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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
The way I described to my constituents the difference between an appropriations bill and a continuing resolution is I say one is like driving looking through the windshield looking forward, an appropriations bill, projecting forward; and a continuing resolution, where you are kind of, you know, doing what you did for the past--is like looking through the rearview mirror.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine explains the difference between appropriations bills and continuing resolutions.

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