Republican Senators and members of Congress have a job, and it is not to simply hand President-elect Donald Trump the keys.

The House and Senate majorities should and will work closely with the 47th president to advance conservative priorities, but they shouldn’t cede their constitutional powers to the executive branch, which has already accumulated way too much power over the past 70 years.

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