Outside the Beltway

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

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

What would it mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?

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

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

There’s not really a good explanation for this, Governor Northam.

The government entered its third shutdown of the year with little sign of an immediate resolution.

The Senate passed a bill that keeps the government funded through the beginning of February, but fails to provide any funding for the President’s border wall.

On the way out the door, Scott Walker signed a bill to take powers away from his successor (and demonstrated a lack of understanding of Venn diagrams).

Eight years after it was signed into law, a Federal Judge has ruled the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor contends that a recent change in tax law unravels the basis for the Supreme Court’s upholding of Obamacare.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving state laws banning Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

The Trump Administration’s war on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” suffers yet another defeat in Court.

Florida voters in the Republican and Democratic parties have set up a Gubernatorial race that provides a stark choice on the table for Sunshine State voters in a race that will likely have national implications moving forward.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

Kris Kobach, the controversial Secretary of State of Kansas who is also a Trump ally, holds on to a slim lead in the GOP Primary for Governor.

A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.

There are good arguments as to why progressive Senators should vote against his confirmation. Let’s stick to those.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that public sector unions cannot force employees to pay membership fees.

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

The Trump Administration is declining to defend the Affordable Care Act in Court, arguing that the individual mandate is now unconstitutional because the tax penalty has been eliminated.

Another Federal Judge has held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ violates both Federal law and the Constitution.

A big win for Federalism and common sense at the Supreme Court.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a Trump Administration Order that purported to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities.’

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

We may about to see a wave of teacher strikes.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could prove crippling to public employee unions across the nation.

Dave Schuler argues the US would have a much better healthcare system if we had modeled it on VA clinics rather than private insurance.

Congress seems likely to pass a budget deal today that will massively increase spending, putting to rest once and for all the rank hypocrisy of Republicans when it comes to claims that they are “fiscally conservative.”

After spending much of 2017 trying to do it, Republicans are giving up on any effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act before the midterms.

A longstanding claim—that I myself believed to be true—is that spending money on preventative care like regular checkups would save money in the long run by catching health issues before they become acute. The evidence does not support this.

Republican David Yancy was declared the winner of a disputed election, giving the GOP a slim one-seat majority in the state’s House of Delegates.

A Federal Judge in California has entered an order permanently blocking a Trump Administration effort to deny funding to so-called sanctuary cities.

Voters in Maine hand their conservative Governor a setback.

Republican Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray say they’ve reached a bipartisan deal to fix an important part of the Affordable Care Act.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will hear a case that is likely to have a significant impact on the powers of public-sector unions.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

Senate Republicans have ten days to act on their last-ditch attempt to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare, and it’s not at all clear if they have the votes to do so.

As Congress heads back to work, a corruption trial in New Jersey could have big implications for what happens on Capitol Hill.

Kamala Harris has joined Bernie Sanders’ call for creation of a single-payer healthcare system.

A race for the Virginia House of Delegates straight out of a civics book.

Chicago is joining the growing list of jurisdictions challenging the Administration’s policy on sanctuary cities.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

Senate Republicans have introduced their latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.