Tom Cole: “We would end paying for them in indigent care in some other facility when they are actually entitled to medical care.”

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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.

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