Outside the Beltway

House Republicans unveiled their tax reform bill today, but its fate is far from clear.

Republican Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray say they’ve reached a bipartisan deal to fix an important part of the Affordable Care Act.

At least for now, Republicans seem to be giving up on repealing and replacing the PPACA. That’s not going to make the base happy.

Republicans finally unveiled the outlines of a tax reform package yesterday, but the devil is in the still to be determined details.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

The GOP’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears to suffer a fatal blow as Senator John McCain announced his opposition to what is the last gasp of that effort in the Senate.

Senate Republicans are considering one more last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

The effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is dead for now.

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

The Senate isn’t giving up in its efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that it seems clear that the votes aren’t there.

What looks like it will be the Senate GOP’s last effort on the issue of health care reform died less than a day after being put on the table.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

New polling indicates that the Affordable Care Act has gained in popularity with the American public, while Republican reform efforts are viewed overwhelmingly negatively.

With the fate of the Senate health care reform bill hanging in the balance, the Senate will delay consideration of the bill due to the unexpected absence of one Senator.

Senate Republicans have introduced their latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

The Senate left for vacation without a viable path forward on health care reform, and the road ahead seems treacherous and hard to navigate.

The GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare faces another roadblock, namely the fact that the American public doesn’t support their replacement plan.

A big setback for Republican efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare.

Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.

The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

In addition to everything else on its plate, Congress will have to revisit raising the debt ceiling again sometime this summer.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

The latest CBO score for the American Health Care Act is bad news for Republicans.

The Republican candidate in today’s Special Election in Montana has been charged with assaulting a reporter.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the American Health Care Act.

The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.

By the barest of margins, the House passed its bill repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, but the future of that bill is highly uncertain.

After failing twice in a month, House Republicans apparently think they have the votes to pass their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

House Republicans are making yet another push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but they once again may not have the votes.

The Trump Administration is out with a tax plan, but it’s seriously lacking in details.

The House Freedom Caucus is apparently getting behind a revised version of the GOP’s plan to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act, but the GOP hasn’t revealed what the new plan entails.

Republicans are saying that repealing the PPACA isn’t off the table, but practically speaking it probably is.

The Trump Administration has issued an ultimatum, but the fate of the American Health Care Act is still very much up in the air.

For only the third time since the Great Recession ended, the Federal Reserve Board has raised interest rates.

The Congressional Budget Office delivered some bad news yesterday to House Republicans on their replacement for Obamacare.

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

Whether you call it TrumpCare, RyanCare, or GOPCare, the Republican replacement for the PPACA isn’t very impressive.

Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.

Initial reports for the third quarter show strong economic growth during the summer;

My latest for The National Interest, “America’s Military Needs a New Retirement Plan,” has posted.

Los Angeles became the latest major city to increase its minimum wage. It’s a risky bet that is likely to do more harm than good.

A new survey suggests that fewer Americans lack health insurance than at any time since that number was first measured.