Outside the Beltway

A shameful farce.

Take this job and shove it. I ain’t workin’ here no more.

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

More on an ongoing saga.

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Sigh.

Could the fourth time be the charm?

Emmer drops out.

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

A hopeful irony.

Three increasingly-embarrassing defeats is all you get, apparently.

In a bathtub?

Will at least four Republicans have a spine?

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

What does “complete victory” look like?

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

McCarthy lost it. Turned in his gavel. You, guy, are number 1.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

A weak leader has been ousted. Now what?

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

The inmates are running the asylum.

A standoff over social issues may derail a $900 billion budget bill.

Some New York Republicans are fighting for their constituents and against the GOP leadership.

An unconvincing column from an old pro.

We all suffer if the the unserious have power.

Should businesses have to include taxes and other fees in their advertised price?

Sigh.

Yet more allegations.

Horse race coverage in all the things.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

We almost wrecked the economy . . . for this?

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

Some Democrats are angry!

The state of the union is . . . not good.

The Biden administration has a point.

Some stories worth noting but not at great length.

The infuriating fight to authorize spending already-allocated money is back.

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Castrating their party’s Speaker is not smart politics.

Could it be that he was untruthful?