2010 United States federal budget

Updated on Nov 20, 2024

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Submitted February 26, 2009 Submitted to 111th Congress		Submitted by Barack Obama Passed Passed [1]

Total revenue $2.381 trillion (requested)$2.163 trillion (actual)14.6% of GDP (actual) Total expenditures $3.552 trillion (requested)$3.456 trillion (actual)23.4% of GDP (actual)

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

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%) – Social Security

$571 billion (+58.6%) – Other mandatory spending

$453 billion (+6.6%) – Medicare

$290 billion (+12.0%) – Medicaid

$164 billion (+18.0%) – Interest on National Debt

Discretionary spending: $1.378 trillion (+13.8%)

$663.7 billion (+12.7%) – Department of Defense (including Overseas Contingency Operations)

$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%) – Department of State and Other International Programs