Outside the Beltway

All of 47’s controversial nominees have been confirmed. Save one.

And thoughts on “mandates.”

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

Gaetz’s own party hates him almost as much as the Democrats hate him

The cruelty isn’t the point.

And who is “we”?

Some quotes to ponder.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

Trump’s Deputy AG nominee is an promising choice

Cabinet appointments edition.

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

An indefensible choice.

A microcosm of the campaigns and the candidates.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

Will wonders never cease?

McHenry has no more terms to give to his country.

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

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

In a bathtub?

The game is the game.

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

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

The inmates are running the asylum.

A shutdown may be averted after all.

Donald Trump is apparently not the only one with a fetish for war criminals.

Setting the tone.

Another bill doomed to die.

Inane, effective, and part of a far broader ideological debate.

A little debt ceiling, a little higher ed, and other misc delights.

Some tab clearing.

Open access to party labels has consequences.

After 15 votes and innumerable concessions, Kevin McCarthy is nominally in charge of the House of Representatives.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Can moderate Republicans take back their party?

You have to be suspicious of people who enjoy gangster movies a bit too much.

Did we not already know this?

A third of the party’s Members of Congress voted against a popular bill.

His partner in crime wrote it all down.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

The impeachment inquiry moves to the House judiciary Committee this morning.

It wasn’t exactly a warm reception for President Trump at last night’s World Series Game Five.

They know how Congress works, but are banking on the fact that many Americans don’t.

The GOP’s efforts to defend the President are becoming more desperate and pathetic by the day.

The House of Representatives passed a defense spending bill that seeks to limit Presidential authority when it comes to striking Iran and aideing the Saudi war on Yemen.