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The administration requested funding levels for discretionary spending that were 7% over the budget caps specified in the Budget Control Act of 2011, roughly equally split between defense and non-defense programs. [10]
Graph of U.S. mandatory and discretionary spending from 1966 to 2015. Mandatory spending levels start to diverge from discretionary spending levels in the early 1990s. In 2016, the U.S. federal government spent $1.2 trillion on U.S. discretionary spending. Of this $1.2 trillion, nearly half ($584 billion) was spent on national defense.
Around two thirds of federal spending is for "mandatory" programs. CBO projects that mandatory program spending and interest costs will rise relative to GDP over the 2016–2026 period, while defense and other discretionary spending will decline relative to GDP. [2]
Nearly half of discretionary spending goes toward defense programs, which are a sacred cow for many lawmakers. “$2 trillion a year is such an absurdly large number, it’s impossible,” said ...
Discretionary spending is non-essential spending that isn't mandatory for your basic needs like shelter, food, healthcare, work and personal care. Many expenses are essential, but discretionary...
The United States federal budget is divided into three categories: mandatory spending, discretionary spending, and interest on debt. Also known as entitlement spending, in US fiscal policy, mandatory spending is government spending on certain programs that are required by law. [1] Congress established mandatory programs under authorization laws.
In 2016, the year Montana’s legislature expanded Medicaid, the overall program provided benefits to 125,000 children, 50,000 adults in the original Medicaid, and 50,000 adults in the expanded plan.
Non-defense discretionary spending is used to fund the executive departments (e.g., the Department of Education) and independent agencies (e.g., the Environmental Protection Agency), although these do receive a smaller amount of mandatory funding as well. Discretionary budget authority is established annually by Congress, as opposed to ...