Proposals to Limit Discretionary Spending

	Proposal	Estimated 10-Year Savings (billions)
President's Budget	FY2011-13 cap on non-security discretionary spending at the current $447 billion level	$249^*
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)	FY2011-13 cap on discretionary spending levels passed in FY 2010 Budget Resolution (allows for 1-2% increases per year for both defense and non-defense discretionary spending); 67% vote needed to waive annual caps; allows unlimited emergency spending with 3/5 point of order; exempts spending on military actions	N/A
Congressman Frank Kratovil (D-MD) and Congressman Travis Childers (D-MS)	Blue Dog proposal to cut non-security spending by 2% for each of the next 3 years	$400^{^}

^{* Estimated 10-year savings from OMB's analysis of the President's Budget (}^{Summary Table S-2}^).
^{^ Estimated 10-year savings cited in Congressman Frank Kratovil's}^{press release}^{on March 11, 2010.}