Susan Ferrechio

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019.

House votes to extend wait time for gun background checks

Susan Ferrechio · February 28, 2019 5:11 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears at an event.

Pelosi: Kim Jong Un won the summit with Trump

Susan Ferrechio · February 28, 2019 4:47 pm

McConnell praises Trump for ditching North Korea talks

Susan Ferrechio · February 28, 2019 4:11 pm

Energy and Environment

AOC’s ‘Green New Deal’ gains co-sponsors, but no vote in sight

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2019 11:56 pm

People shop for guns at a gun show. Current laws prohibit federally licensed firearm dealers from selling long gun rifles or shotguns to someone under 18, and cannot sell handguns to someone under 21. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

House votes to expand gun background checks

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2019 8:43 pm

"[W]e can make our country safer and get people the help they need, while also respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners," Rep. Mike Thompson said in his press release. (AP Photo)Â

Democrats are just getting started on their gun control wish list

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2019 5:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at the Major County Sheriffs and Major Cities Chiefs Association Joint Conference in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

13 Republicans help Democrats vote against Trump’s wall funding grab

Susan Ferrechio · February 26, 2019 11:30 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a closed-door GOP meeting.

McConnell unsure if Trump’s border emergency is legal after meeting with Pence

Susan Ferrechio · February 26, 2019 9:11 pm

Energy and Environment

McConnell vows vote on Green New Deal by August

Susan Ferrechio · February 26, 2019 8:54 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, speaks to reporters about the bipartisan compromise worked out last night by Leahy and others in hope of averting another government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.

Senate Democrats push to defund Trump’s ‘fake panel’ on climate change

Susan Ferrechio · February 26, 2019 5:08 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump at risk of losing Senate vote on border funding

Susan Ferrechio · February 26, 2019 2:48 am

Nancy Pelosi Joaquin Castro.

Democrats to vote against Trump’s border wall, then discuss it afterwards

Susan Ferrechio · February 25, 2019 7:39 pm