Sen. Mike Lee fighting law that could allow spying on U.S. citizens

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has threatened to vote against any spending bill that permanently renews a foreign intelligence data collection program that he believes can be used to spy on Americans.
But he said Wednesday he doesn't think it will lead to a government shutdown because there is increasing awareness in Congress that the two things shouldn't be tied together.
"There's not enough of a nexus there. There's no good reason to say we're not going to fund the government un