Outside the Beltway

The main problem remains the House.

John Boehner and Harry Reid introduced their debt plans. Now, where do we go from here?

By choosing to go it alone on a debt ceiling plan, the GOP is taking a big risk.

The House GOP’s proposed Balanced Budget Amendment contains the seeds of its own utter worthlessness.

It’s very easy to create a “balanced budget” when you cook the books.

One of the GOP’s staunchest media allies isn’t too impressed with their Balanced Budget Amendment.

David Brooks is mad as hell and he’s not gonna take it anymore.

Let’s look at the actual proposal.

Talk of passing a balanced budget amendment is nonsense.

The House GOP has scheduled a vote next week on a debt ceiling package that is solely designed to mollify the base.

How much of an American can you be if you are willing to wreck the economy for political gain.

Right now, it’s more prudent for the Federal government to borrow money than to pay cash.

House and Senate Republicans are pushing a Balanced Budget Amendment. It sounds like a good idea, but it isn’t.

CA’s budget battles continue.

One of the Tea Party movement’s favorite Senators used the dreaded c-word.

In all honesty, much of what is coming out of the mouths of self-described conservatives is actually pretty darn radical.

Neither side is covering themselves in glory in the battle over the Badger State budget.

Demanding that the new GOP House hold the line at the current number is satisfying rhetorically, but all-but-impossible politically.

When determining the effects on the deficit of a certain legislative action, both revenues and spending have to be accounted for. Indeed, you can’t determine whether there is a deficit, surplus or balanced budget without both variables.

Democratic consultants Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell offer some free advice for President Obama. It’s worth every penny.

They’ve won the elections, but Republicans still aren’t getting specific about exactly where they’d cut Federal spending.

Is the GOP really serious about changing the citizenship rules in the 14th Amendment ? Not likely.