{"id":2043211,"date":"2023-09-24T14:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-argues-congress-should-avoid-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T18:21:22","slug":"mike-lee-argues-congress-should-avoid-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-argues-congress-should-avoid-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Lee advises Congress to steer clear of a government shutdown."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-lee-argues-congress-should-avoid-government-shutdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2043211&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senator \u200cMike Lee Urges Congress to Avoid Government \u200dShutdown<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-lee\">Mike Lee<\/a> (R-UT) emphasized the need for Congress to approve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-move-forward-on-raising-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Biden Calls On Congress To \u2018Move Forward\u2019 On Raising Debt Ceiling\">short-term funding bill<\/a> to prevent a government shutdown. In an interview with Fox News, Lee explained how a \u2064continuing\u200b resolution would \u2062allow \u200bmore time to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-plan-as-government-shutdown-looms-ignore-the-house-and-follow-the-senate\/\" title=\"Biden's strategy amid imminent government shutdown: Disregard House, align with Senate.\">pass individual spending bills<\/a>\u2063 for different federal government sectors in the upcoming fiscal year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think a government shutdown\u200b is possible. I think it\u2019s \u2062avoidable. I think\u2064 we should avoid \u200bit,\u201d Lee expressed to \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d anchor Maria Bartiromo. \u201cI\u200c think the\u2064 best way to proceed\u2064 at this point would be \u2064to pass something that\u200d keeps the government funded \u200bfor\u2063 a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee highlighted that the GOP-led House of\u200d Representatives is set to advance multiple appropriations bills in the coming days. However, with\u2064 only one out of twelve bills passed, time \u200cis \u2064running out before a potential shutdown at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Lee criticized the tradition of waiting until the last minute to draft omnibus spending bills, \u2063which puts pressure \u200bon Congress to vote for them.\u2062 He suggested a different approach: \u201cFund one part of \u2063government after the other one at a \u200btime \u200cuntil it\u2019s all done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President \u2064Joe Biden,\u2063 Lee \u200dstated \u200dthat a \u200cgovernment shutdown should not be used as an excuse to \u2064halt \u200bthe inquiry. He\u200b emphasized that Congress\u200b should continue its work regardless of the \u2064circumstances.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What measures has Senator Mike Lee proposed to prevent a government shutdown?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Senator Mike \u200bLee \u200bfrom\u200c Utah has \u2063urged Congress \u200bto take action in order\u2064 to avoid a government shutdown. Lee has emphasized the\u2064 need\u2062 for a short-term funding bill that\u200d will prevent such a shutdown \u200dfrom \u200coccurring. In a recent interview with Fox News, he explained that a continuing resolution would\u200c provide more time for individual \u200dspending bills to be passed for different sectors\u200c of \u2063the\u200b federal government\u2062 in the upcoming fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Lee made it\u2063 clear that while a \u2062government shutdown\u200c is possible, it is also entirely avoidable. He believes that it would be in the best interest of the nation to pass a bill that keeps \u200dthe government funded for a\u200b few more \u200bweeks. This would \u200ballow Congress to continue\u200d its work without the threat of \u2062a shutdown looming\u2063 over their heads.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican-led House of Representatives has plans to advance\u200c multiple appropriations bills in the coming days. However, with\u200b only one out of twelve \u2063bills\u200c passed so \u200dfar, time is\u2062 running out before the potential \u200bshutdown at the end of the month. Lee expressed his \u200dconcern over the tradition of waiting until \u200dthe last minute to draft omnibus spending bills, as \u200cthis puts unnecessary pressure on\u200b Congress\u2064 to vote \u200bfor them. He suggested a different approach,\u200d stating that the government should fund one part at \u200da \u2064time until the entire budget is\u2062 complete.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to the \u2063ongoing impeachment inquiry against \u200cPresident\u2063 Joe Biden, Lee made it clear that a government shutdown should\u200d not be used\u2064 as an \u200dexcuse to halt the inquiry. He emphasized the importance of Congress continuing its \u2063work regardless of the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>As the deadline for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-house-gop-caucus-endorses-mccarthy-plan-for-short-term-spending-bill\/\" title=\"Largest GOP caucus backs McCarthy's short-term spending bill.\">government funding approaches<\/a>, it\u2063 is crucial that \u2062Congress takes\u200c swift action to\u200c avoid a shutdown. Senator Mike\u2064 Lee&#8217;s call to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-argues-congress-should-avoid-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Mike Lee advises Congress to steer clear of a government shutdown.\">short-term funding bill\u200d highlights<\/a> the need \u200dfor \u2062proactive measures to keep the government functioning efficiently. It is time for\u2063 Congress \u200dto put aside political differences\u2062 and work towards a resolution that benefits the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) urged Congress to pass a short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown. He suggested a continuing resolution on Fox News, stating it would allow more time to pass separate spending bills for different federal government areas in the upcoming fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2043212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}