Outside the Beltway

Reasonable members of the House GOP caucus are fighting back. Are they outnumbered?

President Obama had some potentially market-moving news for Wall Street.

If you want to understand why Republicans in Congress are acting like they are, just look at the polls.

Chris Christie had some words about the crisis in D.C., and they almost sound like they could be part of a 2016 campaign message

Nick Gillespie advances the counterintuitive argument that President Obama is responsible for today’s government shutdown.

With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.

The GOP seems perfectly fine with risking a shutdown, even though polling shows they’d pay the biggest price for it.

It’s now clear that, absent an unlikely miracle, there will be a government shutdown.

President Obama spoke with Iranian President Rouhani today, the first such contact between the nations in 34 years.

If nothing else, Ted Cruz’s quixotic mission has succeeded in cementing him in the minds of Republican voters.

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

Once dominant atop the smartphone market, Blackberry seems to be counting out the days until its demise.

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

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

:Like his predecessors, President Obama’s speech last night exaggerated the threat that Syria poses in order to sell his plan to American voters.

President Obama’s plans in Syria are as unclear as they were before he spoke last night.

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

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.

A throwaway comment by John Kerry in London has led to some interesting diplomatic developments.

Heading into an intense week of Congressional lobbying, the odds still seem against the Administration on Syria.

The political polarization we saw during the Bush Presidency has continued throughout the Obama Presidency.

President Obama is trying to launch a war but there’s a lot of competition for attention.

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?

The President has admitted that there is no imminent threat to the United States in Syria.

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

President Obama seems to have forgotten the words of a certain Illinois State Senator back in 2002.

President Obama has decided not to enforce a law. This is most unusual and somewhat disturbing.

President Obama seems to want to forget his red line.

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.

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

Presidents have gotten away with ignoring Congress when it comes to foreign military adventures for a very long time.

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

The White House confirmed today that the goal of any military intervention in Syria would be very limited. Which makes one wonder what the point of doing anything actually is.

Western military action in the Syrian civil war now appears likely.