Outside the Beltway

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

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

Yet another reminder about pathologies of US democracy.

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.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

After months of delays, Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton is now saying he’d be willing to testify if he were subpoeanaed.

Worrisome news for an American icon.

The truth is that many voters are paying attention to issues that have nothing to do with impeachment or simply ignoring politics altogether.

In a new court filing, House Democrats hint they might move to impeach the President again if the evidence warrants such action.

It could take weeks to resolve the impasse between the House and Senate over the procedures to be followed in the Senate trial of President Trump.

Tulsi Gabbard is under fire back home for her vote on impeachment and for missing votes on the House floor.

New Jersey Congressman Jeff van Drew, elected just last year as a Democrat, is now a Republican.