But in addition, Congress has traditionally passed as part of that 28% 12 individual appropriations bills to fund the federal government. The number one of course on that list of priorities is national security. Of course, Under Senate Democrats we frequently punted this responsibility and passed something called a continuing resolution which was on autopilot instead of full year funding measures. that were debated both in the Appropriations Committee with bipartisan support and then debated here on the floor and passed into law. (16:03–16:15)
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Asserts that Senate Democrats often used continuing resolutions instead of full-year funding measures.
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