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Election 2024 Update - Judgement Day
McConnell and McCarthy are Anti-American Traitors. They are helping to destroy the United States of America
Call to Action - Contact U.S. Representatives and Senators Oppose the Financial Destruction and Fall of the U.S.A. Demand Declaration of Invasion on national borders. DC Switchboard (202) 224-3121
What the Continuing Resolution really means to the future of the U.S.A.
How is a CR different from a budget?
The federal budget is a proposal by the President outlining spending goals and priorities during a given year. Congress debates this funding, and then votes to appropriate funding. However, Congress has only completed this process before the beginning of the fiscal year 3 times in the last 47 years, most recently for FY1997.
CRs generally continue the level of funding from the prior year’s appropriations or the previously approved CR from the current year. Full-year CRs provide appropriations for the remainder of the fiscal year and are functionally similar to final appropriations. A CR can include changes from the prior year’s budget that could (1) alter the rate at which funds are utilized, (2) extend an expiring program authority, or (3) provide a specific dollar amount of funding to a program during the CR. https://www.gao.gov/blog/what-continuing-resolution-and-how-does-it-impact-government-operations