Outside the Beltway

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

The Judicial Confirmation process needs to be fixed.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

t’s been more than two-and-a half years since the United States passed major legislation.

The sequestration cuts are fast approaching, and the political battle is continuing.

Once again, the filibuster survives. Nobody should be surprised.

Once again, Harry Reid is pursuing a far less ambitious filibuster reform package than originally threatened.

Our politicians have averted an artificial crisis of their own making. The next one’s in two months.

An attempt to declare the filibuster unconstitutional has ended in failure.

Actress Ashley Judd is reportedly considering a run for the United States Senate.

With just about a month to go before we hit the “Fiscal Cliff.” things don’t look good at all.

Obama thinks he has a mandate to raise taxes on high earners. Republicans think they have a mandate to stop him.

The President and his supporters say that Congressional Republicans will temper their rhetoric in a second Obama term. Don’t count on it.

There is much to critique in Washington, but the nexus of the governance problem at the moment is the GOP.

While the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United has been blamed for the massive increase in money in this year’s campaign, it really wasn’t the culprit.

The House engaged in a mostly pointless action yesterday afternoon.

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

Harry Reid is apparently regretting not going forward with filibuster reform in January 2011.

The battle is on for control of the Senate, but whoever wins is likely to have a very slim majority.

The conservative columnist argues Republicans should concentrate on winning back the Senate and stopping Obama through 2016.

American politics is as polarized as ever, and it shows no signs of changing regardless of who wins in November.

Senator Jim DeMint demonstrated clearly today what is wrong with Washington.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

Thanks to their own ineptitude, House Republicans suffered a big defeat this week. They totally deserved it.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has set the House GOP adrift.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

The House GOP doesn’t seem to have any idea what it’s doing right now.

How likely is it that a GOP Senate would eliminate the filibuster? Not very.

Even if the Senate operated under wholly majority rules, it would not be the House.

Harry Reid’s “nuclear option” has changed the rules of the game, for now.

Harry Reid is playing hardball, invoking a tactic that he himself decried being threatened when Republicans were in charge.

Mitt Romney is once again the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination.

Neither political party is resonating with the public right now, and neither is acting in the manner the public would like.