What’s a Continuing Resolution? Decoding This Jargon As Congress Averts a Shutdown

What’s a Continuing Resolution? Decoding This Jargon As Congress Averts a Shutdown-rollcall: 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?