'''Entitlement spending''' can also be referred to as '''non-discretionary spending''' or '''mandatory spending''', and does not require an annual [[appropriation]], or vote from Congress, as [[discretionary spending]] does. | '''Entitlement spending''' can also be referred to as '''non-discretionary spending''' or '''mandatory spending''', and does not require an annual [[appropriation]], or vote from Congress, as [[discretionary spending]] does. |