Boosting domestic spending
CQ Budget, Ep. 197
The Biden administration on Friday released its wish list for discretionary spending for fiscal 2022. The proposal would boost nondefense spending by 16 percent and defense spending by 1.7 percent over current funding levels. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman discuss the details of the plan, the winners and the losers.
Show Notes:
- Parties ready for battle over Biden’s fiscal 2022 spending plan
- Pelosi backs two-bill infrastructure strategy amid progressives’ push for one
- DOT lists transport projects in $2 trillion plan to woo Congress
- Why a bipartisan infrastructure package is a ‘must do’ for Congress
- Biden gun plan accelerates funding for violence prevention programs
