Oversight

Budget boosts and cuts, agency by agency

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

February 4, 2008

Senior Correspondent

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.

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