Picturing Policy

Winter 2019 Insider

Picturing Policy

Spending Restraint Doesn’t Happen 
Without Political Will

Dec 20, 2018 1 min read

Congress has exceeded the spending caps in the
2011 Budget Control Act by over $1 trillion in the past five years.  

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Source: Heritage Foundation calculations based on data from the Office of Management and Budget.