Outside the Beltway

The Speaker’s version of what went down during the negotiations does not make the Speaker look good.

A outline of a deal both sides could live with.

Ronald Reagan won the tax fight. The debate now centers on whether to continue cutting taxes or slightly reverse the trend.

Obama thinks he has a mandate to raise taxes on high earners. Republicans think they have a mandate to stop him.

A graph on public debt making the rounds is being used to misdirect rather than clarify.

Provisions in the Affordable Care Act may cause the entire statutory scheme to collapse.

The GOP’s arguments about the impact of ObamaCare on Medicare are dishonest and hypocritical.

Democratic rhetoric since the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare raises the question of whether they made a political mistake.

A new report will likely add fuel to the fire of conservative outrage over Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to uphold the PPACA.

One part of the Supreme Court’s PPACA ruling has not received a lot of attention, but it has the potential to have a lot of impact in the future.

There is another explanation for the sometimes confusing nature of the dissent in the ObamaCare case.

Either the majority and dissenting opinions in NFIB v. Sebelius were among the sloppiest in Supreme Court history or the Chief Justice switched sides at the 11th hour.

Thanks to a surprising decision by Chief Justice Roberts, the Affordable Care Act has survived the Constitutional challenges against it.

An unsurprising decision on the Defense of Marriage.

Illinois wants to solve its Medicaid problem by hoping its citizens smoke more cigarettes.

The Catholic Church has fired a legal shot across the bow of the Affordable Care Act.

It would be nice if people in power would be a bit more introspective and thoughtful.

This week’s hearings in the Supreme Court caught many proponents of the Affordable Care Act off guard.

This morning, the Justices pondered the fate of the PPACA if they strike down the individual mandate.

Starting tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court dives into the most significant case that has been before it in many years.

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

The NYT has an interesting piece on the ongoing limted v. big governemnt debate.

Mitt Romney stumbled a bit during his victory tour this morning.

Requiring a religious institution to comply with civilian laws is not a violation of religious liberty.

Rick Santorum has some extreme views on social welfare. Of course, he isn’t alone.

A Democrat sees doom and gloom as far as the eye can see.

The Supreme Court will decide on the Constitutionality of the President’s health care law by June 2012.

Less than a year ago, Herman Cain was denouncing a tax plan that is remarkably similar to the one he now advocates.

Rick Perry’s tax plan isn’t very impressive.

Not surprisingly, the “Super Committee” to deal with the deficit isn’t making much progress.

House Energy and Commerce Committee “is investigating Planned Parenthood’s federal funding, requesting lots of docs.”

The second half of the President’s political strategy is in place. Don’t mistake it for a serious legislative effort.

As more details roll in on President Obama’s millionaire tax hike, it’s looking like it was drawn up by J. Wellington Wimpy: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

President Obama is proposing a special tax rate for millionaires.

Contrary to what Eugene Robinson and Paul Krugman argue today, compassion does not require one to support government social welfare programs.

Not surprisingly, there was very little about the President’s jobs speech to write home about.

Rubio may be wowing conservatives audience, but is his rhetoric grounded in reality?

The Twitterverse and the Democratic National Committee are having a field day with Mitt Romney’s declaration that “Corporations are people, my friend.”

The problem with the ever popular complaint about kickin’ the can down the road.

President Obama and Congressional Republicans have the outline of a deal to raise the debt limit past the 2012 elections.

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

It wasn’t a good day for the debt ceiling negotiations.

Workers picketing a Chicago Hyatt hotel yesterday got an unpleasant surprise: Heat lamps.