Outside the Beltway

The first poll taken after the shutdown began has little good news for the Republican Party.

A comment from one Congressman sums up the attitude of the small group of Congressman and Senators who have placed us in this situation.

Reasonable members of the House GOP caucus are fighting back. Are they outnumbered?

The Defense Department might open for business while the rest of government remains shut down.

The NFL donates its game broadcasts to troops deployed in harm’s way but they still won’t get to see them during the shutdown.

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

Air Force lieutenant colonel (designate) Erik Brine is so unessential that it hurts.

There’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

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

Day One of the Obamacare online “marketplaces” is proving to be a bit of a bumpy ride.

Nick Gillespie advances the counterintuitive argument that President Obama is responsible for today’s government shutdown.

With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.

The GOP seems perfectly fine with risking a shutdown, even though polling shows they’d pay the biggest price for it.

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

It’s now clear that, absent an unlikely miracle, there will be a government shutdown.

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

With key conservatives pushing for sanity, the grown-ups have a chance to take back the GOP.

Ted Cruz is going after the Speaker of the House.

If nothing else, Ted Cruz’s quixotic mission has succeeded in cementing him in the minds of Republican voters.

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

It remains to be seen whether Congressional Republicans will force a government shutdown. What’s already clear is how counterproductive it would be.

If recent history is any guide, there won’t really be a government shutdown next week. But, the zealotry of the “defund Obamacare” caucus could change everything.

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

The House is going to make it more likely that we see a government shutdown at the end of the month.

The GOP’s plan to defund reality becomes even more disconnected from reality.

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