Outside the Beltway

After months of demanding Republicans resist, he says “We have nothing to hide.”

Another win for big donors.

Things are not operating as Madison intended.

A major unforced error has apparently been reversed.

They may whine and bluster, but Trump always gets their votes.

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

Of course you realize this means war.

Senate Republicans are balking at several measures, but fixing those would make passage in the House impossible.

What could possibly go wrong?

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

A year-long Continuing Resolution or bust?

Beware the Ides of March.

Blue states might get some surprising help.

And thoughts on “mandates.”

The fight over the continuing resolution raises some questions.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

Confirming who he always has been.

Political grandstanding over dubious claims of privilege.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

It is a bit of a mess.

He may be fighting the last war.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

There is no denying that he was consequential.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

An unsurprising twist.

Yes, every special election is a very special snowflake, but trends do emerge

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

Trump and Trump-adjacent stories for this round of Tabs.

A shameful farce.

Take this job and shove it. I ain’t workin’ here no more.

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

More on an ongoing saga.

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Sigh.

Could the fourth time be the charm?

Emmer drops out.

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

A hopeful irony.

Three increasingly-embarrassing defeats is all you get, apparently.