Outside the Beltway

Republicans now face a stark choice.

The twice-removed Chief Justice is likely getting a promotion.

“Why the hell would we do that?” — White House official.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

Hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

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.

In a vote close enough to require the Vice-President to cast a tie-breaking vote, the Senate voted to proceed to debate on a health care bill even though nobody seems to know what bill they’ll ultimately be voting on.

The Senate isn’t giving up in its efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act, despite the fact that it seems clear that the votes aren’t there.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

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.

With the fate of the Senate health care reform bill hanging in the balance, the Senate will delay consideration of the bill due to the unexpected absence of one Senator.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

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.

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.

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

Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.

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

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

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

The latest CBO score for the American Health Care Act is bad news for Republicans.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

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

The Trump Administration is out with a tax plan, but it’s seriously lacking in details.

With a government shutdown looming at the end of the week, the Administration has appeared to back away from a demand that a government funding bill include money allocated for the President’s promised border wall.

Polling indicates that voters find the Democratic Party to be even more out of step than the Republican Party.

Faced with the fact that it has little to show for its first 100 days in office, the Trump Administration is pressuring Congress to come up with a new health care reform bill before the end of next week.

Stop romanticizing the filibuster (and don’t appeal to the intent of the Founders).

After a prolonged vacancy and a bitterly partisan confirmation process, Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed to succeed Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mitt Romney is reportedly considering running for Senate in Utah if Orrin Hatch decides to retire.

As expected, Senate Republicans invoked the so-called ‘nuclear option’ to move the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch forward to a final vote on Friday.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch even as it became inevitable that Republicans would be forced to invoke the ‘nuclear option’ to confirm him to the Supreme Court.

The ordinary and the extraordinary with the latest SCOTUS nomination.

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

Next week’s big news is likely to be the Senate’s vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, which could mean invocation of the so-called ‘nuclear option’ by Senate Republicans.

Let the games begin.

More fireworks on the second day of the questioning of Neil Gorsuch, but his confirmation nonetheless seems assured.

Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin Monday morning, but it’s Senate Democrats who are in the hot seat.

Senate Democrats are divided on how to approach the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, making it likely that he’ll be confirmed.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently misled Senators when asked about his contact with Russian officials.

The story about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia didn’t start with Michael Flynn, and it isn’t going to end with his resignation.