claim: two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."
author: ron johnson
evidence_1: dec 19, 2014 ... how congress has given up two-thirds of its control over budgets ... two-thirds of  federal spending is on autopilot – “permanently” appropriated, ... mandatory  programs are really permanent – congress can change the law.
evidence_2: ron johnson · two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's  permanently appropriated. ... the federal health care law raises taxes and cuts  medicare.
evidence_3: the formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: ... no-year),  by the timing of congressional action (current or permanent), or by the ... possibly  to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. .... congress  passes appropriations legislation to fund the government for every fiscal year.
evidence_4: dec 11, 2018 ... not all federal funding is reviewed each year as part of the annual ... government -wide inventory of accounts with spending authority and permanent  appropriations, ... annual appropriations acts or available permanently by law  without ... the second largest reported budget authority type was offsetting ...
evidence_5: the remainder of federal spending comprises direct (or mandatory) ... budget act  process, the appropriations committee in each chamber, as well ..... power to  approve or veto entire measures, which congress can override only by two-thirds  vote .... committee receives its spending ceilings.16 the cba allows the house,  ...