Tom Cole: “I also want to point out, that would be about where the President wanted us to be.”

It reinforces support for key allies - like Israel and Taiwan - and directly counters threats from Communist China and other regimes that challenge our interests and principles.

It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid.

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

We're going to be in a crunch time.