Outside the Beltway

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

Even as its leader continues to deny the reality of Global Climate Change, the Trump Administration has released an utterly devastating report on the impact of such change over the course of the coming decades.

In what seems like another effort at a cover-up, the Vatican vetoed a plan by American Bishops to address the Catholic Church’s abuse scandal.

The vise is tightening on the Catholic Church.

After nearly a year, Trump’s trade policies are having their inevitable negative impact inside the United States.

After a day of political pressure, Senate Republicans have agreed to hold a hearing regarding the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh next week.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

The odds of an immigration bill passing the House were already low. This morning, President Trump pretty much guaranteed failure.

House Republicans are supposed to vote on one or more immigration bills this week, but can’t even agree what their policy should be.

It isn’t a primary and it is an illustration of how electoral rules affect behavior.

Earlier this week, the Illinois legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. What’s unclear is if this act has any meaning at all.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that reaffirmed a principle that should be axiomatic, namely the idea that a Defendant has the sole authority to decide whether or not to concede guilt.

A new lawsuit seeks to have the 2012 DACA program declared unconstitutional.

Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in positions of power are slavishly backing their President over their country. They should be ashamed.

A Federal Judge in Texas has ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is barred by Federal Law. Legally speaking, this is a tenuous argument at best.

Paul Ryan won’t be running for re-election this year, opening up both a Congressional seat and a leadership spot.

An artist discovered via discussion in the comments section.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

The February 2 episode of This American Life gets at some of my frustrations over our inability to have a meaningful discussion about pretty much anything.

President Trump’s military parade would come with a not insignificant cost.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

Just three weeks after their home was hit by a devastating storm, Donald Trump is attacking Puerto Ricans for not recovering from the storm sooner.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

Senate Republicans have ten days to act on their last-ditch attempt to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare, and it’s not at all clear if they have the votes to do so.

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

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

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.

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.

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

The Supreme Court rules that states cannot bar convicted felons from using social media sites.

States are considering laws that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns, but such laws are probably unconstitutional.

Republicans are saying that repealing the PPACA isn’t off the table, but practically speaking it probably is.

On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.

An unsurprising win in the Pelican State.

As things stand, Democrats will have a hard time winning back control in the Senate in 2018.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is speaking out against several of President-Elect Trump’s proposed Cabinet nominees.

Senior Republican Senators are throwing cold water on the idea of eliminating the filibuster.

Defying the odds, Republicans held on in several traditionally Democratic states to keep control of the Senate.