Has seen Discretionary Spending drop three years in a row. Never before in my lifetime have we seen such a thing. I credit this body with being a driving force in that because we were elected by the American People who want to see their fiscal bucks put back in order, but we succeeded on the discretionary side. Discretionary turns out to be the easier nut to crack because that money doesnt go out the door unless this u. S. House of representatives acts. That distinguishes it, mr. Speaker, from mandatory spending. Thats the third set of columns on my chart. Mandatory spending, as i said, 2 3 of our budget, 68. 3 to be precise, and of all the sequestration cuts, 63. 8 of the budget is only going to bear 14. 4 of the pain. The back story there, mr. Speaker, is thats the only 14. 4 of the pain. As i said Discretionary Spending has been on the chopping block in 2011, 2012, and now again in 2013. But mandatory spending we havent had a single agreement about, and i dont hear the white house t
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