Outside the Beltway

Could Democrats replace their oldest Justice before it’s too late?

Contrary to a Politico headline, the GOP response to Trump’s anti-constitution talk continues to underwhelm.

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

What to make of her second straight loss?

The next Congress will look a bit more like America than did the last.

Every vote counted, with refreshing results.

MAGA loses again (twice)

What should be the bar? Can it ever be reached?

No one should draw conclusions about RCV from the AK special election.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

It’s Manchin-approved.

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

The silly season has commenced a mite early.

Why oh why won’t people stop commenting on the lady Senator’s outfits?

This time: the Alaska GOP.

Or, at least, he’s willing to kill democracy in order to save it.

The GOP is actually pretty healthy at the moment, despite some public rhetoric to the contrary.

Republicans who admit Joe Biden won the election fair and square are being driven from the party.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

Early analysis merely confirms analysts’ priors.

And illustrations of the fact that this isn’t a regular trial.

As expected, the second impeachment trial of the 45th President will proceed.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

The GOP will almost certainly survive. But in what form?

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

Explaining the continuing cowardice of GOP Senators.

The list is small but growing.

Disconnected representation in action.

A desperate re-election gambit that has no impact on the outcome.

After months of delays, Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton is now saying he’d be willing to testify if he were subpoeanaed.

For only the fourth time in history, the House Judiciary Committee has approved Articles of Impeachment against a sitting President.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

The House of Representatives has not even acted on impeachment, but Senate Republicans have already made up their mind.

Stephen Moore, who has been nominated to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board by President Trump. has a history of controversial remarks about women.

Let’s just say that he isn’t impressed.

Congress is doing its damned job for a change.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border. Now the matter goes to the Senate.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

The President will sign the bill to fund the government and avert another government shutdown, but in doing so he’ll also lay the groundwork for another showdown with Congress.

The White House isn’t ruling out the idea of a second government shutdown, but Senate Republicans have other ideas.

After an essentially pointless 35 day shutdown, some members of the House and Senate are proposing bills that would make government shutdowns impossible.

As the shutdown enters day thirty-five, there are some signs of movement in Washington but no real progress.