Outside the Beltway

The House GOP and the White House moved one step closer to a constitutional confrontation, but is it much ado about nothing?

Wall Street says raise the debt ceiling. The Tea Party says no. What will the GOP do?

As of today, the United States is legally barred from borrowing money to finance its operations. Thanks for nothing, Congress.

The The Clash Of The Tight-uns Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Congressional Budget Office has come up with slightly different calculations of the savings created by the Obama-Boehner budget compromise.

President Obama’s budget speech was light on specifics, but that’s because it was really the opening salvo of the 2012 campaign.

The GOP seems to be telling President Obama that revenue increases are off the table. That’s a huge mistake.

What, if anything, does the budget deal mean for the future?

As yesterday’s budget negotiations began, the GOP had a choice – appease the base, or make a deal. They made the right choice.

Why in the hell are Federal taxpayers footing the bill for residential trash collection in DC?

Games legislators play…

For the past day or so, America’s fighting men have been pawns in a cynical political game.

There are still three days left, but it’s looking less and less likely that a budget deal will be reached in time to avoid a government shutdown.

Rather than fighting over the remnants of the FY 2011 budget, the GOP should make a deal and get ready for the bigger, and more important, battle ahead.

The next week promises to be a battle between John Boehner and the Tea Party over whether or not compromise is a good idea.

The NPR vote was nothing more than political theatrics–and it violated a GOP campaign promise to boot.

Republicans are about to take a walk along the third-rail of American politics.

Huge news in the marriage equality debate today as the Obama Administration has decided not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court anymore.

Neither side is covering themselves in glory in the battle over the Badger State budget.

Thanks to the help of a group of Tea Party Freshman in the House. Congress has finally cut off funding for a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that the Pentagon never wanted.

Four years after Barack Obama became a Presidential candidate, the birther myth not only persists, it seems to be becoming more prevalent. Why?