Outside the Beltway

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

The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.

After failing twice in a month, House Republicans apparently think they have the votes to pass their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The Trump Administration has issued an ultimatum, but the fate of the American Health Care Act is still very much up in the air.

Whether you call it TrumpCare, RyanCare, or GOPCare, the Republican replacement for the PPACA isn’t very impressive.

A controversial member of George W. Bush’s foreign policy team is up for a post in Donald Trump’s State Department.

Future Supreme Court Justice?

John McCain said that Senate Republicans will unite to block any Supreme Court appointment by a President Hillary Clinton.

Republicans are abandoning Donald Trump in droves after last night’s revelation of lewd remarks he made in 2005.

More Republican officeholders are distancing themselves from Donald Trump, but it’s time to start wondering what took them so long,

Republican officials are running away from Donald Trump the way they’d run away from a horde of mosquitoes infected with the Zika virus.

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are locked in battle in a primary that could decide whether or not Donald Trump can get a majority of delegates prior to the GOP Convention.

A look at the history behind the ideology driving the standoff in Oregon.

In the wake of failure that could have been easily foreseen, the Obama Administration is ending a program to train so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

Rand Paul held the Senate floor for nearly twelve hours yesterday to talk about the PATRIOT Act, but it’s unclear if he accomplished anything.

A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that the N.S.A.’s data mining program is illegal, but its ruling may not have a very big impact.

For some reason, Republicans want to change filibuster rules even though it’s unclear that they’ll still hold the Senate after 2016.

As expected, the Senate passed the so-called “Cromnibus,” but not before a self-aggrandizing maneuver by Ted Cruz ended up being exploited by Democrats to pass outstanding nominations.

It’s an old story. Republican leadership wants to avoid a government shutdown, but the hard core conservatives want a fight, this time over the President’s immigration action. We have a week to see how it unfolds.

Preserving the filibuster.

Calling anyone a front-runner in a race where we’re still two years away from anyone casting votes is silly. Nonetheless, Rand Paul is an interesting guy to watch for those wondering if the GOP has actually changed.

Ted Cruz continues to act as if he hasn’t learned his lessons from the shutdown debacle

The GOP seems to be shifting strategy on the Affordable Care Act.

The Junior Senator from Kentucky does some re-writing of history.

When it comes to the unfolding conflict inside the GOP, Mitch McConnell seems to have fired an opening shot.

Could Congress actually pass some form of immigration reform before the midterms? Don’t bet on it just yet.

A plan finally starting to come together?

The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.

Conservatives gathered on the National Mall today to protest the closure of memorials, but their message seems really intended for Republicans in Congress to not back down.

A little noticed rule change in the House is arguably one of the main reasons we’re in a government shutdown crisis.

Ted Cruz wants his fellow Republicans to follow him down the rabbit hole again.

Ted Cruz is going after the Speaker of the House.

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

If recent history is any guide, there won’t really be a government shutdown next week. But, the zealotry of the “defund Obamacare” caucus could change everything.

There seems to be a divide developing between Republican leadership and the Tea Party over the idea of shutting the government down over Obamacare.

Ted Cruz is either being incredibly cynical as he deludes his fellow Republicans, or he’s living in a fantasy world.

A top Republican Senator blasts the plan by some of his colleagues to “defund” Obamacare.

A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.

Filling normal vacancies on the bench is not “packing the court.”