Senator Jim Risch explains how to prevent future government shutdowns

BOISE, Idaho — I sat down one-on-one with Senator Jim Risch in Boise to talk about the government shutdown, the government reopening, and if an extended shutdown could ever happen again.

"The government should never be shut down," stated Risch at the onset of the interview.

Most would agree with that, but I asked Senator Risch how we can prevent shutdowns from happening in the first place.

"And the way to do it is very simple: If you get to the end [of the session] and you haven't made a deal in the budget or the appropriation, what you do is you just continue what's called a clean CR, which is a 'continuing resolution.' The money keeps coming in because of tax collections, but you don't go up, you don't go down, you keep going until you do reach a deal, so you don't have to put people