BUSINESS + ECONOMY

Sen. Lee proposes his own short-term spending bill

Dec 15, 2022, 8:30 PM | Updated: Dec 28, 2022, 10:54 am

FILE: Utah Sen. Mike Lee has proposed his own short-term spending plan that would be extended out until the new Republican-controlled House takes control. Lee says the new House would be able to replace his plan. Photo credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday evening that would avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week. However, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) was suggesting, before the vote, that Congress wait until after the first of the year.

Lee thinks Congress should hold off on discussing the government’s long-term funding challenge until after the Republican-controlled House takes office.

A plan by Sen. Lee

Instead, Sen. Lee has come up with his own-short term plan even as the Senate is talking about a stopgap measure to provide funding for the government through next week. 

 

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