The U.S. Congress authorized to spend 410 billion dollars to the government.

U.S. Senate on Tuesday, March 10, approved a bill providing for the allocation of 410 billion dollars to finance the Government's 2009 fiscal year, the Associated Press. Discussion of the bill in the upper house of Congress has taken more than a week.

February 25, a similar document was approved by the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress. It was expected that soon a bill that has passed both houses of the harmonization of the U.S. Congress, will be signed by President Barack Obama.

The amount allocated for the financing of the Government in 2009, an 8 percent increase last year. Increased costs of this article led to protests from members of Congress from the Republican Party, stated during the debate that in the current fiscal year, and so is expected to record budget deficit of 1.8 trillion dollars.