Outside the Beltway

The House of Representatives has filed its lawsuit against the President. As expected, it doesn’t amount to much.

Because no one, ever, has ever questioned the intelligence of American voters in extemporaneous discussions of politics.

After many ballyhooed glitches, 7 million Americans have signed up for ObamaCare. Now what?

Another day, another delay

A CBO report on the Affordable Care Act is getting a polarized reading.

Paul Ryan is back, and he has a plan his party ought to be paying attention to.

Republicans don’t seem willing to let go of the Obamacare issue just yet. But, how long will that actually last?

David Brooks warns that failing to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill “could be a tragedy for the country and political suicide for Republicans.”

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

The sequestration cuts are fast approaching, and the political battle is continuing.

The American tax code contains perverse incentives and barriers to getting out of poverty.

Some surprisingly bad economic news

Our politicians have averted an artificial crisis of their own making. The next one’s in two months.

You can’t always get what you want.

Ronald Reagan won the tax fight. The debate now centers on whether to continue cutting taxes or slightly reverse the trend.

Mitt Romney is once again making completely false claims about the status of the United States Navy.

A lot more people than expected are likely to be hit by the ObamaCare individual mandate tax penalty than previously thought.

Congress and the American people have a choice to make between two not very palatable options.

While Washington dithers, business owners are starting to worry.

The Bush tax cuts were much more progressive than you probably think.

Bill Clinton walks back his comments about extending the Bush Tax Cuts in the most unbelievable manner possible.

This week’s hearings in the Supreme Court caught many proponents of the Affordable Care Act off guard.

The January jobs report was the best we’ve seen in more than three years.

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

The latest projections from Congressional Budget Office are sobering to say the least.

Employees of the US Federal Government earn substantially more in salary and benefits than their private sector comparables.

On it’s own, the so-called “Buffett Rule” is unlikely to do much to reduce the deficit.

The Republican candidates for President have apparently forgotten that this guy was their party’s nominee twice.

Congress eliminates a bad subsidy, but it’s only because there’s a worse one on the books.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

A progressive columnist has been outed as having sympathies for the Democratic Party.

Not surprisingly, the Supercommittee is a Super Failure.

Increasing taxes on the rich may be a fiscal policy worth talking about, but it won’t make the poor richer.

In five days, Rick Perry has gone from calling Social Security a “monstrous lie” to saying we need to have a conversation about fixing it.

He’s been out of office for more than two years, but George W. Bush is still being blamed for the state of the economy.

For the past 18 months, Medicare spending has slowed down considerably – especially compared to the private sector.

Any politician telling you that solving our problems will be easy is lying to you.

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.

Another government program isn’t going to bring health care costs under control.