President's FY 2009 Budget

President Bush submitted his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2009 to Congress on Monday, February 4. 

 

Budget Analysis:

Budget Committee Analysis: Final Bush Budget Continues Same Failed Fiscal Policies

Budget Committee's State-by-State Analysis of the President's FY 2009 Budget

Joint Economic Committee State-by-State Analysis: Bush Budget Again Ignore's America's Middle Class Families 

 

Budget Fact Sheets:

Bush's Legacy: Fiscal Meltdown, Weak Economy 

Bush's Busted Budget: A Quick Look at How President Bush has Busted America's Budget in Just Seven Years 

FY 2009 Bush Budget: More of the Same Missed Opportunities and Misplaced Priorities for America 

Misplaced Priorities: The Bush Budget Top Ten List 

Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Bush Budget 

 

Democratic Leadership Response:

Pelosi Statement on President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget

Majority Leader Hoyer's Statement on Bush's Release of Another Fiscally Irresponsible Budget

Majority Whip Clyburn: Bush's Budget Priorities Wrong for America 

Emanuel Statement On President Bush's Budget 

 

House Committees Respond to the President's Budget:

Appropriations Committee: President's Budget 2009: Missed Opportunities, Misplaced Priorities, and Fiscal Fairytales 

Armed Services Committee: SKELTON Statement on the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Budget Request 

Budget Committee: Spratt Statement on the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget 

Education and Labor Committee:

• Bush Budget Fails Workers, Children, College Students, Families, and the Economy, Says Chairman Miller 
• Another Year of Drastic Education Program Cuts, Funding Reductions and Broken Promises
• Education Leaving America's Workers Behind

Energy and Commerce Committee:

• Dingell Blasts Bush's Health Care Cuts 
• Dingell Response to Bush Commerce Budget 
• Dingell Response to Telecommunications Elements of Bush Budget
• Dingell Reaction to Bush EPA Cuts 

Homeland Security Committee: President’s Homeland Security Budget Neglects America’s Needs 

Judiciary Committee: Conyers Criticizes Bush Budget as Short-Changing Law Enforcement 

Natural Resources Committee: An Administration Groundhog Day Budget for Natural Resources 

Science and Technology Committee: Gordon on President’s FY09 Budget: Plan Shortchanges U.S. Competitiveness Efforts 

Veterans Affairs Committee: Filner Responds to Administration's Budget Request for Veterans 

Ways and Means Committee: Budget ‘What We Expected, But Not What We Need’ 

• Subcommittee on Health: Stark Decries Unprecedented Medicare Cut of More than a Half a Trillion Dollars in President Bush’s Budget 

Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: On Climate, Energy, President’s Budget Picks Dirty, Dangerous Fuels 

 

Budget Cuts:

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Federal Grants to States and Localities Cut Deeply in Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Budget

 

Budget Hearings:

Ways and Means Budget Hearing with Secretary Henry Paulson