Outside the Beltway

The latest entry in the unity third party presidential candidate genre is just as bad as they always are.

Republicans scored a win in Court last week, but it seems likely to lead to a political loss in the long-term.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor contends that a recent change in tax law unravels the basis for the Supreme Court’s upholding of Obamacare.

The Trump Administration appears to think that the Budget Deficit and National Debt aren’t a big deal because we can just grow our way out of the problem. This is highly unlikely to happen.

Trump has reportedly told aides that he doesn’t really care about reports of an approaching crisis of the budget deficit and national debt because he’ll be out of office before it becomes a problem.

Bernie Sanders has not officially said that he’s running for President, but he’s reportedly planning a much more aggressive campaign than what we saw in 2016 if he does.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

Sherrod Brown pulled off the only statewide Democratic victory in Ohio on November 6th. Because of that, he’s being looked at as a potential 2020 candidate for President.

With the recounts over we can officially say that Rick Scott will be the next Senator from Florida.

Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz is apparently considering running for President.

Bernie Sanders could find repeating the success of 2016 in 2020 may not be so easy.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

Fear-mongering of various types on full display.

Despite his ethical issues, Bob Menendez appears to be solidifying his position in New Jersey’s Senate race.

Contrary to what they believed back in December. Republicans are finding that the tax reform bill is not helping them in the midterm elections.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

Another “progressive” victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, but this one is a bit different.

The target is not just on illegal immigrants.

Gary Johnson was a successful two-term Governor in New Mexico. Now he’s making a bid to represent the Land of Enchantment in the U.S. Senate.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is running for a third term under a dark ethical cloud. That probably won’t matter.

The National Debt has passed $21,000,000,000,000 for the first time in history just as the nation begins its return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits.

Joe Crowley, widely considered in line to replace Nancy Pelosi as party leader in the House, has been defeated.

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

The President continues to enjoy enthusiastic support from the over-65 set.

The Trump Administration is declining to defend the Affordable Care Act in Court, arguing that the individual mandate is now unconstitutional because the tax penalty has been eliminated.

Has the party paid too big a price to attract suburban voters?

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

Dave Schuler argues the US would have a much better healthcare system if we had modeled it on VA clinics rather than private insurance.

Republicans spent the eight years of Obama Administration railing against fiscal irresponsibility. Now that they have power, they’re the ones being fiscally irresponsible.

Congress seems likely to pass a budget deal today that will massively increase spending, putting to rest once and for all the rank hypocrisy of Republicans when it comes to claims that they are “fiscally conservative.”

Embattled New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has dodged a bullet, but still faces uncertain prospects for reelection.

A longstanding claim—that I myself believed to be true—is that spending money on preventative care like regular checkups would save money in the long run by catching health issues before they become acute. The evidence does not support this.

New Jersey Senate Bob Menendez has temporarily dodged a bullet, but his ultimate fate is far from clear.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

Sixteen Senators are backing a single-payer system. Another forty-four to go.

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

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

Kamala Harris has joined Bernie Sanders’ call for creation of a single-payer healthcare system.

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.

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.

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

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

This was one for the history books.

The failure of the AHCA shows that Donald Trump doesn’t know the slightest thing about leadership or how to be President.

The president’s skinny budget would eliminate most funding for science and the arts to fund more Defense spending.