Bread for the World's "Doing more with 1 percent "
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This presentation focuses on: • How foreign assistance fits within in the Congressional budget process, the basics of foreign assistance funding • How foreign assistance fits into the current budget debates • How we can protect these programs – aid effectiveness and circle of protection SO THAT YOU CAN BETTER FIGHT AND DEFEND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
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- 1. Doing More with 1 Percent
- 2. Foreign Assistance and the Federal Budget
- 3. Foreign Assistance within the Federal Budget:
Foreign Assistance is considered
discretionary spending
- Discretionary spending is optional spending that Congress decides on and funds through a yearly process.
- 4. This is different from mandatory spending, which is spending that does not have to be approved every year and is required by law.