What John McCain meant by "non-defense, non entitlement federal spending" freeze...

• $89.9 billion (+1.3%) - Education and training
• $76.9 billion (+8.1%) - Transportation
• $72.6 billion (+5.8%) - Veterans' benefits
• $43.5 billion (+9.2%) - Administration of justice
• $33.1 billion (+5.7%) - Natural resources and environment
• $32.5 billion (+15.4%) - Foreign affairs
• $27.0 billion (+3.7%) - Agriculture
• $26.8 billion (+28.7%) - Community and regional development
• $25.0 billion (+4.0%) - Science and technology
• $23.5 billion (+0.8%) - Energy
• $20.1 billion (+11.4%) - General government
• $644 bln - Disc spending in other agencies/depts
  

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$1.114 trillion in FY 2008 Discretionary Spending (non-defense, non-entitlement Federal spending for 2008)
41% of total 2008 Federal budget

Source: http://useconomy.about.com/od/usfederalbudget/p/Discretionary.htm


This is a partial list containing 11 federal agencies are neither part of Defense or entitlements. The figures above are for the 2007 $2.7trln federal budget. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2006. They averaged +9% growth in spending - thus they have added to the budget deficit.