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Susan Ferrechio

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Susan Ferrechio: Washington Examiner's Chief Congressional Correspondent
  • Update: FBI investigating ricin-tainted letter sent to Senate

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    Someone may have tried to mail a letter laced with the deadly poison ricin to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., but the envelope was intercepted at a mail facility outside Washington D.C. For now, Senate mail delivery has ceased as a precaution. The United States Capitol Police say the...

  • Poison-laced letter sent to senator

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    A letter laced with the deadly poison ricin was sent to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., but the envelope was intercepted at a mail facility outside Washington, according to officials. "Postal officials and law enforcement did an excellent job in detecting and preventing this threat...

  • Poison-laced letter mailed to senator intercepted by feds

    Susan Ferrechio

    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    By Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent Someone may have tried to mail a letter laced with the deadly poison ricin to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., but the envelope was intercepted at a mail facility outside Washington, D.C. "Postal officials and law enforcement...

  • Immigration compromise adds border security, grants citizenship

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday unveiled a compromise immigration reform plan that would toughen border security while allowing most of the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants to gain legal status and, eventually, citizenship. Proponents of the measure, crafted by four Republican...

  • Gun legislation in peril in Senate

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    The gun control measure that lawmakers were hopeful of passing just days ago is in serious jeopardy of failing to make it out of the Senate. Republicans tell the Washington Examiner they are far from securing the 60 votes needed to pass a crucial provision on background checks for firearm sales...

  • Immigration proposal couples border security with legalization

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    Senators who are taking the lead on immigration reform will head to the White House today to meet with President Obama about a bipartisan plan that will provide legal status and a path to citizenship for many of the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants while at the same time boosting border...

  • Bill to fire federal workers who owe back taxes fails in House

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    It was tax day for the nation Monday and on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican lawmakers sought to hold accountable the small percentage of federal workers and contractors who have not squared their tab with Uncle Sam. The House voted unanimously to pass a bill that...

  • House delegation will fly commercial to attend Thatcher funeral

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

      A delegation of House members will attend the funeral this week of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and they will fly commercial, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced this morning. Boehner said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn will lead a delegation that includes...

  • Republicans, Democrats both pushing for compromise on immigration legislation

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Sat, Apr 13, 2013

    Immigration reform will reach the top of the congressional agenda this week, beginning with the unveiling of sweeping legislation that would provide legal status and a pathway to citizenship for 11 million people who came to the U.S. illegally. The Senate's bipartisan Gang of Eight and six...

  • Gun bill clears Senate but still faces GOP opposition

    Susan Ferrechio

    Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

    The most sweeping gun control legislation to come before Congress in decades cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday, launching what will be weeks of floor debate over whether to tighten the nation's firearms laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. With...