Etymology

From continuing +‎ resolutionCategory:English compound terms#CONTINUINGRESOLUTION. From being an act of congress (a congressional resolution) which extends the situation.

Noun

continuing resolution (plural continuing resolutions)Category:English lemmas#CONTINUINGRESOLUTIONCategory:English nouns#CONTINUINGRESOLUTIONCategory:English countable nouns#CONTINUINGRESOLUTIONCategory:English multiword terms#CONTINUINGRESOLUTIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUINGRESOLUTIONCategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUING%20RESOLUTIONCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CONTINUING%20RESOLUTION

1. (US politicsCategory:en:US politics#CONTINUINGRESOLUTION, lawCategory:en:Law#CONTINUINGRESOLUTION) An act of Congress which extends the current governmental budget situation through allocation of further funds in the same manner as the current budget, to avoid a government shutdown due to lack of allocated funding.