Outside the Beltway

Perhaps it’s time to consider getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely.

Congress and the White House have reached a tentative deal on the budget and debt ceiling that promises to make Paul Ryan’s initial months as Speaker a lot easier.

Yes, Ben Carson’s comments about the debt ceiling are silly, but it’s the fact that a lot of Republicans agree with him that’s dangerous.

Refusing to raise the debt ceiling does nothing at all to control spending.

Big news out of the House of Representatives

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

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

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.

The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.

Are these four men our last, best hope for a deal that will end the shutdown and avoid breaching the debt ceiling?

Talks between the two Senate leaders haven’t exactly gone so well.

Republicans appear to be uniting behind a short-term plan to deal with the debt ceiling, but seem okay with keeping the government shutdown going forward.

Contrary to the White House’s arguments, negotiating over the debt ceiling is not at all historically unprecedented.

They’re back…….

Ted Cruz wants his fellow Republicans to follow him down the rabbit hole again.

Speaker Boehner told his caucus members that he will not allow a default over the debt ceiling but don’t look for a change in strategy.

If you want to understand why Republicans in Congress are acting like they are, just look at the polls.

Republicans reportedly have another plan to get what they want on Obamacare and other issues.

Once again, the House GOP is risking sending the economy into the tank to prove a political point.

Welcome to the latest crazy scheme to avoid reality.

Resurrecting and old, and bad, idea.

Are we really going to do this again? The answer appears to be yes.

Could a coin like this solve the looming debt ceiling crisis?

The next six weeks or so will see Congress once again fighting over a self-created crisis.

The battle lines are being drawn for another showdown over the debt ceiling.

The Senate killed the Boehner Plan but the debt ceiling crisis is still unresolved and the way out is murky.

I no longer have any confidence that our leaders will act responsibly before the August 2nd debt ceiling deadline.

Their mouths were moving, but nothing of substance was coming out.

John Boehner and Harry Reid introduced their debt plans. Now, where do we go from here?

The debt talks in Congress are moribund now, and both sides are working on their own versions of a plan, again.

It hasn’t been a very productive weekend in Washington, D.C.

The House Republicans are functionally insane.

The Gang of Six is back together. And they have a plan.

If you look at the polls, the GOP has several things to be concerned about in the debate over the debt ceiling.