Continuing Resolution 2024 Update. The fourth continuing resolution for fy 2024, which continued the laddered approach from earlier crs, was designed to allow time for congress to complete. It is known as a continuing resolution (cr) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the fy2024 appropriations bills have not been.

Negotiators had been moving toward a simple solution: The house passed its continuing resolution, or cr, sending it to the senate to avoid a shutdown.