Outside the Beltway

While it has an admitted populist appeal. the idea of Congressional pay being withheld during a shutdown is a non-starter due to the Constitution.

With Congress out of town until at least Thursday and negotiations apparently deadlocked, the White House is saying it’s likely the shutdown will last into 2019.

There was no progress on resolving the government shutdown today, and little hope that anything will happen before late next week.

While the political media is spending a lot of time talking about it, the actual impact of this latest government shutdown is likely to be limited and possibly even unnoticeable to most Americans.

The government entered its third shutdown of the year with little sign of an immediate resolution.

With just hours to go, a partial government shutdown is becoming more and more likely.

Hours before the House was set to vote on a temporary funding bill for the government, President Trump has apparently changed his mind.

The Senate passed a bill that keeps the government funded through the beginning of February, but fails to provide any funding for the President’s border wall.

With three days to go before a government shutdown, there are at least some signs that the President may be backing away from his threats to shut down the government over funding for his border wall.

With the Friday night deadline fast approaching, nobody in Washington seems to know what’s going on.

As Washington heads into the final days of a budget shutdown, Republicans find themselves on the losing end of a public relations battle.

House Republicans reportedly don’t have the votes to fund the President’s border wall.

Once again, President Trump is threatening a shutdown over the border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

This month’s budget fight is likely the last chance the President will have to get any funding for his border wall.

Trump has reportedly told aides that he doesn’t really care about reports of an approaching crisis of the budget deficit and national debt because he’ll be out of office before it becomes a problem.

A brewing fight over funding for the President’s border wall could throw a monkey wrench into plans to pass a budget by next Friday.

A state trial court Judge in New York rejected efforts by the Donald Trump to halt a lawsuit alleging charity fraud in connection with the operation of The Trump Foundation.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

In the past, President Trump has threatened to shut down the government if the doesn’t get what he wants in the budget. The latest budget deal effectively dares him to do it.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

A new government report indicates that President Trump’s border wall will cost billions more than initially projected. And Mexico still isn’t going to pay for it.

President Trump is suggesting he may force a government shutdown over his immigration policies just a month before the midterm elections.

Notwithstanding the rhetoric of the President and his supporters, most Americans believe that immigration is a good thing for the United States.

Trump suffered another court loss yesterday that opens him up to some potentially embarrassing questions.

A small group of Republican rebels in the House are attempting to push legislation protecting DACA beneficiaries to a floor vote. Unfortunately, they’re not likely to succeed.

Congress passed a funding bill to avert a shutdown with time to spare early this morning, but now the President is threatening a veto.

This is no way to run a railroad.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

A new poll suggests that Republicans would get the blame if Congress fails to pass a bill to protect DACA beneficiaries.

The tragedy in Florida last week revealed once again how hyperpartisanship is destroying our politics and harming the country.

The prospect for a fix to help DACA beneficiaries is looking gloomier than ever.

Republicans spent the eight years of Obama Administration railing against fiscal irresponsibility. Now that they have power, they’re the ones being fiscally irresponsible.

Friday’s eight-hour shutdown was not the non-event it seemed from the outside.

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.”

Last week, the President was calling for national unity. This week, he called political opponents “treasonous.”

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

A new poll indicates that most Americans support a DACA deal, but don’t think it should be linked to measures to avoid a government shutdown.

Congress seems no closer to a DACA deal than they were in January.

After an extended break for the Republican retreat, Congress heads back to work today with just three days before a possible government shutdown.

My latest for The National Interest takes a contrarian view on the new National Defense Strategy.

The current budget deal expires in six days and Congress doesn’t seem to know what it’s going to do about it.

The White House’s immigration plan is facing opposition in both chambers of Congress from moderate and conservative Republicans alike.

The prospects for a deal in Congress on DACA are starting to look grim.

Democratic norms are eroding.

Democrats in the Senate appear ready to de-link DACA from the budget. That would remove the threat of a government shutdown, but it could anger their base.

Getting to a DACA deal isn’t going to be easy.