To comply with budget targets it set last April, Congress this year has cut fiscal year 2006 funding for domestic programs by $9 billion, or 2.3 percent on average, below the 2005 level adjusted for inflation.
Now, some Members of Congress and Congressional leaders are calling for annual appropriations for 2006 be cut further, by one or two percent beyond the reductions included in appropriations bills that have already been enacted or for which there is a conference agreement. It is expected that such an across-the-board cut will be inserted in the final appropriations conference report of the year. The across-the-board cut may — or may not — affect defense as well as domestic programs.
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