A “cromnibus” bill is legislation which combines a long-term omnibus spending bill with a shorter-term continuing resolution.
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It’s that time of year again. No, not the holidays, but Congress’ annual maneuvering to pass a budget. It has to figure out a way to keep the government running beyond Dec. 11, when current funding runs out. A lot of terms have been used to describe this annual ritual.
Remember fiscal cliff? Now there’s a new one: Cromnibus. It’s part omnibus – that is, a long-term funding bill – and part continuing resolution, or CR – for short-term funding. CR plus omnibus equals cromnibus.
As NBC News put it:
It’s the love child of a “continuing resolution” (CR) and “omnibus” spending bill, two inside-the-Beltway terms for measures Congress has approved to keep the government funded.
And with Capitol Hill again scrambling to find a way to fund the government before leaving town for the rest of the year, the cromnibus is the country’s best hope of avoiding a shutdown.
Use of “Cromnibus” in a sentence
Air Force Times (December 10, 2014): “After a two-day delay, leadership and the heads of the Appropriations committees struck a deal on a 'cromnibus' spending bill, which would fully fund 11 departments through the fiscal year and the Department of Homeland Security through February.”
CNBC (December 11, 2014): “The legislation, which had become known as a 'CRomnibus,' passed with a vote of 219 to 206.”
NPR (December 11, 2014): “The legislation was nicknamed 'cromnibus' because it combines the traditional sweeping scope of an omnibus spending bill with a continuing resolution (CR).”