Senate President is a Dictator

By David M. Bresnahan

The U.S. House of Representatives did the right thing by passing the Cut, Cap, and Balance bill. Unfortunately the Senate President, Harry Reid (D) decided to play politics, and dictator.

Rather than put an end to increased spending and deeper debts for our nation, Reid refused to put the bill on the shelf without action. One man with too much power has refused to allow our elected representatives to debate and vote on legislation to help our nation.

Reid said: “I think this piece of legislation is about as weak and senseless as anything that has ever come on this Senate floor, and I’m not going to waste the Senate’s time day after day on this piece of legislation which I think is anathema to what our country is all about.”

Reid acts like a dictator, or at best he has the attitude that he knows what is best and the other 99 members of the U.S. Senate are not capable of representing the people who elected them. He is playing politics and putting our nation at risk.

Senator Reid will not allow a vote on a bill that he personally disagrees with. That is un-American, un-ethical, and just plain wrong. One man should not have that kind of power. We elected 100 Senators to work together to come up with just laws for our nation, not one man to act as dictator.