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.

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Musk's involvement in all this may seem odd but he demonstrated his willingness to jump into the fray back in December when, you'll recall, he managed to kill a delicately negotiated bipartisan continuing resolution demanding that the government shut down until Donald Trump was inaugurated.

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Earlier this year, the House passed a continuing resolution that funded the government through the end of the current fiscal year.

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While Republicans are expected to allocate more money in their budget this summer, money from the continuing resolution could pay for some of the additional beds.

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The ad attacks Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, for voting against a GOP continuing resolution that funded the government through September, which most Democrats opposed because it did nothing to check the Trump administration's impoundment of congressionally-authorized spending.

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As I said, I have not put much faith in the leaders in DC, especially since they caved on the continuing resolution a couple of weeks ago.

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