Susan Ferrechio
Chief Congressional Correspondent
Susan Ferrechio is the Washington Examiner's chief Congressional correspondent. She has previously reported for Congressional Quarterly and The Miami Herald.
Germany visit showcases a tale of two Obamas
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 06:05 PM
Obama thwarted: 'No indication' he will win back House
By PAUL BEDARD | 06/18/13 11:30 AM
Obama dismisses Bush comparisons, defends Syria response
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/18/13 10:10 AM
By DAVID ESPOERICA WERNER | 06/19/13 04:33 AM
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 06/18/13 12:45 PM
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/18/13 07:05 AM
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/17/13 03:25 PM
Federal Reserve meeting begins amid uncertainty over monetary policy
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/18/13 04:00 PM
CBO score of immigration bill’s effect on the budget comes out tomorrow
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/17/13 07:10 PM
Janet Yellen's ascendancy shows durability of Ben Bernanke's program
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/16/13 04:25 PM
By PHILIP KLEIN | 06/18/13 07:30 PM
Only you can prevent terrorists from starting forest fires
06/18/13 06:22 AM
Examiner Editorial: Obama puts up dukes and blunders into Syria
06/17/13 10:35 AM
Examiner Editorial: Metadata helps find terrorists -- and Obama voters
06/13/13 06:45 PM
06/18/13 07:20 PM
06/10/13 07:15 PM
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06/06/13 05:50 PM
Lawmakers seek credit monitoring for veterans
06/14/13 03:11 PM
UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can't account for everything stolen
By MARK FLATTEN | 06/04/13 02:40 PM
Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny
05/25/13 08:50 PM
Susan Ferrechio is the Washington Examiner's chief Congressional correspondent. She has previously reported for Congressional Quarterly and The Miami Herald.
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 07:20 PM
The Republican-led House Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, approved by a vote of 228 to 196, comes in the wake of gruesome details that emerged during the trial of late-term abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who was...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 04:50 PM
The Senate Tuesday defeated two amendments aimed at strengthening border security in the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill, including a provision that would have required a double-layer fence on the nation’s southern border. The back-to-back defeat of the two provisions was a blow...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 01:25 PM
The National Security Agency’s power to scrutinize the nation’s telephone records have helped to thwart more than 50 potential terrorist plots, including plans to bomb both the New York City subway system and the New York Stock Exchange, officials said Tuesday as they defended the...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/18/13 05:05 AM
The Senate will vote Tuesday on four amendments to the comprehensive immigration reform bill, including one that would require a double-layer, 700-mile fence along the southern border before any of the nation’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants could apply for green cards. The amendment...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/17/13 05:55 PM
Internal Revenue Service agents used "Tea Party" as "shorthand" for any group filing for tax-exempt status that the agents thought was dedicating too much time to campaign activities and not just to single out conservative groups, a former top IRS deputy told congressional investigators. Holly...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/16/13 06:05 PM
Congress this week will tackle immigration reform, farming and abortion, though lawmakers also will continue to focus much of their time on a growing list of scandals surrounding the Obama administration. Immigration Reform The Senate will continue debate on comprehensive immigration reform,...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/14/13 02:35 PM
Six months after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut, the daughter of the school’s principal sent out a plea on behalf of President Obama’s legislative lobbying group to keep pushing for gun control. Erica Lafferty, whose mother Dawn Hochsprung, died trying...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/13/13 06:50 PM
The Tea Party is coming after me, Rep. Ed Markey, told supporters in a Thursday fundraising request. Markey, who is battling Republican Gabriel Gomez for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, said he is seeking donations as small as five dollars in an effort to raise $50,000 for his...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/13/13 05:45 PM
Lawmakers plan to seek the declassification and release of information related to the National Security Agency’s collection of phone and email data so they can show Americans it has helped stop terrorism. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, said Thursday he will put...
By Susan Ferrechio | 06/12/13 05:20 PM
BOSTON - With poll numbers showing a tightening Massachusetts Senate race, President Obama made a stop in the Bay State on Wednesday to raise money and rally the state's powerful Democratic base for Rep. Edward Markey ahead of a June 25 special election. "You can't just turn out in a...
By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13
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The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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