Tom Cole: “I always call Dr. Collins the best politician in Washington. Anybody that can be appointed by President Obama and then…”

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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.