continuing resolution

Some years, most recently in 1992, the Government has run for the entire year on a continuing resolution.

It's very significant that we've had a continuing resolution ever since we got the budget process.

How long the government will operate by continuing resolutions is not clear.

And a continuing resolution is exactly like the procedure they had before we got the budget process.

The continuing resolution is not connected to the housing bill.

Now, they asked me the other day not to veto this continuing resolution - the Democratic leaders did.

Duncan said his immediate focus is on the next continuing resolution.

A continuing resolution to keep the government afloat will therefore be required.

"A continuing resolution just hamstrings you on key things," said one officer.

The second shutdown began after the most recent continuing resolution had expired.

In order to prevent the interruption of government services, Congress will often pass a continuing resolution.

The only alternative, he said, was to continue spending at last year's levels by passing one or more "continuing resolutions."

"The purpose of the continuing resolution is not to meet all the needs of the country."

Congress is operating under a 24-hour continuing resolution, keeping the government running without a real budget until midnight.

Amendments to a continuing resolution could change many programs.

He told reporters that Congress had passed more than 30 such measures, known as continuing resolutions, in the last decade.

Continuing resolutions lasting two or three weeks are a fragile architecture.

It's particularly important as Congress moves more and more to continuing resolutions.

The House Republicans' first choice is to reform the continuing resolution.

Congress has approved two temporary spending bills, called continuing resolutions, to put the Government back in business until next month.

The most recent continuing resolution expires on March 15.

Lawmakers were also divided among themselves about when and how to press a continuing resolution to keep paying the state's bills.

The latest authorization extends the program by continuing resolution until November 18, 2011.

The continuing resolution for the remainder of 2011 ultimately included the federal matching funds.

A continuing resolution is often passed if an appropriations bill has not been signed into law by the end of the fiscal year.