Outside the Beltway

It’s an interesting idea, although one fraught with moral hazard.

Bernie Sanders and other advocates focus on insurance companies and drug companies. But that’s not where the money is.

President Trump has not surprisingly vetoed a Congressional resolution to limit American support for the Saudi war on Yemen. His defense for doing so is utterly absurd.

A bipartisan bill will protect the tax preparation industry at the expense of the citizenry.

A lesson from Puerto Rico and further reasons why the EC is a problem.

The law is not on the President’s side.

A reminder that over 3 million citizens have no effective influence over the federal government.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

He’s a national treasure who has been appropriately honored for a lifetime of service and sacrifice. But this seems different.

The White House clearly doesn’t have a plan beyond attacking Obamacare to score political points.

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.

Institutions matter. (No, seriously, they really, really matter).

An odd bureaucratic reshuffling, seemingly out of the blue.

The consolidation of Super Tuesday makes the current system even more broken than before.

David Gergen lives in a fantasy world.

Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton makes an argument familiar to OTB readers.

More polling evidence that the public does not support Trump’s emergency declaration or his wall.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

Last week, the House passed two bills to strengthen the laws regarding background checks for guns, but they’re not likely to even make it to the floor of the Senate.

Nancy Pelosi is tired of Democrats voting to please their constituents.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being charged with three charges of corruption even as he faces an election in just over a month.

Instead of merely seeking to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border, Congress should instead significantly amend the National Emergencies Act.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has upheld the Administration’s ban on bump stocks.

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border. Now the matter goes to the Senate.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

While not subject to filibuster, it’s still subject to Presidential veto.

There’s only one solution to the D.C. statehood issue. It’s called retrocession.

A new poll shows that most Americans believe the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision should remain the law on the land. Opinion on other abortion-related issues is more divided.

It turns out, The Duke wasn’t all that woke.

The House of Representatives has begin the process of challenging the President’s recent declaration of a ‘national emergency’ at the southern border.

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

President Trump will get his Space force, but it won’t exactly be what he wanted when he first proposed that idea.

Following Donald Trump’s lead, the GOP is making clear that its game plan for 2020 is paint all Democrats as ‘socialists, baby killers, and anti-Semites.’

The lawsuits against President Trump’s “national emergency” have begun. Except more.

Some thoughts on the current mess.

President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border while at the same time undercutting his own case for doing so.

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

The President will sign the bill to fund the government and avert another government shutdown, but in doing so he’ll also lay the groundwork for another showdown with Congress.

If all goes well, the bill to avert another shutdown should become law today.

President Trump now appears to accept the compromise worked out by Congress to avoid another shutdown even though he’s not pleased with it.

Congressional negotiators have reportedly reached a budget deal, but it’s not clear if the President will agree to it.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 race on Sunday.

Negotiations to avert another shutdown appear to have stalled over the weekend with just four days left to go before funding runs out.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

Congress appears to be near a deal on border security and government funding, but it’s unclear if the President will be on board.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest entrant into the race for the 2020 Democratic Nomination.

Despite the government shutdown, employment growth in January was far above expectations.

A new study reveals that the Republican tax cut package passed at the end of 2017 has not had the economic impact the GOP claimed it would.

His critique is rather telling.