#budget caps

NASCAR: Caps, Limits and Level Playing Fields

Every sport faces it: One, or a few, teams pull ahead because they can spend more money than anyone else. Those teams and their fans are fine, but it means the league has failed to ensure a level playing field.

What is a Level Playing Field?

A level playing field is a lot like obscenity: People can’t describe it, but they know it when I see it‘. Especially when the field is tilted away from…

Congress Passes Budget Deal with #Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 300 Billion Budget Deal Includes Opportunity Zone, Tax Extenders @CSHInfo @NDDUnited

Bipartisan Budget Deal Includes Domestic and Defense Spending Increases of $300 Billion On Friday, February 9, 2018, President Trump ended a brief government shutdown by signing the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The budget deal includes a two-year, $300 billion increase to the defense and non-defense spending caps for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The budget deal also includes tax extenders. The…

Join Final Appropriations Push to Raise Federal Spending Caps Increase Federal #Homeless Assistance Grant Funding in FY 2018 Budget @naehomelessness @NDDUnited @USRepRodney @SenBooker @SenatorMenendez

Increase Federal Homeless Assistance Grant Funding in FY 2018 Budget The National Alliance to End Homelessness (the Alliance) is asking partners in targeted districts represented by elected officials who oversee appropriations to encourage action to ensure the FY 2018 Budget spending caps are raised. It is critical that funding for homeless assistance grants is a top priority. This appropriations…

A User’s Guide to the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Budget

SOURCE: AP/Susan Walsh

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, flanked by Gen. Martin Dempsey and Undersecretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, testify on Capitol Hill before the House Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s fiscal 2015 budget.

By Lawrence J. Korb, Max Hoffman, and Kate Blakeley | April 24, 2014

Endnotes and citations are available in the PDF and Scribd versions.

A User’s Guide to the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Budget

SOURCE: AP/Susan Walsh

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, flanked by Gen. Martin Dempsey and Undersecretary of Defense Comptroller Robert Hale, testify on Capitol Hill before the House Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s fiscal 2015 budget.

By Lawrence J. Korb, Max Hoffman, and Kate Blakeley | April 24, 2014

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DoD Details Planned Cuts If Budget Caps Remain

Defense News April 21, 2014 By MARCUS WEISGERBER WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has laid out plans for how it would cut $66 billion in procurement and research- and-development projects between 2016 and 2019 should US defense spending caps remain in place.

The cuts would affect dozens of Defense Department programs, including the Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighter, Boeing KC-46 aerial refueling…