House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–WI) has released a fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget target. This target—302 allocation in budgetary parlance—was necessary since the previous congressional Democratic majority failed to pass a 2011 budget resolution or even enact a single 2011 appropriations bill. Instead they passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government, which expires on March 4. Thus, this dereliction of the basic duties of governing required the new Congress to start from scratch. The Ryan proposal would cut non-security discretionary spending by $58 billion below the …
