Dems mull how to cut discretionary spending

Federal Drive

Dems mull how to cut discretionary spending

How low can they go? House Democrats say they\'ll forgo a traditional budget resolution for 2011 and opt for a plan to reduce non-security discretionary spending...

Federal News Network Staff

June 23, 2010 9:31 am

< a min read

House Democrats say they’ll forgo a traditional budget resolution for 2011 and opt for a plan to reduce non-security discretionary spending beyond what the president has proposed. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says that Democrats will offer something called a “budget enforcement resolution” instead. That could mean spending cuts and freezes for the next several years. Here to explain what all of this means is Walter Alarkon, a staff writer for The Hill.