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Republican members-elect celebrate as House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is elected speaker of the House in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images
The principle that above all others has united the Republican Party since Ronald Reagan took it over from those content with permanent minority status for the GOP more than four decades ago is: Taxes must be cut, especially the types of taxes that hamper generating lots of jobs in the U.S. economy.