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.