continuing resolution

noun

, U.S. Politics.

legislation enacted by Congress to allow government operations to continue until the regular appropriations are enacted: used when action on appropriations is not completed by the beginning of a fiscal year.

Late Thursday night, the House passed the combination continuing resolution/omnibus spending bill by a vote of 219-206.

Together, those lawmakers could end the shutdown if Boehner would put a gimmick-free continuing resolution to the floor.

“Unlike the continuing resolution, the debt ceiling is much more significant,” Walker warns.

Democrats will vote for a clean continuing resolution (CR) and an increase in the debt limit.

In Congress, top Democrats blame House Republicans for failing to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government running.

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