Outside the Beltway

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.

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

Nobody has moved a piece yet, but the outcome of the Obamacare battle in the Senate seems foreordained.

Ted Cruz becomes a little more honest about his plan to “defund” Obamacare.

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

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

Would House Republicans really defer from voting on a Syria resolution to prevent embarrassing the President on the world stage?

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

A proposed Syria authorization being considered in the Senate places several limits on Presidential authority to act, but it’s unclear if those limits can actually work.

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

Republicans on Capitol Hill are openly disagreeing with a proposed strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Obamacare isn’t repealed.

The US Postal Service is struggling to make delivery more efficient.

Republicans aren’t happy with their leadership. The reason why is also the reason why Republicans are in trouble politically.

Tony Kornheiser celebrated becoming a senior citizen by playing a round of golf with the president.

Texas has become the latest state to attempt to restrict abortion rights, and North Carolina isn’t far behind.

The latest House GOP pronouncements on immigration reform make it exceedingly unlikely that any bill will pass this year.

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

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

Why did House Republicans vote overwhelmingly for a bill that their own theories would find to be unconstitutional?

There are risks to Republicans in blocking immigration reform, but there are also incentives for them to block immigration reform. Getting past that contradiction to passage isn’t going to be easy.

The GOP seems to be making the same mistakes that led to defeat in 2012.

Speaker Boehner seems confident that immigration reform will become law this year, but his confidence may be premature.

Marco Rubio is threatening to withdraw support for the immigration plan he helped draft, but I would suggest not reading too much into that threat.

The GOP’s latest investigatory crusade could end up backfiring on them.

The Obama Administration’s response to the Benghazi attack is approaching critical mass. It’s not going away any time soon.

Apparently, Benghazi has not faded (at least not for some).

It would be nice if columnists for major newspapers would consult political science, rather than Hollywood, for their understanding of our system.

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

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

The Defense Of Marriage Act didn’t fare very well during today’s Supreme Court oral arguments.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.