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Legislation in the form of a [[joint resolution]] enacted by [[Congress]], when the new fiscal year is about to begin or has begun, to provide budget authority for Federal agencies and programs to continue in operation until the regular [[appropriation|appropriations]] [[act|acts]] are enacted.<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/continuing_resolution.htm US Senate Reference]</ref>
A '''Continuing Resolution''', commonly referenced as a "CR", is a stopgap funding measure that keeps the money flowing for government operations without the enactment of a specific appropriation. [[Congress]] has overused CR's in the 2020s to avoid confronting the massive budget deficits that is generating.
<ref>"[https://www.budget.senate.gov/download/basic-federal-budget-terminology Basic Federal Budgeting Terminology]" (PDF)</ref>
== Explained in greater detail ==
Legislation in the form of a [[joint resolution]] enacted by [[Congress]] after waiver of the Budget Act of 1974 by consensus for the new fiscal year, to provide [[spending authority]] for Federal agencies, programs and [[entitlements]] to continue. The regular [[appropriation]]s [[acts]] can then be circumvented or ignored.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/continuing_resolution.htm US Senate Reference]</ref>
Under the Budget Act, if the president does not sign an [[appropriations bill]] by midnight September 30, Congress then passes a Continuing Resolution to avoid a shutdown that keeps current spending levels going to states and localities and other recipients until an agreement is reached and the president signs the bill.<ref>http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/policy/federal/Budgetbackgrounder.pdf</ref> In some cases, continuing resolutions have kept the government operating for years along a previously established baseline without agreement on a formal budget for the current year.
==See also==
*[[Direct spending]]
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