Susan Ferrechio

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Barrasso said Obama's decision to block coal mining leases on federal land for the next three years is essentially an attack on rural America, which relies on coal for both jobs and energy. (AP File Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

GOP moves to block Obama’s ban on coal leases

Susan Ferrechio · January 21, 2016 5:01 am

Dems block bill to increase refugee screening

Susan Ferrechio · January 20, 2016 8:07 pm

Reid: Economy ‘doing pretty good’ despite market plunge

Susan Ferrechio · January 20, 2016 5:38 pm

Senate Dems plan to kill bipartisan refugee bill

Susan Ferrechio · January 20, 2016 5:01 am

Wilhelmina Wright was cleared by the Senate for U.S. District Judge for the District of Minnesota. (Wikimedia/Creative Commons)

Senate okays Obama judge over conservative objections

Susan Ferrechio · January 19, 2016 11:22 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., predicted victory in the upcoming Supreme Court case on immigration.

Pelosi, Reid ‘confident’ Supreme Court will save immigration actions

Susan Ferrechio · January 19, 2016 5:06 pm

Members: Ryan crushed it at the GOP retreat

Susan Ferrechio · January 18, 2016 5:01 am

"Americans are very anxious right now, and rightfully so," said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Terror threat pressures GOP to pass war authority

Susan Ferrechio · January 17, 2016 5:01 am

National Security

National security tops House GOP’s five-point agenda

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2016 6:38 pm

Ryan on Friday condemned the Obama administration's move to ban coal mining leases on public land. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ryan: Obama wants to keep energy ‘in the ground’

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2016 4:23 pm

Paul Ryan, R-Wis., briefed reporters alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the GOP annual retreat, where lawmakers plotted their 2016 legislative agenda. (AP Photo)

Ryan pledges to support a Trump or Cruz nomination

Susan Ferrechio · January 14, 2016 8:17 pm

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said more than half of all House-passed bills never came up in the Senate last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP wants Dem support for changing Senate rules

Susan Ferrechio · January 14, 2016 6:19 pm