Outside the Beltway

A new article puts Joe Biden’s gaffes and malapropisms in a new light.

Elizabeth Warren’s fellow Democrats aren’t so thrilled with her ‘Medidare For All’ plan.

Much like it did during the McCarthy Era, the Republican Party has to decide what side of history it wishes to be on. The right side, or the wrong side.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

As was the case a month ago, Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were the focus of last night’s debate. Things turned out very differently, though.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in a case that could radically impact health care coverage for millions of Americans.

Later today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in a case that could upend the Affordable Care Act.

Senators Warren and Sanders have both proposed plans to forgive student loan debt and make public colleges tuition-free. That’s easier said than done.

There isn’t a lot of legislating going on.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

A longstanding legal question may finally come to a head.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other firebrands aren’t steering the ship. Yet.

Despite seemingly ideal conditions, Green Mountain Care was an absolute debacle.

The President has hit a dubious milestone barely two years into his administration.

A law professor asks some interesting questions, but ultimately not the right ones.

The White House clearly doesn’t have a plan beyond attacking Obamacare to score political points.

The decision to hand Democrats a victory and step on the good news from the Mueller report apparently came from the very top.

The Justice Department has reversed course and will not fight a December ruling overturning the Affordable Care Act.

What would it mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?

President Trump’s impending decision to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall will quickly face serious legal challenges. It may be more vulnerable than the White House suspects.

Based on his appearance on CNN last night, Howard Schultz appears to be running a campaign about nothing.

The President is an ignoramus and a blowhard and a petulant child but he’s operating within the Constitutional limits of his office.

After an essentially pointless 35 day shutdown, some members of the House and Senate are proposing bills that would make government shutdowns impossible.

Is the settlement of the government shutdown just delaying the inevitable?

There’s a way that Congress and the President could make future government shutdowns impossible, but they probably won’t do it.

After twenty-five days, there’s no end in sight to the Federal Government shutdown. You can thank the President for that.

As the shutdown drags on, Republicans are beginning to fear that members in the House and Senate may begin to fall away from supporting the President.

President Trump is offering to change his ‘concrete wall’ with a ‘steel barrier’ in what he apparently things is a compromise.

As the shutdown continues, there’s little sign of progress on either end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

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

Eight years after it was signed into law, a Federal Judge has ruled the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.

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 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.

When do we stop pretending that Fox News Channel is anything other than State Run Media for the Trump Administration?

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

The GOP has no alternative but to push forward with the Kavanaugh nomination, because they don’t have a viable alternative at this point.

A new round of Congressional Ballot polls seems to put Democrats in a strong position for the ‘blue wave’ they’ve been hoping for all year.

In the past, President Trump has threatened to shut down the government if the doesn’t get what he wants in the budget. The latest budget deal effectively dares him to do it.

The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is, effectively, assured. Democrats should be careful about how much further they push their opposition.

As I have repeatedly noted: Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.

Sad news about a Senate stalwart who has been fighting an aggressive form of cancer for more than a year.

Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination appears to be on track for confirmation before the new Supreme Court term begins in October.

New York and several other states have filed an incredibly dubious lawsuit against the Republican’s new tax law.

Another poll shows that the vast majority of Americans do not want to see the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade overturned.

At least in these early days, Democrats appear to lack a coherent message, or a coherent strategy, to propel any effort to block Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.

As Washington gets ready to fight a new battle over Roe v. Wade an new poll shows that most Americans oppose overturning that decision.