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budget resolution

American

noun

a resolution adopted by both houses of the U.S. Congress setting forth, reaffirming, or revising the budget for the U.S. government for a fiscal year.

Etymology

Origin of budget resolution

First recorded in 1975–80

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budget resolution

The budget resolution released Wednesday is only a framework.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Young Kim and Ken Calvert, who represent other swing districts in California, also voted for the budget resolution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

The report said Mr. Arrington would be disappointed if the House doesn’t pass a budget resolution by the end of the fiscal year in September.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

That was just a deal to the budget resolution out of that committee.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2021

Instead of a Presidential budget that gets discarded and a congressional budget resolution that is not enforced, why not a simple partnership, a joint agreement that sets out the spending priorities within the available revenues?

From State of the Union Address by Ronald Reagan

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