Outside the Beltway

As expected, Minnesota’s Governor has named his Lt. Governor to replace Al Franken in the Senate.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case dealing with political Gerrymandering.

Another one bites the dust.

After a long wait, gays and lesbians in Australia have achieved marriage equality.

Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.

The longest-serving member of the House has retired amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Senate passed a tax cut bill last night, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

Senator Al Franken faces new charges of sexually inappropriate conduct on the same day that House Democrats are beginning to pressure one of their members to resign.

With time running out in the year, it’s looking increasingly unlikely that the Senate GOP will be able to meet its deadlines on passing a tax reform bill.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

House Republicans passed their tax reform bill. That was the easy part.

For some reason, Senate Republicans want to attach a bad health care reform idea onto an already controversial tax reform bill.

An overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favor of marriage equality in a non-binding referendum. The ball is now in the court of the nation’s legislature to move forward.

Notwithstanding overwhelming public support, Congress is not moving forward on a proposal to ban bump stocks.

House Republicans unveiled their tax reform bill today, but its fate is far from clear.

House Republicans haven’t released their tax bill yet, but it’s already unpopular.

One of the few Republicans willing to speak out against Donald Trump is retiring at the end of his current term.

After initially signaling support for a bill banning ‘bump stocks,’ Republicans in Congress now appear to be hoping someone else will act for them.

At least for now, Republicans seem to be giving up on repealing and replacing the PPACA. That’s not going to make the base happy.

Republicans finally unveiled the outlines of a tax reform package yesterday, but the devil is in the still to be determined details.

What was essentially the final effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is officially dead.

A new poll shows that Donald Trump could end up having an impact on the race for Virginia Governor.

The GOP’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears to suffer a fatal blow as Senator John McCain announced his opposition to what is the last gasp of that effort in the Senate.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

Senate Republicans are considering one more last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Republicans will introduce a tax package by the end of the month, but whether they can actually pass anything is another question entirely.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

The effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is dead for now.

The battle over Confederate statues that was resurrected by the violence in Charlottesville is off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio was distasteful and an affront to the Rule of Law, but it was completely within the powers of the President and should not be a ground for impeachment.

It’s time to stop honoring the symbols of a nation of racist traitors.

Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

Plus some comparisons of Trump/Obama and Trump/Bill Clinton.

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

A Duke history professor uncovers “stealth plan” by “fifth columnists” who are seeking to overthrow democracy in the U.S. for their plutocrat masters.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

Nearly 200 Members of Congress and the Senate have filed suit against President Trump alleging that he is violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

For the fifth time in fifty years, Puerto Ricans will vote tomorrow on a referendum on statehood, but it’s not likely to have any impact on the island’s current status.