discretionary spending

In fact, half of discretionary spending still goes for defense.

It will be very difficult to cut discretionary spending much further.

Over the next seven years, Congress plans to cut discretionary spending by about 30 percent.

Of the discretionary spending, more than half goes on security, which is also hard to reduce.

But in the last four years, discretionary spending has grown about 8 percent a year.

I thought it would result in total control of domestic discretionary spending.

To do so would put total discretionary spending above the cap.

Health care accounts for almost all of the agency's discretionary spending.

"There is pressure to cut back discretionary spending," she said.

Still, the tournament did have some big effects on discretionary spending.

Indeed, under the Clinton plan, all discretionary spending would be frozen for five years.

But the sort of discretionary spending caps that have worked since 1990 are here, too.

The biggest cuts over the five years came in discretionary spending, especially the military.

But the station has also had no margin for discretionary spending.

Additionally, discretionary spending between 2007 and 2010 increased by 25 percent.

The first is for federal discretionary spending, the money appropriated by Congress each year.

How will discretionary spending evolve over the next decade under current law?

"When people worry about the economy, discretionary spending goes on hold.

But the increase in discretionary spending outside those categories was also substantial.

With every year in deficit, future discretionary spending is snatched away.

Nearly 40 cents of every dollar in federal discretionary spending now goes to private companies.

Discretionary spending will still fall by about 13 percent.

Discretionary spending is cut by about 10 percent by 2002.

"With corporations there is more discretionary spending and less price sensitivity."

All told, he would cut discretionary spending by $33 billion in 1998.