Sentence examples for on a continuing resolution from inspiring English sources

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to operate on a continuing resolution (CR), Public Law 111-88 signed on October 30, 2009 making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies, including NIH, and for other purposes for FY 2010, which currently extends through December 18 , 2009

Congressional officials said today that the House and Senate would vote on a continuing resolution that will keep the government running through next Wednesday.

Mr. Obama and Senate Democrats have refused to negotiate on the issue, demanding that the House vote on a continuing resolution without attachments.

The US government has shutdown for the first time in 17 years after the Democratic-led Senate and Republican-led House of Representatives failed to agree on a continuing resolution to fund the government.

So the lawmakers agreed on a continuing resolution that will keep the spending limit at $1.047 trillion — far lower than it should be when the economy needs a boost, but at least it's not making things worse.

When I wrote about the discharge rule earlier this week, I concluded that technical and political barriers rendered the discharge rule an unlikely tool for securing a House vote on a continuing resolution (CR) to temporarily fund the government.

Boehner noted that "no decision has been made" on the details of a continuing resolution among Republicans.

chose on Thursday night to pull the measure in favor of a continuing resolution to keep government funding.

"If stalemate continues, Republicans should go to 51% (Nuclear Option) and vote on real, long term budget, no C.R.'s!" Mr. Trump said on Twitter, using the abbreviation for a continuing resolution, legislation to temporarily extend government funding.

"There are not the votes in the House to pass a clean C.R.," he said on the ABC program, referring to a continuing resolution to provide money for military and domestic programs.

Failure to complete this process triggers a standoff and potentially a federal shutdown, until a deal can be brokered on a budget or a continuing resolution, which basically allows the state to run at existing levels.