Outside the Beltway

Some Members of Congress are talking about pushing a bill imposing new sanction on Iran despite the deal reached in Geneva yesterday.

Accusations of blame are already being tossed around about why Republicans lost in Virginia, and they mirror a broader debate in the Republican Party nationally.

The prospect of Congressional action on immigration before the midterms just got a whole lot less likely.

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

John Boehner’s position as Speaker of the House seems quite secure.

A plan finally starting to come together?

Well, so much for that plan.

With the House’s proposed deal reaching an impasse, the Senate is now taking center stage.

There seems to be at least some hope for a temporary deal in Washington to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, but don’t count your chickens just yet.

Chris Christie had some words about the crisis in D.C., and they almost sound like they could be part of a 2016 campaign message

The House will reportedly vote on a new Continuing Resolution with conditions that would seem to make a shutdown inevitable.

The Pineapple Under The Sea Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The House GOP Leadership didn’t endear itself to the Tea Party today.

Things aren’t looking good for President Obama in the House of Representatives.

Not surprisingly, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are lining up behind the President in the debate over Syria.

And Republicans wonder why they have problems with minority voters.

There seems to be a divide developing between Republican leadership and the Tea Party over the idea of shutting the government down over Obamacare.

It looks for all the world as if the House GOP Caucus isn’t really under the control of the leadership.

John Boehner clearly wants to see an immigration bill passed this year, but he has a very narrow path to victory.

Partisan targeting by the IRS should not be permitted to stand.

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

One Virginia Republican Member of Congress recently got a lesson in what going against the GOP’s hyperpartisan atmosphere feels like.

Ooops.

A positive political climate for immigration reform.

The attempted coup against John Boehner resembled something you’d see in a banana republic.

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

The Tea Party guys had a bad year.

Last night’s defeat of “Plan B” demonstrated yet again that John Boehner does not really control his caucus.

Radical tax groups secured a Pyrrhic victory last night.

There is much to critique in Washington, but the nexus of the governance problem at the moment is the GOP.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

Disseting the Romney visit to the UK and musing about the state of GOP foreign policy views.

Obama has an advantage in what is likely to be one of the most important states in November’s election, but the race is far from over.

Yep, more gridlock.

Wikipedia’s English language site will be offline for 24 hours tomorrow to protest two controversial online piracy bills.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has set the House GOP adrift.