By contrast, the administration only requested an increase in discretionary spending of $ 2.2 billion, or 1.5 % --- less than the rate of inflation. (aaas.org)
Last year's bipartisan budget deal put the brakes on discretionary spending for the 2017 fiscal year. (aaas.org)
Plus, we could go further and take some capital gains from our index funds for discretionary spending. (enchumbao.com)