Outside the Beltway

Yes, Ben Carson’s comments about the debt ceiling are silly, but it’s the fact that a lot of Republicans agree with him that’s dangerous.

Congress has just over a week to pass a funding bill, and it’s not looking very good.

Mitch McConnell spoke a truth that many conservatives are likely not going to want to accept.

Another poll confirms the fact that Americans of all political stripes continue to hold Congress is disdain.

Donald’s Trump’s campaign is the logical conclusion of more than a decade of emotion-drive, substance-free politics.

Ohio Governor John Kasich looks good on paper, but his campaign seems as though it’s unlikely to get out of the starting gate.

Lindsey Graham is the latest entrant into the Presidential race, but it’s hard to see how he gets out of the bottom of the polls.

Hillary Clinton’s political and personal baggage is likely to be a bigger problem for her than whomever her Republican opponent ends up being.

A theme that just won’t go away.

The costs of more than a decade of war are far higher than many ever thought, and we’re still paying the price for the fiscal irresponsibility of the Bush Administration while they were being fought.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

Will the President back track on his promise of further action on immigration if the GOP wins the Senate?

Good news for Republicans.

As Sarah Palin and the Tea Party turn on Paul Ryan, they are making apparent their own lack of relevance in the political process.

Refusing to raise the debt ceiling does nothing at all to control spending.

There are some signs that there may be room to strike a deal on the extension of unemployment benefits, but it’s likely to require some drama on Capitol Hill before it happens.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

A budget deal has been reached, now it has to get through both Chambers of Congress.

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

Are we headed for another Federal Government shutdown, or will Congress actually do its job this time?

John Boehner’s position as Speaker of the House seems quite secure.

The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.

Being Speaker of the House has become much more of a difficult job than it used to be.

Paul Ryan is back, and he has a plan his party ought to be paying attention to.

The real world impact of what’s happening in Washington is becoming apparent.

They’re back…….

Congress is still getting paid during the shutdown, and there’s nothing that can be done about that.

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

As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”

The military’s finance and accounting system has been dysfunctional for decades and is getting worse.

We’re paying a lot of money for defense contractors. It’s not clear how much of this is wasteful.

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

The jobs news in May was good, but far from great.

The Federal Budget Deficit appears headed in the right direction, for now.

The April Jobs Report was good, but not exactly anything to write home about.

Once again, politics is dictating military policy.

Airport delays are the latest example of targeting sequestration cuts where the taxpayer will feel them most.

The Navy’s Blue Angels demonstration team has canceled the rest of its 2013 season in response to budget cuts.

One Virginia Republican Member of Congress recently got a lesson in what going against the GOP’s hyperpartisan atmosphere feels like.

The head men of the three most prestigious US national laboratories say the sequester will devastate scientific research in this country for decades to come.

The political antics surrounding the sequestration cuts is a prime example of what’s wrong with Washington.

The sequestration cuts are fast approaching, and the political battle is continuing.