That has never really been true whenever they get power. Just like states rights, the deficit spending and federal overreach stops mattering. It's just a matter of which part of the government Republicans want to grow and have the funding (ICE for example).

Republicans pretend to act principled when they're not the party in power. Amazing how that works.

Jobs stop mattering when they get power too. It all makes a lot more sense when you realize that party doesn't want economic growth.

76/100 senators voted to keep this provision in the bill.

> The party of small government strikes again

The GOP hasn't been a party of small government since W. Bush. And it hasn't really claimed to be as much since Trump 1.

>The GOP hasn't been a party of small government since W. Bush. And it hasn't really claimed to be as much since Trump 1.

That's not even close to being true. The "Two Santas" strategy[0] has been in place since at least Reagan's first term.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Wanniski#The_Two_Santa_Cl...