Susan Ferrechio

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Vice President Mike Pence is becoming a fixture on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Pence: Trump’s chief mediator and translator

Susan Ferrechio · January 5, 2017 5:01 am

Senators began debating the repeal measure Wednesday as Vice President-elect Mike Pence met privately with GOP lawmakers to discuss Obamacare's elimination and its eventual replacement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate sets historic Obamacare repeal vote for next week

Susan Ferrechio · January 4, 2017 9:42 pm

"We'll be looking at the facts and the information," Pence told reporters. "Given some of the intelligence failures in recent years, the president-elect made it clear he is skeptical of the conclusions." (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

National Security

Pence: Trump has ‘healthy skepticism’ of Russian hacking reports

Susan Ferrechio · January 4, 2017 4:41 pm

Trump plans executive orders to dismantle Obamacare

Susan Ferrechio, Paige Winfield · January 4, 2017 3:33 pm

House lawmakers opened the 115th Congress with unanimous approval to end the the Veterans Administration practice of scrubbing black marks from employee files. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

House votes to end VA scrubbing of employee records

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 11:01 pm

The June protest was led by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a civil rights icon who was arrested dozens of times in the 1960s while demonstrating against racial inequality. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Payback: House GOP votes to fine lawmakers for floor protests

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 10:24 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. holds the gavel after being re-elected to his leadership position. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan: ‘Full speed’ ahead to pass GOP agenda

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 8:00 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan is sworn in after being re-elected as speaker of the House earning the vote of all but one House Republican. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Paul Ryan easily wins first full term as House speaker

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 6:39 pm

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, said that regulatory moves by the Obama administration "breeds thousands of regulations that further enrich the connected and powerful, sometimes at the great expense of the average American." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

GOP retreats from ethics changes

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 4:54 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., appears more eager to bridge the longstanding gap between the GOP leadership and the House Freedom Caucus, and even the most conservative lawmakers say that's not such a bad thing. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Rep. Mark Meadows will preside over a more cooperative wing of conservative rebels

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 5:01 am

A measure defanging the Office of Congressional Ethics, authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, will now be included in the House Rules package. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP votes to defang outside ethics panel

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 2:03 am

The combination of a Republican White House and Congress opens up a world of possibilities for the GOP to advance priorities that were stalled for the last eight years under Obama. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Six predictions for the 115th Congress

Susan Ferrechio · December 27, 2016 5:01 am