Outside the Beltway

Getting to a DACA deal isn’t going to be easy.

As the Federal Government shutdown moves into the work week, there are some rumors of a possible deal, but nothing concrete and the lack of trust between the two parties could make a deal hard to achieve.

The government is shut down and Washington is playing the usual blame game. In reality, there’s plenty of blame to go around, and one of the guilty parties is the American people.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

That “Romney for Senate” campaign seems pretty much inevitable.

Once again, President Trump opens his mouth and proceeds to insult a good part of the world while embarrassing the country.

Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is running for Senate in Arizona.

Whatever goodwill may have existed between the Trump Administration and Steve Bannon appears to have evaporated.

The final version of the tax bill appears to be on track for passage, but the devil is in the details.

With the results from Alabama. the GOP faces a hard road ahead defending its majority in the Senate.

Another one bites the dust.

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

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.

While many on the right are condemning Roy Moore, there are far too many prevaricators and defenders out there.

Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore is accused of having molested a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s.

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

Forget all the talk about a civil war in the Republican Party, the truth is that Republicans and conservatives have already surrendered to Trump and Bannon.

Due mostly to cowardice and naked self-interest, you shouldn’t expect many other Republicans to speak out against Trump in the near future.

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

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon is declaring war on Republicans in the Senate.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

Independents don’t seek to shape party nominations.

Trump makes a DACA deal, apparently.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

It’s possible we haven’t heard the last from “Sheriff Joe.”

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.

President Trump remains obsessed with the Russian investigation and continues to try to shut it down.

Donald Trump is threatening to shut the government down if Congress doesn’t pay for the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

They may both be Republicans, but the relationship between the President and the Senate Majority Leader is bad and seems to be getting worse.

Donald Trump gave a campaign-style speech in Phoenix last night and reminded us of everything that’s wrong with him.

Republicans now face a stark choice.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

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

A Congressman was shot, and a staffer and security detail members injured, at a practice session for tomorrow’s Congressional baseball game.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

Day One of the questioning of Judge Neil Gorsuch went very well, and it suggests that his path to confirmation is basically clear of serious obstacles.

Independent of the current controversy surrounding President Trump’s immigration order, Republicans in Congress are looking at a plan to break up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Two Republican Senators are exchanging barbs over the idea that the GOP should block any attempt by Hillary Clinton to nominate anyone to the Supreme Court if she becomes President.

John McCain is bidding for a sixth term in office, with a challenge from the right in tomorrow’s primary and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November.

More Republican officeholders are distancing themselves from Donald Trump, but it’s time to start wondering what took them so long,

Several top Republicans have already said that they would not accept a position on a ticket with Donald Trump, so who might he choose?

President Obama has selected his nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, now the question is whether the Senate will act.

A Mormon Republican Senator visits an Arizona mosque.

Yesterday, the British Parliament debated the expansion of that nation’s military strikes against ISIS. For more than a year, our cowardly Congress has failed to even hold one debate or vote on America’s role in that conflict.

With little actual debate and despite Paul Ryan’s promise of a return to ‘regular order,’ the House has passed a hastily drafted bill in response to the largely fear-based response to Syrian refugees in the wake of the Paris attacks.