Proposed Abuse of War Spending Account Is an Egregious Gimmick | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Proposed Abuse of War Spending Account Is an Egregious Gimmick | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought recently suggested that the President‘s budget will evade next year’s discretionary spending caps by classifying a larger share of defense spending as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds – a designation meant for war spending that is exempt from the budget caps.