I support limited government because I am a Christian. I believe we are all sinners. I want as few in charge of me as possible. In Congress, conservatives are agitating against a $1.7 trillion spending package negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson is unquestionably a conservative, but the Speaker of the House of Representatives has greater obligations than just to cater to the conservative movement.

Johnson's plan does not cut as much as conservatives want. The plan, negotiated with Democrats, would scuttle the extra money sent to the Internal Revenue Service and would claw back unspent COVID appropriations. Conservatives want more and, this past week, obstructed votes on the House floor in protest.

The problem is straightforward. Last year, moderate Republicans sided with conservative Republicans in the House for massive cuts in government. Then McCarthy advanced that plan. But before it could finish, a small number of populists in the House scuttled it by ending McCarthy's tenure. The moderates felt betrayed.

Many of those moderates have had enough of what they........

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