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Congress Passes Final FY2010 BudgetMay 4, 2009—The House and Senate each passed the final FY 2010 Congressional Budget Conference Agreement. The final FY 2010 Congressional Budget includes $3.55 trillion. This amount is $146.2 billion less than the FY 2010 Budget Request made by President Obama. Funds for federal non-defense discretionary programs in the final FY 2010 Congressional Budget are $10 billion less than what was requested by the President, for a total of $529.5 billion in FY 2010.
In the U.S. House of Representatives 233 voted for the final FY 2010 Congressional Budget. All of those voting for the legislation were Democrats. However, 17 Democratic Representatives voted against the Budget bill, along with 176 Republican Representatives, for a total of 193 “No” votes. There were five Democratic Representatives and two Republican Representatives, who did not vote on this legislation. In the Senate there were 53 Senators voting for the final FY 2010 Budget Agreement, 43 Senators opposing the bill, and 3 Senators who did not vote at all. Both Independent Senators voted for the legislation, Senators Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Four Democratic Senators voted against the FY 2010 Congressional Budget, including Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert C. Byrd (D-WVA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), and Arlen Specter (D-PA). Senator Specter changed his party affiliation last week from Republican to Democratic. More Information | |||||
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