CBO's Analysis of the President's Budget
by Matthew Madia, 3/6/2006
The Congressional Budget Office has completed a preliminary analysis of the President's FY07 Budget.
- Analysis
- Supplemental Data
- Spend about $925 billion on discretionary programs in FY07;
- Add $35 billion to the CBO's current deficit projections, putting the deficit projection at $371 billion;
- Reduce revenues by nearly $9 billion for FY07;
- Reduce revenues by $282 billion from 2007-2011 if some of the President's expiring 2001 and 2003 tax provisions are extended;
- Increase outlays by $27 billion (mostly in military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan);
- Increase defense funding by an average of 2.8 percent per year through 2011; and
- Reduce Medicare outlays by $138 billion from 2007-2016.
