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Publication Date: November 2007
Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Richard Kogan
Research Area: Banking and finance
Keywords: Economic projections; Fiscal future; Federal budget
Type: Report
Abstract:
In vetoing the appropriations bill funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, the President charged yesterday that Congress plans an irresponsible increase of $205 billion over the next five years in domestic discretionary spending (spending on domestic programs funded through the appropriations process) over the levels he proposed. This claim of a $205 billions increase is misleading in a number of respects.