Republicans have held full control of Congress for a little over a week, and some members of the new majority are already demonstrating that they do not deserve the power voters handed them. Sure, they like to campaign on limited government rhetoric, but they are governing like the very big-spending progressives against whom they ran in the fall.

The legislative agenda that Republican leaders put forward after the election is trite and underwhelming. Instead of a big, bold agenda, they have been talking about pushing through “small ball” measures — such as authorization of the Keystone XL pipeline and repeal of Obamacare’s medical device tax.