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by Walter Alarkon - 07/28/08 9:14 AM ET

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is trying to create a Senate that’s less open and less responsive by offering a $10 billion spending bill that includes 35 measures blocked by spending hawk Sen. Tom Coburn, writes the Oklahoma Republican in a guest post. Barack Obama shouldn’t be allowed to get away with calling for a U.S. combat troop withdrawal from Iraq that could be precipitous while the Democrat still fails to acknowledge the positive impact of the surge, writes Pejman Yousefzadeh.

Tags Barack Obama Harry Reid Tom Coburn