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Susan Ferrechio

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Susan Ferrechio: Washington Examiner's Chief Congressional Correspondent
  • Boston officials say FBI failed to warn them about bombers

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    Boston authorities could have prevented last month's deadly Boston Marathon bombings if federal law enforcement agencies had adequately shared information and followed through on warnings about accused bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, witnesses told Congress Thursday. "I believe that...

  • Boehner demands Benghazi emails from White House

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    House Speaker John Boehner is demanding that the White House release a series of unclassified emails related to the Sept. 11 fatal terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Boehner is seeking emails Republican lawmakers say were sent the day after the attack from a...

  • Boehner, McConnell won’t appoint members to Medicare savings panel

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, both Republicans, sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday announcing that they will not appoint anyone to the Independent Payment Advisory Board, known as IPAB. The 15-member panel is tasked with reducing the cost of...

  • Witnesses: Obama administration blocked military protection for Benghazi mission

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Eyewitnesses to September's deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya told a congressional committee Wednesday that State Department officials had blocked efforts to aid Americans under fire and later tried to conceal al Qaeda's involvement. Mark Thompson, acting deputy assistant...

  • Senators plan to revise, revive expansion of background checks for gun buyers

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Senators who support expanding criminal background checks for gun buyers said Tuesday that they intend to revive the legislation for a vote by this summer, though the measure won't be exactly the same as the one senators defeated a month ago. The Senate last month fell four votes shy of...

  • Heritage Foundation responds to Rubio criticism of amnesty cost study

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Earlier today, we wrote about Sen. Marco Rubio’s criticism of the Heritage Foundation study that outlined the steep cost of  providing a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11.5 million illegal aliens. Rubio called the study “flawed” and suggested it maligned immigrants who are...

  • House hits brakes on Internet tax passed by Senate

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    House lawmakers are in no rush to take up an internet tax bill Senators approved Monday night, and if they do, it might be an alternative measure. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said to expect “thoughtful” consideration in the House, which will involve committee...

  • GOP split by report that immigration reform would cost trillions

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    A conservative think tank's estimate that immigration reform will cost American taxpayers trillions of dollars has highlighted a growing split inside the Republican Party over how to address the more than 11 million illegal aliens who now reside in the United States. A report by Robert Rector,...

  • Report: Price tag for bill that provides amnesty is $6.3 trillion

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

    Granting a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants would cost the country $6.3 trillion, according to a report issued Monday by the conservative Heritage Foundation. Authors Robert Rector and Jason Richwine argue that the massive influx of newly legalized...