Outside the Beltway

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

Eduardo Saverin has become a political whipping boy.

Your tax dollars should not be paying for this.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

The battle lines are being drawn for another showdown over the debt ceiling.

Harry Reid is apparently regretting not going forward with filibuster reform in January 2011.

Another example of Republican foreign policy taking precedence over fiscal conservatism.

The battle is on for control of the Senate, but whoever wins is likely to have a very slim majority.

Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign stumbled badly this week.

Parties are in politics primarily to win the vote of the median voter, not to join together and sing Kumbaya.

The Secretary of State is ignoring a hold by the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman.

A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.

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

The argument over contraceptive coverage mandates has not gone well for conservatives.

Arizona’s senior Senator want’s to bomb Syria.

Many on the right seem unwilling to condemn clearly offensive remarks by Rush Limbaugh

Worried the GOP might eliminate the filibuster if they gain control of the Senate? Don’t be.

A Northeastern Republican announces retirement. And GOP hopes for control of the Senate in 2013 become more tenuous.

The Obama Administration introduced a corporate tax reform plan that doesn’t go nearly far enough.

We may have to deal with the debt ceiling again before the November elections.