Tom Cole: “I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question, and I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Armstrong)…”

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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

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.

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