Susan Ferrechio

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National Security

Data breach prompts Senate vote on cybersecurity

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 7:44 pm

Katherine Archuleta, director of the Office of Personnel Management, participates in a discussion at the Women Veterans Career Development Forum at Women in Military Service for America Memorial on November 10, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for BPW Foundation)

OPM to brief Intel panel on data breach

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:59 pm

"The bill before us is designed to write an end run around sequestration for the Department of Defense by exploiting a provision that exempts spending caps," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday. (AP File Photo)

Reid calls on GOP to strike deal to lift spending caps

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:24 pm

"If you've got the yahoos at the White House who review every document â¦ this is the heart of the backlog," said Rep. Chaffetz.Â

Internet tax bill highlights brewing battle over online sales taxes

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

House Republican leaders could face a showdown with their conservative faction this month when they attempt to revive the controversial Student Success Act, a bill that would rewrite the unpopular No Child Left Behind education law. (iStock)

House fight looms over need to rewrite No Child Left Behind

Susan Ferrechio · June 8, 2015 4:01 am

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. answers a question during a House GOP leadership news conference, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

National Security

House to Obama: We passed cybersecurity

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2015 9:39 pm

The entrance to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters is shown June 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. U.S. investigators have said that at least four million current and former federal employees might have had their personal information stolen by Chinese hackers. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

National Security

House staff spared from data breach

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2015 8:35 pm

A video image of Blumenthal in 1999. He is scheduled for a June 16th deposition before the House Benghazi Committee. (AP Photo)

House Benghazi panel to interview Sid Blumenthal on June 16

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2015 7:30 pm

"The bill before us is designed to write an end run around sequestration for the Department of Defense by exploiting a provision that exempts spending caps," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday. (AP File Photo)

Dems threaten to block defense bill over sequester

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2015 4:01 am

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has criticized lawmakers who support the fast-track trade bill. (Getty Image)

Democrats fed up with union arm twisting on trade bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 4, 2015 4:01 am

Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are the chief sponsors of a new bill, which comes in response to the Obama administration's decision to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba and remove them from a terrorism watch list.

Rubio, Cotton move to block financial transactions with Castro regime

Susan Ferrechio · June 3, 2015 5:55 pm

The White House urged the Senate to make sure recently expired key provisions of the Patriot Act are not immobile for long. (AP Photo)

National Security

Senate bucks McConnell, passes House spy bill 67-32

Susan Ferrechio · June 3, 2015 1:39 am