Trends in Discretionary Spending

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

Expenditures, Public.

Fiscal policy.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2013

Summary:

Summarizes concept of discretionary spending, and outlines categories of Federal spending. Examines recent fiscal policy and discretionary spending, and addresses imposition of discretionary spending limits in 2011. Discusses long-term trends in discretionary spending and changes in discretionary spending as a national priority. Considers problems arising from declining share of discretionary spending. Includes tables and graphs

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-RL-34424d in the 2013 issue

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

Vendor supplied data

Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Government Division. Trends in Discretionary Spending

Publisher Number:

CRS-2013-GVF-0237

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license