( CNN ) -- Earlier this week , Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nevada , and House Speaker John Boehner , R-Ohio , agreed to a deal to fund the government past this November 's elections . The deal leaves working out a budget up to the next Congress and provides funding for the federal government through March 2013 , well beyond the presidential inauguration in January . By the numbers , here 's a look at how the nation 's fiscal situation adds up . $ 15,873,767,378,850.16 - Total outstanding public debt on July 30 , 2012 . $ 10,626,877,048,913.08 - Total outstanding public debt held on January 20 , 2009 , the day President Barack Obama was inaugurated . $ 1.047 trillion - Top limit for 2013 government spending . 6 months - Length of a continuing resolution to fund the government , based on a July 31 , 2012 , agreement by Obama , Boehner and Reid . House conservatives determined to slash spending relent on compromise deal . 49 - States that require a balanced budget . ( Vermont does not . ) $ 3,277,369.23 - Donations to reduce the public debt received by the U.S. Treasury in 2011 . 74 - Percent who said they favor a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget during a July 2011 CNN/ORC poll . 12 - Consecutive U.S. budgets that have reflected a deficit . CNN Money : Can Congress get out of the economy 's way ? 24.1 - Federal spending outlays in 2011 as percentages of the GDP . 8.1 - Percent of the fiscal year 2012 GDP equal to the federal budget deficit , as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office in March 2012 . 4 - Number of balanced budgets former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich claimed credit for as House speaker during a January debate in Jacksonville , Florida . 11 - Times the Congress has voted to raise the debt limit since 2001 . $ 787 billion - Amount of the stimulus bill signed into law by Obama in 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act .
$ 15,873,767,378,850.16 - Total outstanding public debt on July 30 , 2012 . 49 - States that require a balanced budget . 12 - Consecutive U.S. budgets that have reflected a deficit . 11 - Times the US Congress has voted to raise the debt limit since 2001 .