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[Video] What is a Continuing Resolution?

Congress is set to pass another continuing resolution to keep the government running as funding for several federal agencies was set to expire. So just what is a Continuing Resolution?

Nov 21, 2019

A Continuing Resolution (CR) stopgap measure continues to fund discretionary government programs mostly at current spending levels, with a few exceptions and additions of unrelated policy items.

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