Number: RL30343
Title: Continuing Resolutions: Latest Action and Brief Overview of Recent Practices
Authors: Sandy Streeter, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: This report is divided into two segments. The first segment provides the most recent developments on, and selected provisions of, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2009. The second segment focuses on the (1) history and recent trends, including the nature, scope, and duration of CRs during the past 35 years; (2) continuing resolution types by duration; (3) major substantive legislative provisions included in some CRs; and (4) funding gaps.
Pages: 14
Date: October 16, 2008