2014 Event The U.S. House of Representatives passes a $1.1 trillion budget within hours of the deadline, avoiding a government shutdown when current funding expires 2014 Event Budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell is nominated to replace Kathleen Sebelius as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services 2014 Event President Obama sends his 2015 budget to Congress, announcing that it is a 'roadmap for creating jobs with good wages and expanding opportunity for all Americans' 2013 Event The Pentagon will furlough 650,000 civilian employees without pay for six days this year after receiving warnings that mandatory budget cuts might idle defense workers for a longer period of time 2013 Event By a margin of 50-49, the U.S. Senate passes its first budget in four years 2013 Event For the first time in its history, the European Parliament rejects a European Union budget 2012 Event Amidst protests against austerity, the Portuguese government announces details of its draft budget for 2013 2012 Event Naples' Casoria Contemporary Art Museum begins burning its artworks to protest government budget cuts affecting cultural institutions 2012 Event Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne reveals the 2012 British budget which cuts the top rate of income tax 2012 Event A German government plan proposing that a eurozone 'budget commissioner' take control of Greece's economic affairs is leaked 2011 Event A budget agreement is reached by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives 2011 Event An austerity budget is approved by the Parliament of Greece 2011 Event In anticipation of Budget Day, students protesting against the Irish financial crisis occupy the office of Fine Gael lawmaker Anthony Lawlor 2011 Event One hour before the deadline, the U.S. Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 U.S. federal budget, avoiding a government shutdown 2011 Event In London, England, hundreds of thousands march in Trafalgar Square to protest government budget cuts 2010 Event Some Greeks in the Greek Parliament protest sweeping cuts approved in the budget 2010 Event The 2011 draft budget for Greece increases its austerity measures 2010 Event U.S. President Barack Obama proposes a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 which projects a record-high budget deficit of $1.6 trillion in fiscal 2010 1999 Death Jules Lederer, businessman, Budget Rent-A-Car, dies at 81 1994 Event Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution 1991 Death Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63 1986 Event U.S. government closes down due to budget problems 1985 Event Bill to balance the federal budget passed by Congress 1984 Event U.S. government closes down due to budget problems 1982 Event U.S. budget deficit reaches more than $110 trillion for fiscal year 1982 1982 Event New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget 1936 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget 1927 Birthday Andre Cools, Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier 1924 Event British Labour government cuts military budget 1907 Event Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget 1710 Event Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget
