Outside the Beltway

In less than a month, voters in the Catalan region of Spain will be voting whether to remain part of Spain or assert independence.

The effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is dead for now.

Perhaps it’s time to consider getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely.

Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats on spending and the debt ceiling, but it was an exceedingly bad one.

President Trump likes to take credit for the state of the economy, but the truth is that things are actually doing slightly worse under his Administration than they were under his predecessor.

But, the problem is, they seem unlikely to act.

Two polls find that most Americans support letting DACA beneficiaries to stay in the United States. Will that help move Congress to act?

The Trump Administration’s decision to end DACA motivated former President Obama to speak out, and he’s absolutely right.

The Trump Administration announced today that the program that provided deportation relief to nearly a million people brought to the United States as children would end unless Congress acts to save it.

As Congress heads back to work, a corruption trial in New Jersey could have big implications for what happens on Capitol Hill.

President Trump is threatening to end a program that has benefited at least 750,000 innocent people.

A race for the Virginia House of Delegates straight out of a civics book.

President Trump remains obsessed with the Russian investigation and continues to try to shut it down.

Trump’s legislative accomplishments have been anemic at best.

Donald Trump is threatening to shut the government down if Congress doesn’t pay for the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

Three new polls show Trump’s job approval down significantly in the three states that put him over the top in the Electoral College last year.

The fundamental premise at the heart of the immigration bill that President Trump backed earlier this month has no merit whatsoever.

Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

Big developments in the Russia investigation that could start making President Trump deeply uncomfortable.

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are making clear that President Trump’s tweets are not official policy. At least not yet.

In a vote close enough to require the Vice-President to cast a tie-breaking vote, the Senate voted to proceed to debate on a health care bill even though nobody seems to know what bill they’ll ultimately be voting on.

The Senate isn’t giving up in its efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that it seems clear that the votes aren’t there.

What looks like it will be the Senate GOP’s last effort on the issue of health care reform died less than a day after being put on the table.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

New polling indicates that the Affordable Care Act has gained in popularity with the American public, while Republican reform efforts are viewed overwhelmingly negatively.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

Senate Republicans have introduced their latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

Symbols shape our views of the past.

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

The Senate left for vacation without a viable path forward on health care reform, and the road ahead seems treacherous and hard to navigate.

The GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare faces another roadblock, namely the fact that the American public doesn’t support their replacement plan.

A big setback for Republican efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare.

Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.

The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

In addition to everything else on its plate, Congress will have to revisit raising the debt ceiling again sometime this summer.

A massive political miscalculation by Theresa May leads to an uncertain future in the United Kingdom.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

A Federal appellate court has ruled that a transgender student must be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.