Outside the Beltway

Senate Republicans are working on legislation to fix the PPACA’s subsidies if the Supreme Court rules against the Federal Government in June.

Five years after it became law, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears to be over.

A new survey suggests that fewer Americans lack health insurance than at any time since that number was first measured.

Once again, the Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided on the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

The House voted to repeal the PPACA for the 56th time, but it’s clear that this vote will end up being a pointless as all the others.

Get ready for another pointless House lawsuit against the President.

The “Wassup” “Wassail” Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Some on the left are suggesting Democrats should write off the South for the foreseeable future, but that would be as foolish as Republicans assuming that their dominance in the region will last as long as Democratic dominance did in the century after the Civil War.

Judging by recent polling, the President’s executive action has hardened GOP opposition to immigration reform, making progress on the issue going forward much less likely.

A crushing but expected defeat for a veteran Democrat.

Ben Carson is not a serious candidate for President, but he’s likely to get a lot of support from the GOP’s Tea Party wing.

It’s an old story. Republican leadership wants to avoid a government shutdown, but the hard core conservatives want a fight, this time over the President’s immigration action. We have a week to see how it unfolds.

After a disastrous campaign in 2012, Texas Governor Rick Perry appears to be gearing up for a new run for the White House in 2016, but questions remain.

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

Sen. Charles Schumer says Democrats made a mistake by concentrating on getting health care reform passed instead of on fixing the economy.

The House of Representatives has filed its lawsuit against the President. As expected, it doesn’t amount to much.

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

Because no one, ever, has ever questioned the intelligence of American voters in extemporaneous discussions of politics.

Post-election polling shows that the majority of Americans want the new GOP majority in Congress to work together with the President. Republican voters have a very different view.

Obama proposes four ‘net neutrality’ rules.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of a case that could completely gut the financial structure of the Affordable Care Act.

There’s more to life than politics. Unfortunately, there are many Americans who don’t seem to recognize that fact.

The Luke, I Am Your Voter Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

At this rate, it’s unlikely the House will file any kind of lawsuit against President Obama until 2015, assuming it ever files anything.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

It’s been three months, but there’s been no action on the lawsuit that the House of Representatives said it was filing against President Obama.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

A desperation move by NBC News?

The death of the Tea Party is greatly exaggerated.

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

Could the GOP offer a positive governing agenda if they controlled Congress?

A legal setback for the Affordable Care Act, but the important arguments on this issue lie in higher courts.

As we head into a new conflict, perhaps we ought to give more thought to fiscal issues than the President is to overall strategy.

The Affordable Care Act is playing almost no role in the midterm elections.

The Barbarians At The Gate Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

If Republicans win the Senate, what we’ve seen for the past three years could end up seeming tame by comparison.

A trial court judge in Tennessee is the first jurist since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

Another Obamacare case is heading to the Supreme Court, but it’s unclear if they’ll agree to hear it, or when they’d hear it if they did.

According to some reports, President Obama may be about to make an end run around Congressional inaction on immigration reform.

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

A Federal Appeals Court has rejected a challenge to Obamacare based on a somewhat obscure provision of the Constitution.