Tom Cole: “I would be very much opposed to that. I don't think that is fair to those companies, and I think it would discourage…”

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.

We're going to be in a crunch time.

The only reason we’re doing it now is, first, the Senate Democrats, I think, have misused the filibuster, and honestly, the Republicans have let them misuse the filibuster.

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