Charts Used During Markup of The Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Resolution   -- 3/29
THE DEFICIT
Baseline Deficits In Nominal Dollars	Baseline Deficits As Share of Economy	Largest Cause of Deficits in FY’s 2001 - 2005 Was the Economy
Surplus or Deficit as A Share of GDP	Net Interest As Share of Total Spending	Debt Held by the Public as A Share of GDP
Necessary Emergency Spending Increases 2006 Deficit
THE ECONOMY
Unemployment Rate at Low Level	Payroll Jobs Have Rebounded	Payroll Job Growth (Thousands of New Payroll Jobs)
Real GDP Growth and Blue Chip Outlook	Cutting the Deficit in Half	Baseline Spending Exceeds Inflation
EDUCATION
Education Funding has Doubled	Increases in Federal Student Aid	Total Pell Grant Funding Fiscal Years 1996 – 2006
Pell Grant Maximum Awards	Overall Pell Grant Funding FY 1996 – FY 2006	IDEA Funding has More Than Quadrupled in the Last Decade
Education Funding Discretionary Appropriations Increases FY ’96 – FY ’06
TAX RECEIPTS
Tax Receipts Rebound with Record Increase	Composition of Revenues In billions of dollars	Revenue and Outlays as A Share of GDP
Baseline Revenue Growth is Strong	Projected Growth of Revenues: 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief Made Permanent
HEALTH CARE
Spending Per Veteran 1984-2006	Medicaid Federal Outlays in Billions of Dollars	GOP Delivers on Promise: NIH Doubled in 5 Years!
Total Budget Authority for Veterans Medical Care Before and After 1995		Medicare Mandatory Outlays in Billions of Dollars
FEDERAL SPENDING
The Federal Government Dollar Fiscal Year 2005 Fiscal Year 2005 Spending As A Percent of Total Outlays House Passes Tight FY 2006 Appropriations Bills in Regular Order Major Entitlement Programs and Revenues As a Percentage of GDP; FY 2007-2050 Emergency Budget Authority as a Share of Total Discretionary BA Emergency Budget Authority (FY 1991-2005) Comparison of Mandatory Spending Growth and the Rate of Inflation 2005-2015 Mandatory Spending Growth 1995, 2005, 2016 Projected Spending for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid As Percent of GDP Composition of Entitlement Spending Mandatory Outlays 10 Years of Spending History Discretionary Budget Authority Including Emergency Spending Composition of Mandatory Spending Outlays 10 Years of Spending History Total Budget Authority The Democrats’ “Plan”
Updated Charts on the Economy -- 1/13
THE ECONOMY
Real GDP Growth and Blue Chip Outlook	Payroll Jobs Have Rebounded
Unemployment Rate at Low Level	Payroll Job Growth in Past 31 Months