Bush's 2008 Budget: What Your State Gets

The White House has released a state-by-state breakdown of President Bush’s 2008 budget request. Following a section of rhetoric extolling the fiscal virtues of the president’s overall 2008 budget, comes a fairly detailed report of how spending for discretionary and entitlement projects will affect each state, territory and the District of Columbia.

Discretionary projects include items like Title I Education Grants, flood control projects, highways and bridges, public transportation improvements, and public health programs. The funding for each specific discretionary project must be approved by Congress every year.

Also included is a report of how the President’s proposed funding for entitlement programs will affect each state.

Entitlement programs, like Social Security and Medicare, are established by law, so the president does not have to request that they be funded for the coming year. The president can, however, recommend changes in the level of spending for specific entitlement programs.

Entitlement programs most often affecting individual states include funding for specific agencies, like the National Parks Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Corps of Engineers and the Federal Highway Administration.

Like everything else in the annual President’s Budget Request, the state-level spending figures are merely recommendations, and are subject to the approval of Congress as part of the annual federal budget process.

Also See:
About the President's Annual Budget Request
Who's Who in the U.S. Budget (US Economy)