What percentage of the 2013 budget does the sequester cuts represent?

Question

The sequester cuts to the growth in spending of the federal budget will result in a reduction in a increase in spending of $85 billion.

What percentage of the 2013 budget does this represent?

Answer 1

Total budget: $3.803 trillion (requested)

$85 billion/$3.803 trillion = 0.0223507757 = 2.235%

sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_United_States_federal_budget http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Overview