Outside the Beltway

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

Putting down markers for future reference.

Trump’s core policies will drive inflation

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

A misleading survey result.

What’s behind the sure-to-fail bid to oust his own party’s Speaker?

The projections were way off—in a good way.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

Sanctions and a costly war are taking their toll.

The anti-Trump Republican could find re-election difficult.

“You can’t be against everything.”

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

The economy, it turns out, is complicated.

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

Hillary Clinton edition.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.

This is no way to run a railroad.

Mostly about how not to do it.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

It would be laughable, but the White House might be interested.

In the least surprising news of Election Night, Republican Tate Reeves pulled off a win in overwhelmingly Republican Mississippi.

The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

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

A former Federal Reserve officials argues that the Fed should not lower interest rates to compensate for the impact of the President’s trade war, potentially leading to his defeat in the election. This is an incredibly bad idea.

July’s Jobs Report was in line with expectations, but hardly indicative of a booming economy.

The economy slowed somewhat during the second three months of 2019, but the economic recovery still looks strong as we head into the 122nd month of positive growth.

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

Former South Carolina Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is reportedly considering an intra-party challenge to President Trump

June’s jobs report brought in stronger than expected numbers but the fact that these numbers have not been consistent all year makes one wonder what the state of the economy really is.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for 45 years, has died at the age of 81.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the American economy, American consumers, and American businesses.

If the economy remains strong, then Democrats could find it harder to beat the President than they thought.

First quarter economic growth came in higher than expected, but there are several caveats worth keeping an eye on.

The New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago metro areas are all losing people.

Only the best people, dontcha know.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

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.

Lindsey Graham is telling his fellow Republicans that they better back the President if he decides to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall.

After an essentially pointless 35 day shutdown, some members of the House and Senate are proposing bills that would make government shutdowns impossible.

There’s a way that Congress and the President could make future government shutdowns impossible, but they probably won’t do it.

Despite their rhetoric, Republicans in Congress have shown through their own inaction that they don’t really support the President’s border wall.

If you’re looking for the biggest obstacle to a resolution to the government shutdown, look no further than President Donald J. Trump.

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.

William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

With their House majority secure, Democrats must now select their leadership team for the next two years. It’s not going smoothly.