Outside the Beltway

Dana Milbank offers a nonsensical reason for denying our youth the freedom to choose their own path.

Some Members of Congress are talking about pushing a bill imposing new sanction on Iran despite the deal reached in Geneva yesterday.

The GOP seems to be shifting strategy on the Affordable Care Act.

Yesterday’s change to the filibuster rule is likely to have little impact outside the beltway and the political chattering class.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

Are we headed for another Federal Government shutdown, or will Congress actually do its job this time?

After the GOP blocked a series of Obama judicial nominees, Democrats are again threatening to go nuclear on filibuster reform.

The Junior Senator from Kentucky does some re-writing of history.

The Imperial Presidency didn’t start with Barack Obama, but his PPACA “fix” does much to expand it into questionable new territory.

A contrite President Obama offered a “fix” for one of the biggest problems that the PPACA has created.

Congressional Democrats are not very pleased with the White House right now.

Once again, pretty much everybody hates Congress. However, it’s unclear if that will matter come Election Day.

Amazon’s new deal with the USPS offers a way out of the agency’s problems if only Congress would give up its last bit of control.

When it comes to the unfolding conflict inside the GOP, Mitch McConnell seems to have fired an opening shot.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the Senate yesterday but it’s unlikely to go much further.

87.18% of the caucus is elected from safe to very safe districts and, therefore, the only real fear that they might have for their jobs would be at the primary stage.

Legislation to ban discrimination in employment against gays and lesbians is set to make major gains in the Senate.

Could Congress actually pass some form of immigration reform before the midterms? Don’t bet on it just yet.

It’s no wonder there’s no compromise in Congress.

The prospect of Congressional action on immigration before the midterms just got a whole lot less likely.

Even if it were functioning properly the Federal Health Care Exchange website would still have problems.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

Ted Cruz isn’t ruling out a reprise of his foolish, quixotic, crusade.

John Boehner’s position as Speaker of the House seems quite secure.

Mayor Booker is now Senator-Elect Booker.

The GOP’s shutdown was about as pointless as a show about waiting for a table in a Chinese restaurant.

Would you trust the men and women in this building?

A plan finally starting to come together?

If Congress isn’t able to reach a deal, the big problem going forward would be uncertainty.

The House wasted a day yesterday, now it’s crunch time.

Well, so much for that plan.

It looks like the House will be making its move before the Senate acts, but that may actually help resolve this faster.