It was a hard call but the newly elected House Republicans made the right call and so did many good willed Democrats as they rejected the concept of raising the debt limit without requiring massive cuts in spending. The newly elected House Republicans were sent to Congress by the Electorate and the message from the American people to the Obama Administration and to the entire Federal government was Stop the spending increases and cut the budgets of current and projected programs. Congratulations. You are true American Patriots. No more compromises on the part of the House of Representatives with a Democrat administration that does not deal fairly, does not keep it pledges, does not take the House seriously. The Constitution gives the House of Representatives the power of the purse and this writer believes that the majority of Americans are supportive. It has been a tough week for the people as we wondered if the newly elected Republicans would collapse under Democrat and Presidential pressure? They did not and by voting as they did they have begun to establish again a Constitutional Republic as our founders and all generations until now have intended. And as for Senator Harry Reid, Please stop being such a phony and lying on the floor of the Senate about how bad those terrible Republicans Reps are and how they will not compromise and how they will not cooperate. Harry, remember your own words concerning the House proposed Ryan Plan. You said it was “dead on arrival”. I do not call THAT a spirit of compromise and cooperation. Until the Senate Democrat party starts working FOR America and not stupidly against Republicans, or until we replace the Dogmatic Democrats like Lautenberg and Menendez of New Jersey with genuinely patriotic Senators, nothing will get done to improve the everyday life of the citizens.