Sunday marked one month since House Republicans did our job and passed a clean funding extension to keep the government open through November 21st. House Republicans voted to keep the government serving the American people, while Democrats voted nearly unanimously to shut it down.

Last week, I hosted a telephone town hall with Idahoans from across my district. From why the government is shut down, to Democrats’ radical spending demands, to taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants, one point stood out: Idahoans urged me, “Don’t cave. Stay strong in the fight.”

Why shouldn’t Republicans cave? Because we already gave Democrats exactly what they asked for: a clean funding extension, no policy riders, no gimmicks, and a limited timeframe. Democrats demanded this very bill, then, in

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