Outside the Beltway

Most Americans don’t want to see another government shutdown, but they’re somewhat divided on the issue of a border wall.

President Trump now appears to accept the compromise worked out by Congress to avoid another shutdown even though he’s not pleased with it.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabby Giffords, is running for Senate in Arizona against Martha McSally.

The right has spent a seemingly inordinate amount of time focusing on relatively powerless Members of Congress.

Congressional negotiators have reportedly reached a budget deal, but it’s not clear if the President will agree to it.

Negotiations to avert another shutdown appear to have stalled over the weekend with just four days left to go before funding runs out.

Congress appears to be near a deal on border security and government funding, but it’s unclear if the President will be on board.

In his business career Donald Trump relied largely on fear and intimidation to get his way on business deals. As President, he’s finding that nobody is afraid of him.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

Lindsey Graham is telling his fellow Republicans that they better back the President if he decides to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall.

A new poll shows most Americans oppose President Trump’s border wall and support more liberal immigration laws.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned the President against using a national emergency to fund his border wall.

A new study reveals that the Republican tax cut package passed at the end of 2017 has not had the economic impact the GOP claimed it would.

A new poll shows that most Americans would oppose a second government shutdown over the border wall.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has managed to become a media star, but she has a lot to learn about politics.

The White House isn’t ruling out the idea of a second government shutdown, but Senate Republicans have other ideas.

The economic impact from the just-concluded government shutdown was apparently quite substantial.

The economy took quite a hit from the President’s pointless shutdown over a border wall that will never be built.

After an essentially pointless 35 day shutdown, some members of the House and Senate are proposing bills that would make government shutdowns impossible.

Is the settlement of the government shutdown just delaying the inevitable?

Regardless of whether or not you think Nancy Pelosi won the government shutdown, Donald Trump clearly lost.

In a deal that can only be described as a cave by the President, the government shutdown is on course to be ended by the end of the day today.

The Trump Administration either doesn’t realize the impact the shutdown is having on Federal workers who haven’t been paid in a month, or it doesn’t care.

As the shutdown enters day thirty-five, there are some signs of movement in Washington but no real progress.

The Senate rejected Republican and Democratic proposals as expected but there are some signs of movement forward.

As the shutdown enters its thirty-fourth day and the Senate gets ready to vote on proposals that have no chance of succeeding, Democrats are preparing a new proposal.

President Trump has backed down in his showdown with Speaker Pelosi over the State of the Union Address, but that does nothing to bring us closer to a resolution of the government shutdown.

As the shutdown continues, the President’s political position is becoming weaker. He doesn’t seem to care, though.

There’s a way that Congress and the President could make future government shutdowns impossible, but they probably won’t do it.

The Senate has the ball this week in terms of action on the government shutdown, but its work is going to end up being utterly pointless.

The government shutdown is beginning to negatively impact the public’s perception of the health of the economy.

Not surprisingly, the President’s proposed shutdown deal is not being received well by Democrats on Capitol Hill.

The initial reaction to President Trump’s proposal to reopen the government is not going over well on either side of the aisle.

President Trump put an offer on the table to end the shutdown, the question is whether it will actually lead anywhere.

A leading conservative makes a truly bizarre defense of the President.

With Democrats making a new proposal and the President set to speak later today, there could be movement on ending the government shutdown. I wouldn’t be too optimistic, though.

Instead of staying in Washington, Congress should go on recess so Members of Congress and Senators can hear from the people how the shutdown is impacting them.

A new blockbuster report implicates the President in no less than five Federal crimes.

The efforts by Speaker Pelosi and President Trump to leverage their institutional powers raise interesting questions.

As the government shutdown continues, Washington is coming to resemble a fight between toddlers. Except the toddlers have the excuse of not knowing any better.

President Trump responded to the suggestion that the State of the Union be rescheduled by revoking military transportation for a Congressional trip to visit troops in Afghanistan.

Despite their rhetoric, Republicans in Congress have shown through their own inaction that they don’t really support the President’s border wall.

As the shutdown continues the numbers get worse for the President, but he doesn’t seem to care.

Nancy Pelosi is “suggesting” to the President that the State of the Union be rescheduled for a time after the government shutdown ends, but it clearly seems like more than just a suggestion.

The Speaker is well within her rights to make Trump’s invitation conditional on ending the shutdown. But let’s not pretend we can’t keep him safe.

The confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General appeared to go very well, making confirmation essentially a certainty.

As the shutdown drags on, it’s beginning to have an impact on the economy.

The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?

After twenty-five days, there’s no end in sight to the Federal Government shutdown. You can thank the President for that.

As the shutdown goes on, the polls are getting worse for the President.