Republicans should work with Obama instead of ending up hurting America

ACCORDING to reports from Washington, Republican lawmakers, buoyed by their electoral successes in the mid-term elections, are considering using their power to control the purse strings - to determine whether or not the US federal budget is approved - as a legislative weapon in their political struggles with President Barack Obama in the last two years of his term.

Several Republicans have proposed taking action against the White House even before their party begins controlling both the Senate and the House of Representatives when the new Congress convenes next year. They suggest that the Republicans refuse to pass a new spending bill this year - a move that could lead to the shutdown of the federal governme…