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The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2023 ran from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023. The government was initially funded through a series of three temporary continuing resolutions. The final funding package was passed as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to direct expenditures to a representative's district. The usage originated in American English , and it indicates a negotiated way of political particularism .
During FY2018, the federal government spent $4.11 trillion, up $127 billion or 3.2% vs. FY2017 spending of $3.99 trillion. Spending increased for all major categories and was mainly driven by higher spending for Social Security, net interest on the debt, and defense. Spending as % GDP fell from 20.7% GDP to 20.3% GDP, equal to the 50-year average.
However, the state passes a two-year spending plan every two years, and the two-year budget bill passed in 2023 is a spending plan for the upcoming 2024-25 fiscal year, too.
Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023 H.R. 4373: Dec 29, 2022 Sep 30, 2023 Omnibus bill Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023: H.R. 2617: 2024 United States federal budget: Oct 1, 2023 Nov 17, 2023 Continuing resolution Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act H.R. 5860: Nov 16, 2023 Jan 19, 2024
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There are 274 earmarks included in the 2020 Pig Book, down from last year, but at a higher, record-setting cost.
Note that a fiscal year is named for the calendar year in which it ends, so "2022-23" means two fiscal years: the one ending in calendar year 2022 and the one ending in calendar year 2023. Figures do not include state-specific federal spending, or transfers of federal funds.