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While it may turn out that there is an innocent explanation for all of this, this is yet another example of security vulnerabilities at what is supposed to be the most secure building in the world.

Reported plan to end filibusters for Supreme Court nominees reflects confidence that Republicans will still be the majority party in the Senate after 2016. That confidence may be just a bit optimistic.

The Senate has voted on more amendments in the last week than all of 2014. A week-long debate over amendments to an important bill is a positive step. But the process is fragile and trust between the parties is not high.

But even a double-digit lead, this early in the campaign cycle, is not decisive. Should she run, the grind of the campaign will drag down some of these high numbers that Clinton is enjoying at the moment. 

Speaker Boehner denies that his invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address the House is a 'poke in the eye' to the president, but there is an implicit message: If you stretch your authority, we’ll stretch ours.

Despite the rise of the tea party, the GOP nomination process remains inclined to pick a candidate closer to the middle of American politics. Absent some drastic change, there’s no reason to believe that this won’t remain the case in 2016.

Congressional Republicans didn’t wait until President Obama’s State of the Union speech to declare that his new tax proposal wasn’t going anywhere, with Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz calling it a 'non-starter.'

GOP candidates weathered 21 debates in the 2012 presidential primary cycle. But to enforce new limits, the party will have to stick to its rule to bar candidates who participate in unsanctioned debates from future sanctioned debates.

With the new Congress getting under way, the media is now casting about for potential new 'bridge-builders.' Presidential candidates often embrace the label. But it helps if you don't have a 'bridge-gate' in your past. 

Republicans don't have the votes to pass a measure to rein in President Obama's moves to defer deportation of people in the US illegally – or to overcome a presidential veto, even if they did. 

The movement isn't so much about Elizabeth Warren as it is about trying to push the Democratic Party in general, and Hillary Clinton in particular, in a more 'progressive' direction.

Romney, Bush, and Huckabee are all hinting they might be interested in running for president in 2016. Republicans usually fall in line when it comes to presidential nominating elections. They usually vote for the guy whose turn it is.

The White House says that it was a mistake not to send someone of higher rank than ambassador to the Paris unity rally. But the world leaders who did attend didn't actually take part in the march, either. 

The probability of some repeal of Obamacare has increased in the 114th Congress, based on the repeal record of all landmark laws enacted since the 1950s. But the highest risk of repeal comes in the fifth Congress after a law is passed. 

But there are caveats that suggest that the US labor market is far from robust, even this far out from the end of the recession. Among them: Wages are not increasing as fast as they’d be expected to at this point in the labor market cycle.

With Republicans now eager to prove to the world that they can get legislation passed and onto President Obama’s desk, 'institutionalist' may be on a rebound.

The GOP bid to block Department of Homeland Security spending over a relatively minor dispute on immigration policy has always seemed doubtful. Now the plan makes even less sense.

The benefits of allowing the Keystone XL project to go forward far outweigh the costs that opponents have continued to cite over the years. The White House threatens to veto the bill.

It makes perfect sense for House Speaker John Boehner to reward GOP loyalists with key committee assignments, both to bolster his own power and to make it easier to pass the leadership’s agenda

A political book is just a MacGuffin. Alfred Hitchcock used the word for the thing that the hero is protecting, or any other plot device that sets a movie thriller into motion.