Outside the Beltway

A proposed Syria authorization being considered in the Senate places several limits on Presidential authority to act, but it’s unclear if those limits can actually work.

Not surprisingly, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are lining up behind the President in the debate over Syria.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are openly disagreeing with a proposed strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Obamacare isn’t repealed.

The US Postal Service is struggling to make delivery more efficient.

Republicans aren’t happy with their leadership. The reason why is also the reason why Republicans are in trouble politically.

Tony Kornheiser celebrated becoming a senior citizen by playing a round of golf with the president.

Texas has become the latest state to attempt to restrict abortion rights, and North Carolina isn’t far behind.

The latest House GOP pronouncements on immigration reform make it exceedingly unlikely that any bill will pass this year.

It looks for all the world as if the House GOP Caucus isn’t really under the control of the leadership.

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

Why did House Republicans vote overwhelmingly for a bill that their own theories would find to be unconstitutional?

There are risks to Republicans in blocking immigration reform, but there are also incentives for them to block immigration reform. Getting past that contradiction to passage isn’t going to be easy.

The GOP seems to be making the same mistakes that led to defeat in 2012.

Speaker Boehner seems confident that immigration reform will become law this year, but his confidence may be premature.

Marco Rubio is threatening to withdraw support for the immigration plan he helped draft, but I would suggest not reading too much into that threat.

The GOP’s latest investigatory crusade could end up backfiring on them.

The Obama Administration’s response to the Benghazi attack is approaching critical mass. It’s not going away any time soon.

Apparently, Benghazi has not faded (at least not for some).

It would be nice if columnists for major newspapers would consult political science, rather than Hollywood, for their understanding of our system.

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

The Defense Of Marriage Act didn’t fare very well during today’s Supreme Court oral arguments.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

Ezra Klein argues that the voters already decided how the sequestration fight should play out.

t’s been more than two-and-a half years since the United States passed major legislation.

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

Republicans continue to fight over their party’s future.

Congress is historically polarized.

Despite the push it’s likely to receive, most of President Obama’s gun control proposals will barely even see the light of day in Congress.

Once again, the House GOP is risking sending the economy into the tank to prove a political point.

Minting a Platinum Coin would be a really bad idea.