Back to top Defense Department 2019 budget $685.0B 2020 proposal $718.3B Change from '19 +$33.3B $1 billion Under the requested budget, the Department of Defense would receive $718 billion in 2020, a 4.9 percent increase over the prior year. Back to top Labor Department 2019 budget $12.1B 2020 proposal $10.9B Change from '19 -$1.2B $1 billion Overall, the budget asks Congress for $10.9 billion for the Labor Department, a 9.7 percent decrease from 2019’s budget. Back to top State Department and USAID 2019 budget $52.5B 2020 proposal $40.0B Change from '19 -$12.5B $1 billion The proposed budget would slash the budget for foreign aid and diplomacy by 23 percent, to $40 billion for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Back to top Transportation Department 2019 budget $26.5B 2020 proposal $21.4B Change from '19 -$5.1B $1 billion The 2020 Department of Transportation budget requests $21.4 billion in discretionary spending, down from $26.5 billion in FY 2019. Back to top Department of Veterans Affairs 2019 budget $90.2B 2020 proposal $97.0B Change from '19 +$6.8B $1 billion The White House is proposing a 7.5 percent boost to the Department of Veterans Affairs, to $97 billion.

Source: Washington Post March 11, 2019 22:51 UTC