interior 10.6 10.6 --
Justice 20.2 20.3 +0.1
Labor 10.6 10.5 -0.1
State and other
international
programs
35.0 38.3 +3.3
Transportation 67 68 +1.0
Treasury 12.1 12.5 +0.4
Veterans Affairs 39.4 44.8 +5.4
Army Corps of
Engineers
4.9 4.7 -0.2
Environmental
Protection Agency
7.2 7.1 -0.1
Judicial Branch 6.1 6.3 +0.2
Legislative Branch 4.4 4.7 +0.3
NASA 17.3 17.6 +0.3
National Science
Foundation
6.4 6.9 +0.5
Small Business
Administration
0.5 (463M) 0.7 +0.2
Social Security
Administration
7.9 8.4 +0.5
Other Agencies 7.5 7.2 -0.3
Executive Office
of the President
0.3 0.4 +0.1

Note: Supplemental and emergency funding requests are excluded.