Susan Ferrechio

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he believes the women who accused Alabama Senate GOP candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct. McConnell says Moore should step aside from the Alabama Senate race. (Ap Photos)

McConnell: Roy Moore should ‘step aside’ after sexual assault allegations

Susan Ferrechio · November 13, 2017 4:54 pm

The Judiciary Committee has added a provision that would require intelligence agencies "to keep records of queries" and would require the government to "officially retain unmasking requests" so Congress can monitor them, among other related changes.

Congress takes up ‘unmasking’

Susan Ferrechio · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

From left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak at a news conference as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Next week: House, Senate move on tax reform

Susan Ferrechio · November 11, 2017 2:00 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says if allegations of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore pursuing 14-year-old are true, "he must step aside." (Al Drago/Bloomberg)

Mitch McConnell: If allegations against Roy Moore are true, ‘he must step aside’

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 7:16 pm

Republican senators, including Sen. David Perdue of Georgia (pictured), met Thursday to talk in a closed door meeting about the proposed tax plan, which faced immediate criticism for its proposal to slow down the corporate rate cut even before details were formally made public.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate Republicans balk at corporate tax cut delay

Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 6:58 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., leads a faction of more than three dozen conservatives whose support for a final tax bill will be critical for passage in the House. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Top House conservative rejects Senate plan to phase in corporate tax cut

Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 5:20 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Republicans have not yet decided how to move forward yet with the DACA program, which President Trump terminated in the face of legal challenges. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan: No ‘Dreamers’ language in spending deal

Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 5:12 pm

House Republicans, such as Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., are under pressure to pass a complicated tax reform bill by year's end. Some, like Cole, believe if the legislation isn't pushed through, it could spell defeat for Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP election rout haunts tax reform push

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 5:01 am

Corker, who is not running for re-election, said the hearing is part of the Senate's examination of war powers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bob Corker-led panel to hold hearing on president’s authority to use nukes

Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2017 12:50 am

"We are going to walk through the bill with the Republican conference at 11:30 tomorrow morning, so it will be out there," Cornyn said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans plan to roll out tax plan Thursday morning

Susan Ferrechio · November 8, 2017 8:46 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to reporters as she arrives at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats introduce major gun ban bill

Susan Ferrechio · November 8, 2017 6:21 pm

Senate Democrats are just three seats from retaking the majority, but the climb is much steeper in the House, where Democrats would have to win 24 seats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats predict wave election in 2018 after Virginia, New Jersey victories

Susan Ferrechio · November 8, 2017 4:48 pm