Tom Cole: “I would ask you--and you acknowledged this--to look at Impact Aid and Indian education.”

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.

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.

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