Kevin Cramer: “Well, and I appreciate that, and, you know, regardless of what these two guys say, it is colder in Fargo than either…”

While a continuing resolution is not ideal, it removes the threat of a shutdown and gives us more time to get a full-year appropriations bill done. The House should pass this quickly and get it to the President’s desk.

I regret that the other 25 or 30 people who oppose blowing up the filibuster don’t say it out loud like I do, because it leaves the impression that there are only four or five of us, just enough so that he doesn’t have 51.

Military chaplains shouldn’t have to check their faith at the door when they put on the uniform.

I am also suspicious of the timing of this action, coming immediately after I agreed to vote for a wealth manager to be the Assistant Secretary of Interior that oversees these issues.