Outside the Beltway

If recent history is any guide, there won’t really be a government shutdown next week. But, the zealotry of the “defund Obamacare” caucus could change everything.

Republicans reportedly have another plan to get what they want on Obamacare and other issues.

Nobody has moved a piece yet, but the outcome of the Obamacare battle in the Senate seems foreordained.

Ted Cruz becomes a little more honest about his plan to “defund” Obamacare.

The House is going to make it more likely that we see a government shutdown at the end of the month.

Who should qualify as a “journalist” for purposes of a “Shield Law?”

The GOP’s plan to defund reality becomes even more disconnected from reality.

The House GOP Leadership didn’t endear itself to the Tea Party today.

With Congress coming back Monday, the prospective vote counts are decidedly against authorizing military force against Syria.

Given that the vote count seems to be heading that way, this is a question worth examination.

Would House Republicans really defer from voting on a Syria resolution to prevent embarrassing the President on the world stage?

Things aren’t looking good for President Obama in the House of Representatives.

A proposed Syria authorization being considered in the Senate places several limits on Presidential authority to act, but it’s unclear if those limits can actually work.

Not surprisingly, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are lining up behind the President in the debate over Syria.

Federal civilian employees are set to get a 34 percent pay raise. The mean old man in the White House is taking it away.

Some questions that the Administration needs to answer before attacking Syria.

Some Members of Congress are calling for a debate before any strikes on Syria. They’re absolutely right.

And Republicans wonder why they have problems with minority voters.

There seems to be a divide developing between Republican leadership and the Tea Party over the idea of shutting the government down over Obamacare.

Congress isn’t spending much time in Washington these days but that’s only one of the reasons it isn’t accomplishing very much.

Cory Booker puts the kibosh on a persistent political rumor.

Ted Cruz is either being incredibly cynical as he deludes his fellow Republicans, or he’s living in a fantasy world.

A top Republican Senator blasts the plan by some of his colleagues to “defund” Obamacare.