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December 31, 2028
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave working families temporary tax breaks that all expire December 31, 2028: up to $25,000 in cash tips, up to $12,500 in overtime pay, a $6,000 senior deduction, and car loan interest — all deductible, all expiring at the end of Trump's term. But the same law made the tax cuts for people earning over $500,000 a year and corporate tax cuts PERMANENT — no sunset, no expiration.
Source: One Big Beautiful Bill Act, P.L. 119-21, 2025
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FY 2026 ended September 30, 2026. All 12 appropriations bills have been enacted into law. Below is what Congress actually passed — not what was requested.
Iran War Spending — On Top of the Defense Budget Above
- 💸 $37.5 BILLION already spent directly on the war with Iran.
- ➕ $1.5 BILLION requested by the Pentagon in emergency and replenishment funding to cover depleted advanced munitions and high-end missile-defense interceptor inventories.
These costs are on top of the FY 2025/2026 Defense discretionary spending shown in the charts below.
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FY 2025 Enacted Discretionary Spending
💡 NOTE: Hold your cursor over each category bar to see the enacted change from FY 2025 to FY 2026 ($ BILLIONS)
FY 2026 Enacted Discretionary Spending
KEY ENACTED CHANGES FROM FY 2025:
- +$16.5B (19.1% increase) — largest dollar increase
Highways, transit, aviation, and housing assistance — Section 8 vouchers, public housing, and homeless programs.
- +$10.4B (65.4% increase) — IRS enforcement & treasury
The IRS, Treasury operations, the federal judiciary, and the Executive Office of the President — surged in FY 2026 for IRS enforcement.
- +$10.2B (15.0% increase)
The Justice Department (FBI, DEA, federal prisons), Commerce (Census, NOAA, patents), and science agencies (NASA, NSF).
- +$7.2B (0.9% increase) — Congress rejected the requested $113.3B jump
The Pentagon, military operations, weapons procurement, and defense research — the largest single chunk of discretionary spending.
- −$6.8B (12.0% cut) — largest reduction
The State Department, USAID, and foreign embassies — the diplomatic and foreign aid budget.
- −$3.3B (1.7% cut)
Public health (NIH, CDC), public education (Title I, Pell grants), job training, and social services — the biggest non-defense domestic bucket.
- 📊 Net change: +$38.5B total discretionary spending (+2.4%)
Appropriations subcommittee changes (FY 2026 enacted vs FY 2025 enacted)
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Net change: +$38.5 BILLION in total enacted discretionary spending (FY 2025: $1600.5 BILLION → FY 2026: $1639.0 BILLION, +2.4%).
Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Appropriations Watch FY 2026 (updated 6/11/26); P.L. 119-37, 119-75, and Homeland Security enactments. ICE/Border Security additionally funded via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation.
Discretionary spending up +$38.5B
Transportation-HUD +$16.5B, Commerce-Justice-Science +$10.2B, Financial Services +$10.4B — while Defense rose just +$7.2B (Congress rejected the $113.3B request) and Foreign Affairs was cut 12%. Do these priorities reflect yours?
Key takeaways
- →Congress rejected the President's requested $113.3B Defense jump. Enacted Defense rose only +$7.2B (0.9%), from $831.5B to $838.7B — far below the $961.6B requested.
- →Transportation-HUD saw the biggest increase: +$16.5B (19.1%), from $86.4B to $102.9B — the opposite of the 43.6% HUD cut that was requested.
- →Foreign Affairs cut 12.0% (−$6.8B, from $56.8B to $50.0B) — a real cut, but far smaller than the 83.7% elimination that was requested.
- →Labor-HHS-Education cut 1.7% (−$3.3B, from $198.2B to $194.9B) — Congress preserved nearly all of it, rejecting the deep HHS and Education cuts that were proposed.
- →Financial Services & General Government surged 65.4% (+$10.4B), largely IRS enforcement and treasury operations — a priority of this administration's revenue collection push.
- →Homeland Security base discretionary dipped slightly (−$0.6B), but ICE and Border Security received substantial separate funding through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation — not shown in these discretionary charts.
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