Budget Digest: Continuing Resolutions and National Defense
November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, ranking Republican member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following budget digest:
What is a Continuing Resolution? A continuing resolution (CR) is a temporary spending measure that funds the federal government, typically at the previous fiscal year's rate, absent completion of 12 appropriations bills by the beginning of the fiscal year. Since enactment of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, wh . . .
What is a Continuing Resolution? A continuing resolution (CR) is a temporary spending measure that funds the federal government, typically at the previous fiscal year's rate, absent completion of 12 appropriations bills by the beginning of the fiscal year. Since enactment of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, wh . . .