Why the Shutdown Is a Disaster for Small-Government Principles

(From The American Conservative)

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The measure of a party’s commitment to limiting government is what it does in power. In opposition a party can do a few things, but obviously not as much as when it wields both executive and legislative authority.

By that criterion, what is one to make of the Republican Party?

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