Sen. Mike Lee explains voting against bills shutting down, reopening government

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mike Lee voted against the failed bill that resulted in a federal government shutdown last Friday and also voted against the bill Monday that reopened federal agencies.
Utah's Republican junior senator has a longstanding problem with funding government through continuing resolutions, which he calls "ticking time bombs" that inevitably lead to more shutdowns.
As long as Congress "reflexively" votes for stopgap measures to keep government going, the threat will continue