Outside the Beltway

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

Are we betraying the Founders?

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

A set of bills would fund Ukraine, Israel, and other bipartisan priorities while ticking of the MAGA crowd.

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

Its like déjà vu all over again.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

An unsurprising twist.

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

“2023 Lists” Edition

Vermin Supreme and Paperboy Love Prince have as good a chance as Vivek Ramaswamy.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around any more.

The unworkable Republican caucus is about to get less workable.

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.

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

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Could the fourth time be the charm?

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

In a bathtub?

He might prefer McDeath.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

The crazies are this close to a complete takeover.

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

What does “complete victory” look like?

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

McCarthy lost it. Turned in his gavel. You, guy, are number 1.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

A weak leader has been ousted. Now what?

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

It appears a shutdown has been averted after all.

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

The inmates are running the asylum.

Wherein I finally reveal my answer (spoiler: it is hardly surprising). And, also, wherein despite the goal of brevity, I fail at that goal.

Some New York Republicans are fighting for their constituents and against the GOP leadership.

Separating rhetoric from action.

Horse race coverage in all the things.

There’s been a load of compromising.

We almost wrecked the economy . . . for this?

The times, they are a-changin’.

The courts can’t save us from ourselves.

The former President gets too much credit for his ability to manipulate news coverage.

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

Setting the tone.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

The Biden administration has a point.