The United States Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2010, titled A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America's Promise, is a spending request by

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to fund government operations for October 2009–September 2010. Figures shown in the spending request do not reflect the actual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010, which must be authorized by

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. The government was initially funded through two temporary continuing resolutions. Final funding for the government was enacted as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, on December 16, 2009.

Total spending

Incoming President Barack Obama's budget request for FY 2010 totaled $3.55 trillion and was passed by Congress on April 29, 2009. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage changes compared to FY 2009. A breakdown of Obama's budget request includes the following expenditures: *Mandatory spending: $2.173 trillion (+14.9%) **$695 billion (+4.9%) –

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**$571 billion (+58.6%) – Other mandatory spending **$453 billion (+6.6%) – Medicare **$290 billion (+12.0%) –

Medicaid Medicaid in the United States is a federal and state program that helps with healthcare costs for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers benefits not normally covered by Medicare, including nursing home care and pers ...

**$164 billion (+18.0%) – Interest on

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*Discretionary spending: $1.378 trillion (+13.8%) **$663.7 billion (+12.7%) –

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(including

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) **$78.7 billion (−1.7%) – Department of Health and Human Services **$72.5 billion (+2.8%) – Department of Transportation **$52.5 billion (+10.3%) – Department of Veterans Affairs **$51.7 billion (+40.9%) –

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and Other International Programs **$47.5 billion (+18.5%) –

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**$46.7 billion (+12.8%) – Department of Education **$42.7 billion (+1.2%) –

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**$26.3 billion (−0.4%) – Department of Energy **$26.0 billion (+8.8%) –

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**$23.9 billion (−6.3%) – Department of Justice **$18.7 billion (+5.1%) –

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**$13.8 billion (+48.4%) –

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**$13.3 billion (+4.7%) –

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**$13.3 billion (+4.7%) – Department of the Treasury **$12.0 billion (+6.2%) –

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**$10.5 billion (+34.6%) –

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**$9.7 billion (+10.2%) –

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**$7.0 billion (+1.4%) –

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**$5.1 billion (−3.8%) – Corps of Engineers **$5.0 billion (+100%-NA) – National Infrastructure Bank **$1.1 billion (+22.2%) –

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**$0.7 billion (0.0%) – Small Business Administration **$0.6 billion (−14.3%) –

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**$0 billion (−100%-NA) –

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(TARP) **$0 billion (−100%-NA) – Financial stabilization efforts **$11 billion (+275%-NA) – Potential disaster costs **$19.8 billion (+3.7%) – Other Agencies **$105 billion – Other

Total revenue

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Deficit

The total deficit for fiscal year 2010 was $1.293 trillion.

References

External links

Status of Appropriations Legislation for Fiscal Year 2010Office of Management and BudgetProposed FY 2010 Budget

Remarks by the President on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget

Gale & Auerbach (Brookings) – Analysis of 2010 Budget
Presidential Proposal and Congressional Documents in convenient form

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