Biden’s Budget for Labor Agencies Seeks to ‘Empower’ Workers (1)

President Joe Biden is requesting that Congress raise the US Department of Labor’s budget by $318 million, a 2.3% increase for fiscal year 2025 from the currently enacted 2023 level.

The proposed increase, announced Monday, would leave the agency with $13.9 billion in base discretionary spending—over $1 billion less than what he requested for the agency last year, according to the Office of Management and Budget. Biden had asked for $15.1 billion for the DOL for FY 2024.

With the resources Biden has requested, the DOL “can fulfill the promise to empower all workers to succeed in our growing economy,” ...