Outside the Beltway

Congressional Republicans got a major concession as price for averting a government shutdown: saving the incandescent light bulb, at least now.

Public opinion on the Occupy movement has turned increasingly sour.

FEMA is about to run out of money, but don’t worry your Congressman is getting his vacation time in.

With the economy at the forefront of the public’s mind, the GOP needs to be careful in its response to President Obama’s new jobs bill.

Romney’s VFW speech was filled with tropes and bromides but nothing that should raise eyebrows.

Michelle needs to stop buying shoes–but Barack’s keeping his golf clubs.

Congress is failing to complete even simple tasks thanks to a bitter partisan divide.

House Republicans are being criticized for utilizing a tactic they learned from Senate Democrats.

Once again, the debt ceiling deal is raising questions about the President’s leadership.

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.

We have a deal in Washington. Now, the leadership just has to make sure it can pass Congress.

A recent poll provides some insight into congressional behavior.

By insisting on perfection in the debt ceiling debate, the Tea Party has made itself irrelevant to the process.

The failure of House Republicans to pass a bill that would have been dead on arrival in the Senate, anyway, raises questions about whether a deal is possible and whether John Boehner can lead his own coalition.

More thoughts on deficits.

Barack Obama’s biggest enemy in the debt negotiations has been himself.

Their mouths were moving, but nothing of substance was coming out.

John Boehner and Harry Reid introduced their debt plans. Now, where do we go from here?

It hasn’t been a very productive weekend in Washington, D.C.

I never would have negotiated in the first place.

It wasn’t a good day for the debt ceiling negotiations.

President Obama is polling at 46.8 percent, below the level needed to win re-election.

The House Republicans are functionally insane.

Three new polls provide a warning to both sides of the debt negotiations, but mostly to Republicans.

The Gang of Six is back together. And they have a plan.

As the Republican leadership reaches a deal with President Obama, the biggest stumbling block may be the newest members of their own coalition.

It isn’t just President Obama who should be worried about the economy next year.

How much of an American can you be if you are willing to wreck the economy for political gain.

Whatever happened to the GOP’s promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act?