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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. | 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. | ||
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== Explained in greater detail == | == 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> | 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> | ||
Revision as of 02:04, December 20, 2024
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. [1]
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 appropriations acts can then be circumvented or ignored.[2]
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.[3] 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.