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Susan Ferrechio

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Susan Ferrechio is the Washington Examiner's chief Congressional correspondent. She has previously reported for Congressional Quarterly and The Miami Herald.

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  • GOP not likely to back latest Democratic proposal to stop sequester

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Senate Republicans are unlikely to support the latest Democratic proposal to stop the $85 billion sequester that is now prompting government-wide furloughs and delays at the nation’s airports. Reid said Tuesday he plans to introuduce a bill to replenesh what’s left of the $85 billion in...

  • House issues Benghazi report faulting Hillary Clinton

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    A critical report (attached below)  drafted by five GOP-led House committees has determined that reduced security in Benghazi in the days leading up to the Sept. 11, 2012 attack were approved by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The report also found that White House and...

  • Reid reports ricin incident at Bolling air base in DC

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Reid made the comment when reporters asked him about a report that police have released a man who was arrested last week for allegedly sending ricin-laced letters to a President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and a judge. Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator from Corinth, Miss., is...

  • Max Baucus’ statement on his retirement

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Longtime Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, announced he will not seek a seventh term. He faced a tough re-election battle, having placed a key roll in passing the Affordable Healthcare Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, that is unpopular in his state. He recently declared the implementation of...

  • Boston bombings roil debate over immigration reform

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    The fallout from the fatal bombings in Boston that federal officials said was staged by two Chechen nationals, is rippling through the debate over immigration reform now underway in the Senate despite reform supporters's insistence that the issues are unrelated. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wrote...

  • Senate to open debate on charging national sales tax on online purchases

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

    Fresh off last week's bitter battle over gun control legislation, the U.S. Senate is slated to delve into another divisive issue: legislation to tax Internet sales. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is expected to begin debate on the Marketplace Fairness Act as early as Monday with a...

  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledges to revive gun bill that was declared dead

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday yanked from the Senate floor gun control legislation that suffered a serious setback a day earlier, pledging to revive the bill that many lawmakers have already declared dead. "Make no mistake, this debate is not over," Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday...

  • 3-Minute Interview: Former White House photographer Eric Draper

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Draper was the official White House photographer for President George W. Bush. He has just published a photography book centered on those days, titled "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush." What was it like working in the White House? It was an amazing...

  • Senator once hired man accused of mailing him ricin-laced letter

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Sen. Roger Wicker once hired the man accused of trying to send a ricin-tainted letter to both President Obama and Wicker’s D.C. Senate office. He could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. “I have indeed met the gentleman,” Wicker, R-Miss., said as he emerged from the Senate...


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