continuing resolution

noun

U.S. Politics.

1. 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.

Example Sentences

An initial tranche of $10 billion in aid could be part of a short-term continuing resolution to end the government shutdown, with up to another $50 billion—possibly for a wider array of farmers—coming in a farm bill and year-end tax extender later in the year, says Henrietta Treyz, head of economic policy research at Veda Partners.

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Republicans still want to pass a continuing resolution that keeps spending at current levels until Nov. 21, while Democrats want to add an extension of healthcare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year.

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It is a continuing resolution they are trying to pass, that the Democrats don't support.

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I would think after the year that the Democrats have had, I would have thought that they would have gone along with the continuing resolution, at least temporarily.

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All the action is now centered in the Senate, where all but three members of the Democratic caucus are refusing to go along with Republicans to pass the House’s continuing resolution that would reopen the government and extend funding at current levels until Nov. 21.

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