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What’s a Continuing Resolution?

By Thomas McKinless
Posted December 6, 2018 at 5:52pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Congress passed another continuing resolution to keep the government funded beyond Friday, when funding for several federal agencies is set to expire. This will be the second CR lawmakers have passed to keep the lights on in Washington since the 2019 fiscal year began on Oct. 1. So what really is a CR?

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