Outside the Beltway

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

Trump makes a DACA deal, apparently.

Perhaps it’s time to consider getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely.

Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats on spending and the debt ceiling, but it was an exceedingly bad one.

The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

Some thoughts on the current state of the Democrats.

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

In addition to everything else on its plate, Congress will have to revisit raising the debt ceiling again sometime this summer.

By the barest of margins, the House passed its bill repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, but the future of that bill is highly uncertain.

Once again, the GOP punts on ‘repeal and replace’ because they don’t have the votes.

Faced with the fact that it has little to show for its first 100 days in office, the Trump Administration is pressuring Congress to come up with a new health care reform bill before the end of next week.

Whether you call it TrumpCare, RyanCare, or GOPCare, the Republican replacement for the PPACA isn’t very impressive.

Could National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be the first to go under Trump?

On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.

To the surprise of nobody who paid attention, Nancy Pelosi won re-election as leader of the House Democrats.

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

We’re further from a public option than we were in 2009. The need for it has become more acute.

Hillary Clinton won the final Super Tuesday of the 2016 primary season, thus officially sending us into what promises to be among the most contentious General Election battles in recent memory.

The final spending bill for the 2016 Fiscal Year sailed through Congress today, marking the end of a very successful first two months in office for Speaker Paul Ryan

Congress will get a temporary funding bill passed in time to avoid a shutdown on Thursday, but it may just be delaying the inevitable.

Big news out of Washington, D.C.

The pressure on Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to expand the 2016 debate schedule is increasing.

Another poll confirms the fact that Americans of all political stripes continue to hold Congress is disdain.

The Iran nuclear deal will probably survive it’s test in Congress in the end, but Chuck Schumer just made the Administration’s job a little more difficult.

Recent polling has shown the American public to be highly skeptical, at beast, of the Iran Nuclear Deal. That may not be enough to kill it in Congress, though.

In the end, the odds that Congress can actually stop the new deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program are pretty low.

House Democrats defied President Obama on an important trade deal today, thus arguably marking the official beginning of his lame duck status.

The GOPzilla Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Another lesson in incompetence in governing from House Republicans.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu’s speech to Congress is becoming even more partisan, much to the apparent chagrin of the Israelis.

Some Congressional Democrats are considering skipping a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Joint Session Of Congress.

Despite opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, the compromise budget resolution passed narrowly last night, but not without some last minute drama

Today is a day for turkey and football, not a day for politics.

Some of his party’s leaders want the president to save them.

Outdated rules? It sure seems like it.

The GOP’s big wins last week seem to be just guaranteeing that this year’s battle between the Tea Party and the “establishment” will continue.

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

In her upcoming book, Hillary Clinton strikes a defiant tone against conservative’s continued interest in the Benghazi attack.

Once again the Affordable Care Act meets the Law Of Unintended Consequences

Another day, another delay

More bad poll numbers for the President and his party.