Outside the Beltway

A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

The Tea Party is dead, but it was never really alive to begin with.

While most of America slept, the government was shutdown thanks to some faux theatrics by a single Senator.

Congress seems likely to pass a budget deal today that will massively increase spending, putting to rest once and for all the rank hypocrisy of Republicans when it comes to claims that they are “fiscally conservative.”

Congress appears to be moving closer to a budget deal even as the President tries to throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing.

With Republicans fully in control in Washington, their concerns about the budget deficit seem to have disappeared.

After spending much of 2017 trying to do it, Republicans are giving up on any effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act before the midterms.

In addition to deadlines on the Federal Budget and DACA, Congress also has to deal with the debt ceiling at some point in the next month.

A government panel has mandated a 50% increase in the revenue share streaming services pay songwriters and music publishers.

Republicans passed their tax bill yesterday. What that means for the economy and the 2018 midterms is another question.

The final version of the tax bill appears to be on track for passage, but the devil is in the details.

House and Senate Republicans say they have reached agreement on a final tax bill, and Democrats are engaging in an effort to delay a vote in the Senate until Doug Jones can be seated.

The current temporary spending measure reached by Congress in September expires on Friday, and Republicans haven’t come up with a solution yet.

The Senate passed a tax cut bill last night, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

For some reason, Senate Republicans want to attach a bad health care reform idea onto an already controversial tax reform bill.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

House Republicans unveiled their tax reform bill today, but its fate is far from clear.

Republican Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray say they’ve reached a bipartisan deal to fix an important part of the Affordable Care Act.

At least for now, Republicans seem to be giving up on repealing and replacing the PPACA. That’s not going to make the base happy.

Republicans finally unveiled the outlines of a tax reform package yesterday, but the devil is in the still to be determined details.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

The GOP’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears to suffer a fatal blow as Senator John McCain announced his opposition to what is the last gasp of that effort in the Senate.

Senate Republicans are considering one more last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

The effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is dead for now.

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

The Senate isn’t giving up in its efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that it seems clear that the votes aren’t there.

What looks like it will be the Senate GOP’s last effort on the issue of health care reform died less than a day after being put on the table.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

New polling indicates that the Affordable Care Act has gained in popularity with the American public, while Republican reform efforts are viewed overwhelmingly negatively.

With the fate of the Senate health care reform bill hanging in the balance, the Senate will delay consideration of the bill due to the unexpected absence of one Senator.

Senate Republicans have introduced their latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

The Senate left for vacation without a viable path forward on health care reform, and the road ahead seems treacherous and hard to navigate.

The GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare faces another roadblock, namely the fact that the American public doesn’t support their replacement plan.

A big setback for Republican efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare.

Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.

The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

In addition to everything else on its plate, Congress will have to revisit raising the debt ceiling again sometime this summer.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

The latest CBO score for the American Health Care Act is bad news for Republicans.

The Republican candidate in today’s Special Election in Montana has been charged with assaulting a reporter.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the American Health Care Act.

The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.