Outside the Beltway

In a few short hours, the House Intelligence Committee begins the public phase of its impeachment inquiry.

Jeff Sessions entered the race for the GOP nomination for Senate in Alabama by heaping obsequious and pathetic praise on a man who had spent two years insulting him publicly and privately

Get the popcorn and your favorite beverage ready.

A key diplomat and close supporter of the President has essentially confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo between Ukrainian aid and negative information about the President’s political opponents.

With Pete Buttigieg rising in the polls, but underperforming among African-Americans, some are wondering if his sexual orientation is holding him back.

The proof of a quid pro quo is coming from inside the President’s own Administration.

Today the House of Representatives approved the procedures for the impeachment proceeding against the President.

Contrary to the promises of December 2017, the Republican tax cuts are not paying for themselves. Instead, they are helping lead us to trillion-dollar deficits.

It’s not clear if Congresswoman Liz Cheney wants to run for the open Senate seat in Wyoming. If she did, though, she’d be the prohibitive favorite.

Former North Caroline Senator Kay Hagan has died,

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

They know how Congress works, but are banking on the fact that many Americans don’t.

A Federal District Court Judge gave the House of Representatives, and the nation, a big win yesterday.

George Washington invented the concept and was quite clear that it did not apply to impeachment proceedings.

A top U.S. diplomat involved in Ukraine policy confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo regarding U.S aid to Ukraine.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly is posing a big challenge to Senator Martha McSally in Arizona.

Roy Moore’s second bid for the Senate isn’t going so well.

As the vultures continue to circle above the White House, the President continues to lash out.

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

Fear of Donald Trump and his minions is making it hard for Republicans to answer a simple question.

President Trump loses another lawsuit against his ongoing efforts to stonewall Congress.

Sigh.

The White House is doubling down on its illegitimate stonewalling of valid Congressional document requests.

Don’t worry folks, we’ll make it past that mark quite easily over the course of the new Fiscal Year.

Much like it did during the McCarthy Era, the Republican Party has to decide what side of history it wishes to be on. The right side, or the wrong side.

The evidence piles up.

Even as the impeachment vultures circle, the President is lashing out and making things more difficult for himself.

It looks like we’ll have Cory Booker to kick around for a little while longer.

Congressman Chris Collins, an early supporter of President Trump’s, will be pleading guilty to insider trading charges.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace both put Administration surrogates through the ringer on their respective Sunday morning shows.

House Democrats are reportedly looking at an impeachment process narrowly focused on the President’s efforts to obtain a quid pro quo from the President of Ukraine.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

Once again, a fight is set to brew over funding for the President’s border wall. Will he force another shutdown in an election year?

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.

The details about President Trump’s attempts to get Ukraine to investigate the son of one of his potential 2020 rivals keep getting worse for the President.

The latest allegations about exactly what the President may have been trying to do in a phone call with a foreign leader that caught the attention of a whistleblower are becoming more serious by the day.

Far-left Democrats in Arizona want to punish Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema for being exactly the kind of Senator she said she’d be when she ran for office a year ago.

A mysterious conversation with a foreign leader is at the center of a controversy between the intelligence community and Congress.

While some 135 House Democrats have endorsed impeaching the President, most other Democrats on Capitol Hill are not supporting the idea. And neither is Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

While some Democrats are calling for the impeachment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats on Capitol Hill aren’t nearly as eager to go down that road.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

A new look at the allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh uncovers some new evidence.

In a rather obvious rebuke aimed at President Trump, Mitt Romney said this week that he will not endorse anyone for President in 2020.

The House Judiciary Committee is moving forward on impeachment. Sort of.

As predicted, the Federal Budget Deficit has crossed the threshold back into the world of trillion-dollar deficits. This is all due to the hypocrisy of Republicans and so-called conservatives.