By the numbers

BY THE NUMBERS

Some figures from President Bush's fiscal 2003 budget, which he sends Congress today, obtained by The Associated Press. Fiscal 2003 begins next Oct. 1:

2002: Proposed spending $2.05 trillion, $106 billion deficit.

2003: Proposed spending $2.12 trillion, $80 billion deficit.

2004: Proposed spending $2.19 trillion, $14 billion deficit.

2005: Proposed spending $2.28 trillion, $61 billion surplus.

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Spending for domestic security against terrorism: $37.7 billion in 2003, compared to $19.5 billion in 2002, with big increases proposed to help local police and firefighters, to counter bioterrorism, to upgrade aviation security and to boost border security.

------BUDGET MILESTONES:

1917: First year federal budget topped $1 billion.

1962: First year federal budget topped $100 billion.

1987: First year federal budget topped $1 trillion.

2002: First year federal budget projected to top $2 trillion.

-- AP