Sequester Cuts Are Unbalanced

Created on October 16, 2012

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Federal Spending by the Numbers 2012

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Share of Total Sequestration Cuts

Share of Total Spending

Mandatory Spending

Non-Defense Discretionary

Defense Discretionary

PERCENTAGE OF fy 2013 budget authority

Source: Congressional Budget Office, An Update to the Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022, Tables 1-3 and 1-4, http://cbo.gov/publication/43543 (accessed August 23, 2012).

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