Outside the Beltway

Yes, the President is a key actor in the debt ceiling debate. However, the actual decision is a congressional one.

John Boehner and Harry Reid introduced their debt plans. Now, where do we go from here?

The debt talks in Congress are moribund now, and both sides are working on their own versions of a plan, again.

The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.

It hasn’t been a very productive weekend in Washington, D.C.

It won’t go anywhere this year, but after 15 years someone is finally trying to repeal a bad law.

Freshman GOP Representative Allen West is a loose cannon and unfit for office.

The Gang of Six is back together. And they have a plan.

Let’s look at the actual proposal.

Some things are worth repeating.

If you look at the polls, the GOP has several things to be concerned about in the debate over the debt ceiling.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a simple deal to break the impasse on the debt ceiling: Cede power to raise the ceiling to the president, with a few minor caveats.

The result in the Casey Anthony case is leading, inevitably, to a host of new proposed laws.

The US Supreme Court declined to stay the execution of a child raping murderer over a technical violation of a treaty.

Georgia Congressman Paul Broun has a radical suggestion: While we’re playing chicken with the nation’s debt, let’s cut $1.3 trillion from the debt ceiling!

President Obama smiled as he signed the 2009 stimulus into law, but the results aren’t anything to smile about.

Whatever happened to the GOP’s promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act?

What exactly is the GOP trying to accomplish in the debt ceiling negotiations?

A Federal Appeals Court struck down an Amendment to the Michigan Constitution today as unconstitutional.

The Ronald Reagan that Republicans lionize is very different from the one who actually served as 40th President of the United States.

The Obama administration is arguing the 14th Amendment renders the debt ceiling moot.

Jeff Jacoby claims that marriage cannot be redefined.

House and Senate Republicans are pushing a Balanced Budget Amendment. It sounds like a good idea, but it isn’t.

The first Appeals Court decision on the Affordable Care Act was a victory for the government.

Barack Obama’s leadership style may be his undoing.

The Senate Republican leader is running a shrewd political game. But what’s good for the GOP is bad for America.

The odds of history are against Michele Bachmann.

While the Constitutionality of the War Powers Act is indeed dubious, the fact that it was passed over Nixon’s veto isn’t the reason.

A victory for marriage equality in the Empire State.

How many Texas politicians does it take to screw in a non-communist light bulb?

Mitt won’t sign the Susan B. Anthony List’s Pro-Life Pledge.

The White House’s assertion that Libya isn’t covered by the War Powers Act isn’t being accepted on Capitol Hill.

A retiree with some rather strange views hosted a Tim Pawlenty event.

Michele Bachmann is not Sarah Palin.

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

In addition to Alabama, we can also have Georgia on ours minds on the ongoing immigration debate.

AL takes AZ’s approach and goes a few steps beyond.

Would it be unconstitutional for Congress to extend Mueller’s term?