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Friday, June 10, 2005
Senate 302(b) Allocations; Defense Allocations Lower
Yesterday the Senate Appropriations Committee approved allocations for the FY 2006 spending bills. The committee is hoping to finish work on all bills by September 30, and avoid a year end omnibus. A total of $842 billion in discretionary funds was allocated to the 12 subcommittees.
The allocations, which were prepared by committee chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS), differ from the levels requested by President Bush, as well as the spending plans developed by the House. In particular, the plan calls for moving billions from the Defense side of the ledger to domestic programs, which are slated for deep cuts in the president's budget. According to the committee, the allocations for the 12 bills will be as follows:
Agriculture at $17.3 billion, up from Bush's $16.9 billion;
Commerce-Justice-State at $48.6 billion, up from Bush's $47.3 billion;
Defense at $400.7 billion, down from Bush's $407.7 billion;
District of Columbia at $593 million, up from Bush's $573 million;
Energy and Water at $31.2 billion, up from Bush's $29.7 billion;
Homeland Security at $30.8 billion, up from Bush's $29.6 billion;
Interior at $26.2 billion, up from Bush's $25.7 billion;
Labor and Health and Human Services at $141.3 billion, the same level as Bush proposed;
Legislative Branch at $3.9 billion, down from Bush's $4 billion;
Military Construction/Veterans Affairs at $44.4 billion, up from Bush's $43.1 billion;
State-Foreign Operations at $31.7 billion, down from Bush's $32.7 billion; and
Transportation-Treasury-HUD at $65.4 billion, up from Bush's $63.1 billion.
Posted by Becky Lewis
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