non-defense

I mean, that's why they call it non-defense discretionary spending and so on.

An administration adrift 2011

The president's 2012 budget proposes cuts in what his administration sees as inefficient or wasteful government programs, and projects a reduction of $400 billion in non-defense, discretionary spending.

White House, Republicans in Conflict on Budget, Spending 2011

Their Spending Reduction Act, which aims to cut $2.5 trillion over the next decade, has been vilified by liberals for deep cuts to non-defense and non-entitlement spending.

Bill Beach: Three Proposals to Shrink the National Debt Bill Beach 2011

You don't have to pass the 11th grade PSSA to realize that drastic cuts in the 15 percent of the federal budget that is non-defense discretionary spending isn't going to get you a balanced budget.

Rep. Chaka Fattah: 'Winning the Future' means Investing in Our Children Rep. Chaka Fattah 2011

According to an article in The Huffington Post, the President's budget was expected to mostly target "non-defense discretionary spending," which makes up less than one-quarter of the overall budget- making balancing the budget with this math nearly impossible.

Malkia A. Cyril: Moral Budgets: Wedging Black Women's Bodies Part 1 Malkia A. Cyril 2011

They're looking at a small corner of the budget, the 12.3 percent known as non-defense discretionary spending.

What the budget says about America Ezra Klein 2011

Promising to freeze non-defense discretionary spending has also come into vogue.

What the budget says about America Ezra Klein 2011

And though cutting non-defense discretionary spending might buy us some time on the deficit, we're eventually going to have to do as legendary robber Willie Sutton did when he started hitting banks.

What the budget says about America Ezra Klein 2011

Politicians don't take the ax to non-defense discretionary spending because they think Teach for America or the food-safety infrastructure - both of which the Republicans are proposing to cut drastically - is more wasteful than the Pentagon or the health-care system.

What the budget says about America Ezra Klein 2011

Several senators mentioned the LIHEAP cuts, but Sen. Patty Murray D-Wash., who runs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, went big picture, calling for cuts outside non-defense discretionary spending -- a relatively small piece of the budget pie on which Obama's cuts focus.

The Fix: Democratic senators slow to embrace Obama's budget Aaron Blake 2011