Tom Cole: “I commend you, honestly, for trying to think through different ways to deal with that.”

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

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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

I hold the Democrats in the Senate most responsible, but I don’t excuse the Republicans for letting them do it.