Outside the Beltway

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

Quite a number of Democratic Congressmen are thinking about seeking a new job.

A little-known rule might allow a majority to pass one more bill.

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

Any “fair” drawing of districts will yield a GOP advantage over time.

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

The case of Katie Porter’s committee assignments.

Is the stimulus bill it for this administration?

How the West Virginia Democrat came to vote for the stimulus bill.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

Could the Vice President end the filibuster herself?

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.

Some political history,

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

Not.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

It is not a tool to foster compromise. It is tool of obstruction, plain and simple.

A change to the language is being proposed as part of a sweeping immigration overhaul.

And here we go.

It’s finally officially official.

A startling number than may understate the problem.

They’re actually going to go through with it.

Our long national farce is over.

Too little, too late.

A sad and disturbing report from a reliable source.

Not another general.

The 87-year-old former San Francisco mayor isn’t woke enough.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

Competing priorities.

Who’s to blame for the Blue Wave not materializing?

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

Chuck Schumer and company sent a signal to their base against a fait accompli.

The Emoluments Clause is essentially unenforceable.

An interesting but unlikely-to-pass bill is about to be introduced.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Yet more flouting of the rule of law by the Trump administration.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

A civil rights legend has passed.

It creates a veto gate that they are almost guaranteed to control when they need it.

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

The GA14 House race.

Iowa Republicans have had enough of being represented by a racist buffoon.

Likely the right outcome but I wish I political motivation weren’t the default presumption.

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

The man is a moron.

Two members of the House have tested positive.

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

The Commonwealth is about to become the 38th State to ratify the Nixon-era Amendment.