County News Coverage: 2022 NACo Annual Conference

Counties should continue to advocate for county priorities to be included in the final budget reconciliation bill. 

Every other week, NACo's County Countdown reviews top federal policy advocacy items with an eye towards counties and the intergovernmental partnership. This week features 

The President’s budget requests cutting non-defense discretionary funding by 23 percent, amounting to $163 billion, and proposes a 7.6 percent spending cut to discretionary spending.