Outside the Beltway

More machinations from the mischievous mining mouthpiece.

He beats the alternative.

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

More in a series of ongoing observations about the GOP primaries.

It turns out a 51-50 Senate majority isn’t enough.

Are Sinema and Machin going to jump ship?

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

Discussing the filibuster.

The Commonwealth is much more diverse than national election returns might indicate.

A special session looms. (And how this is not like the filibuster in the US Senate).

The country is in peril.

The flagship of the centrist Navy is both a throwback and a sign of what’s wrong with the Senate.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

It makes voting harder.

While progressives in the party are often frustrated with the West Virginia Senator, he is demonstrating yet again that he’s no Republican.

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

The seemingly unremarkable event hadn’t happened in four decades.

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

Yet another reminder about pathologies of US democracy.

Of course, it depends on what case one thinks needs to have been made.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

Some political history,

A surprisingly uneventful experience.

It’s time to accept the desecration of our political constitution.

American fascism is on parade, right now.

I’ve been thinking it wrong for years.

A quick overview and some examples to start a longer conversation.

Tommy Tuberville is likely the next Senator from the state of Alabama.

This is more about structural conditions than it is about the GOP.

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

Lindsey Graham is the latest Senator to make clear that he’s already made up his mind on impeachment.

A new poll shows Senator Lindsey Graham vulnerable to a Democratic challenge next year, but there are several caveat.

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is being accused of giving preferential access to businesses and businessmen tied to her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend protection to DACA beneficiaries and other Dreamers, but it’s likely to die in the Senate.

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

The House of Representatives has not even acted on impeachment, but Senate Republicans have already made up their mind.

Other than confirming a lot of Trump Judges, the Senate has not been getting much work done so far this year.

The move creates a rare Senate opening in the Equality State, and an opportunity for the daughter of a certain former Vice-President.

The narrow loser of the Georgia governor’s race has left open the possibility of running for President.

The woman famous for losing the Georgia governor’s race is eyeing a bigger job.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

The House of Representatives has begin the process of challenging the President’s recent declaration of a ‘national emergency’ at the southern border.

The former Attorney General is seriously pondering a presidential bid. Seriously.

A WaPo data analyst gives it a shot.

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.

Jon Kyl was named to replace John McCain back in September, but as expected he’s already announcing that he’ll be leaving at the end of the year.

Three Democratic Senators are suing the Acting Attorney General, asserting that his appointment was unconstitutional.

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.