Outside the Beltway

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

John Boehner’s position as Speaker of the House seems quite secure.

Ted Cruz’s definition of “the American people” needs some refining.

Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted for default. They lost.

Would you trust the men and women in this building?

A plan finally starting to come together?

The House wasted a day yesterday, now it’s crunch time.

Well, so much for that plan.

The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.

Are these four men our last, best hope for a deal that will end the shutdown and avoid breaching the debt ceiling?

Talks between the two Senate leaders haven’t exactly gone so well.

A little noticed rule change in the House is arguably one of the main reasons we’re in a government shutdown crisis.

One Virginia Republican suggests that defaulting on our bonds wouldn’t be that big of a deal.

With the House’s proposed deal reaching an impasse, the Senate is now taking center stage.

There seems to be at least some hope for a temporary deal in Washington to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, but don’t count your chickens just yet.

Republicans appear to be uniting behind a short-term plan to deal with the debt ceiling, but seem okay with keeping the government shutdown going forward.

To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.

Ted Cruz wants his fellow Republicans to follow him down the rabbit hole again.

The outlines of a possible new GOP proposal are emerging. Can it go anywhere?

Democrats in the House will attempt to use an obscure House procedure to force an end to the government shutdown. It’s success is by no means guaranteed.

Speaker Boehner told his caucus members that he will not allow a default over the debt ceiling but don’t look for a change in strategy.

A comment from one Congressman sums up the attitude of the small group of Congressman and Senators who have placed us in this situation.

The situation we currently find oursevles in is very much driven by structural issues.

Reasonable members of the House GOP caucus are fighting back. Are they outnumbered?

If you want to understand why Republicans in Congress are acting like they are, just look at the polls.

There’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

Day One of the Obamacare online “marketplaces” is proving to be a bit of a bumpy ride.

Nick Gillespie advances the counterintuitive argument that President Obama is responsible for today’s government shutdown.

The House will reportedly vote on a new Continuing Resolution with conditions that would seem to make a shutdown inevitable.

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

Republicans reportedly have another plan to get what they want on Obamacare and other issues.

Nobody has moved a piece yet, but the outcome of the Obamacare battle in the Senate seems foreordained.

Ted Cruz becomes a little more honest about his plan to “defund” Obamacare.

The House is going to make it more likely that we see a government shutdown at the end of the month.

The House GOP Leadership didn’t endear itself to the Tea Party today.

Would House Republicans really defer from voting on a Syria resolution to prevent embarrassing the President on the world stage?

Things aren’t looking good for President Obama in the House of Representatives.