Outside the Beltway

Reality is easier to ignore if you just pretend it isn’t there.

They’re talking a big game now, but they’ll likely bend a knee. Again.

In idea whose time is gone.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

Horse race coverage in all the things.

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

The West Virginia Senator has taken the football from Charlie Brown and gone home.

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

An interesting but rather misleading report from a Biden Treasury official.

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against ramming it through in the COVID relief bill.

But they weren’t shouting it from the rooftops.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released a more detailed version of her ‘Medicare For All” plan late last week. It leaves much to be desired.

Contrary to the promises of December 2017, the Republican tax cuts are not paying for themselves. Instead, they are helping lead us to trillion-dollar deficits.

Don’t worry folks, we’ll make it past that mark quite easily over the course of the new Fiscal Year.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

As predicted, the Federal Budget Deficit has crossed the threshold back into the world of trillion-dollar deficits. This is all due to the hypocrisy of Republicans and so-called conservatives.

Former Republican Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is running for President.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

The Federal Budget Deficit rose 27% in July, putting it on course for the $1 trillion by the end of September.

President Trump and the Congressional leadership have reached agreement on a multi-year budget deal that that busts through all remaining controls on spending.

The Federal Budget Deficit passed the $700 Billion mark with three months still to go in the Fiscal Year.

The Congressional Budget Office assesses several reform proposals.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018 from where it had been earlier in the year. And it’s likely to slow down even more.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.