Outside the Beltway

Speaker Boehner told his caucus members that he will not allow a default over the debt ceiling but don’t look for a change in strategy.

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.

The situation we currently find oursevles in is very much driven by structural issues.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

And Republicans wonder why they have problems with minority voters.

There seems to be a divide developing between Republican leadership and the Tea Party over the idea of shutting the government down over Obamacare.

The president’s 2008 rival has gone from bitter foe to go-to deal broker.

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on Capitol Hill are openly disagreeing with a proposed strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Obamacare isn’t repealed.

As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.

The 10th anniversary of McCain-Feingold teaches a lesson we should already have learned.

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

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill today, but it’s not going to go anywhere.

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

Edward Snowden has likely violated many laws, but, absent additional facts, treason is not one of them.

Does it matter if political leaders like each other on some personal level? Sometimes it does.

John Boehner clearly wants to see an immigration bill passed this year, but he has a very narrow path to victory.

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

There’s bipartisan agreement on Capitol Hill that they don’t want to participate in ObamaCare.

The Dakota Tribal Wisdom Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Frustrated Republican health care staffers are leaving the Hill for lucrative positions on K Street.

Ezra Klein argues that the voters already decided how the sequestration fight should play out.

t’s been more than two-and-a half years since the United States passed major legislation.

The sequestration cuts are fast approaching, and the political battle is continuing.