Administration Requests More War Funding

The administration requested another $100 billion in additional war spending for fiscal year 2007. If Congress appropriates the money as requested, total funding for the Iraq War this fiscal year will climb to nearly $140 billion with nearly a half trillion dollars allocated for the Iraq War in total.

NPP estimates that $78.1 billion of that amount is for the Iraq war. The supplemental request breaks down as follows:

Total Iraq Afghanistan and Other Global War On Terror Other Supplemental (Katrina)
Total Supplemental (in billions) $103.0 $78.1 $21.5 $3.4
Department of Defense and Intelligence $93.4 $74.7 $18.6 $0.0
State and International Operations $6.0 $3.2 $2.8 $0.0
Other Global War On Terror $0.2 $0.2 $0.1 $0.0
Subtotal GWOT $99.6 $78.1 $21.5 $0.0
Other Supplemental (Katrina) $3.4 $0.0 $0.0 $3.4

 

The following table shows the taxpayer cost of the Iraq War since it began. The state breakdowns are based on IRS data and the total of the Iraq War cost is based on Congressional legislation and the administration's most recent emergency request for additional spending in fiscal year 2007 (as presented February 5, 2007). The total does not include money requested by the administration for fiscal year 2008 or 2009.
State Taxpayer Cost of the Iraq War
United States, total 456.1 billion
Alabama 4.2 billion
Alaska 780.6 million
Arizona 6.3 billion
Arkansas 4.3 billion
California 57.8 billion
Colorado 7 billion
Connecticut 11.1 billion
Delaware 2.9 billion
District of Columbia 2 billion
Florida 25 billion
Georgia 13.2 billion
Hawaii 1.5 billion
Idaho 1.2 billion
Illinois 24.7 billion
Indiana 6.9 billion
Iowa 3.5 billion
Kansas 3.6 billion
Kentucky 3.5 billion
Louisiana 3.5 billion
Maine 1.2 billion
Maryland 8.8 billion
Massachusetts 12.9 billion
Michigan 12.1 billion
Minnesota 11 billion
Mississippi 1.8 billion
Missouri 7 billion
Montana 698.5 million
Nebraska 3.3 billion
Nevada 4.1 billion
New Hampshire 1.9 billion
New Jersey 20.8 billion
New Mexico 1.4 billion
New York 40.9 billion
North Carolina 12.3 billion
North Dakota 550.4 million
Ohio 16 billion
Oklahoma 6.9 billion
Oregon 3.7 billion
Pennsylvania 17.4 billion
Rhode Island 1.8 billion
South Carolina 3.3 billion
South Dakota 693.7 million
Tennessee 7 billion
Texas 37.3 billion
Utah 2.4 billion
Vermont 663.2 million
Virginia 12.4 billion
Washington 10.4 billion
West Virginia 1.2 billion
Wisconsin 7.3 billion
Wyoming 782.9 million
Updated: Wed, 04/25/2007 - 00:00