conservatives are a small minority in congress. they are a minority in the republican side of congress. their options are
1) Keep congress from doing anything (unless Ryan/Trump work with Ds)
2) Negotiate for as much as they can get from the majority Rs and let the Rs “repeal and replace” as Rs promised for 3 elections even if the replacement isn’t very good.
As a rule, I’m for congress NOT getting anything done. But in this case I’m for negotiating hard and hopefully getting commitments for more power in the tax reform bill. I don’t know anyway to trust Ryan/McConnell to honor those commitments though.