Susan Ferrechio

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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, speaks at a press conference following a Senate Democratic policy meeting, Wednesday, July 8. 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Harry Reid praises trademark ruling against the Washington Redskins

Susan Ferrechio · July 9, 2015 4:05 pm

Education Secretary Arne Duncan visits with young students.Â The House late Wednesday passed a legislative rewrite of the unpopular "No Child Left Behind" law.Â (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

With ‘opt out’ provision, House passes ‘No Child’ rewrite

Susan Ferrechio · July 9, 2015 12:16 pm

John Cornyn first beganÂ pushingÂ for a special counsel in September, when news of the deepening FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's emails was still fresh on the public's mind. (AP Photo)

Export-Import Bank could come back to life in highway bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 9:46 pm

McConnell ‘skeptical’ of tax plan to fund highway projects

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 9:17 pm

GOP leader: ‘You could hear from Congress’ on sanctuary cities

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 5:27 pm

But the debate shaping up in Congress is likely to yield legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that rejects more conservative language in favor of legislation that could end up passing with significant Democratic support. That means conservatives may end up either shooting down the final bill, or watching it pass over their objections.Â (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Conservatives likely to lose education reform battle in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 5:00 am

In this Feb. 12, 2015 photo, Yamarko Brown, age 12, works on math problems as part of a trial run of a new state assessment test at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

GOP tries to woo conservatives with tougher education reform bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 7, 2015 4:01 am

Opponents could still thwart looming trade deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 6, 2015 4:26 am

Supreme Court: Same-sex marriage a constitutional right

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2015 2:03 pm

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, holds his weekly news conference at the same time President Barack Obama appears on television to make a statement about the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare at the U.S. Capitol June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 decision that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal exchanges, a major victory for Democrats and Obama. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What next after GOP’s crushing O-care defeat?

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2015 4:01 am

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, left, and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., confer as the House Oversight Committee meets to hear from U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson about a security breach at the White House on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leadership reverses move to punish lawmaker

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2015 4:28 pm

The Mississippi flag hangs in the subway between the U.S. Capitol and Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

House dodges vote to remove Mississippi flag from U.S. Capitol

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2015 3:39 pm