Tom Cole: “But you need, you do need to have that tool, and Congress needs to be willing to sort of, you know, stand up to the…”

For anyone questioning this legislation, the facts are simple — it extends the government funding deadline to Dec. 4, denying any party the opportunity to manufacture leverage before elections.

The Senate has wasted the entire year and a half. They have not passed a single bill.

I hold the Democrats in the Senate most responsible, but I don’t excuse the Republicans for letting them do it.

We want to take away the possibility of a shutdown between now and the election.