Outside the Beltway

Haley Barbour is making all the moves toward a 2012 Presidential run, but his stand on immigration issues could pose a problem in the Republican primaries.

Four Senators who just happen to be up for re-election next year are silently looking for alternatives to the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.

Arizona looks to be the latest state to try to revive the discredited doctrine of nullification.

No, the legislation does not in any way “suggest that some kind of rape that would be okay.”

A 2005 concurring opinion from Antonin Scalia may be the piece of legal reasoning that ultimately saves the Affordable Care Act in the Courts.

A second Federal District Court judge has declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak responded to mass unrest by cutting off his people from the outside world. Do we really want an American President to have the same power?

The Senate leadership has agreed to exempt 1/3 of nominations from the confirmation process.

Two Senators are proposing a Constitutional Amendment to redefine what it means to be an American citizen.

The House has voted to repeal the broken system of financing presidential elections.

It is always easier to compromise on more spending and less taxes.

Once again, it looks like efforts to reform the Senate’s filibuster rules have fallen victim to that old devil politics.

Time for midterms.

In a move that surprises nobody, the House voted today to repeal last year’s health care reform law. Now it goes to the Senate where it will die.

The current approach of the GOP to health care is not dissimilar to its approach to fiscal policy: not a lot of substance.

It’s Lee-Jackson Day again in Virginia, and, once again, I find myself wondering why the South continues to honor a dishonorable legacy.

There appears to be bipartisan support for repealing one of the most egregious tax rules in last year’s Affordable Care Act

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

Faced with mounting debt, the lame duck Illinois legislature rushed through a massive tax hike in the wee hours this morning.

We have laws preventing the sales of gun to crazy people. We’re not enforcing them very well.

When determining the effects on the deficit of a certain legislative action, both revenues and spending have to be accounted for. Indeed, you can’t determine whether there is a deficit, surplus or balanced budget without both variables.

House Republicans want to do away with the increasing number of “czars” in the White House.

The filibuster reform package that Senate Democrats unveiled yesterday has much to recommend to it. Unfortunately, it’s probably doomed.

Is the filibuster essential for the Senate to function as designed?

President Obama is likely to issue a signing statement in order to keep his Gitmo options open.

The author of AZ’s SB1070 has a new idea.