Susan Ferrechio

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GOP retreats on bill to block unprecedented ‘net neutrality’ regulations

Susan Ferrechio · February 24, 2015 11:47 pm

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National Security

Secret Service to test drones in DC

Susan Ferrechio · February 24, 2015 11:31 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Me., has written a new measure that would block Obama's November executive action benefiting millions of illegal immigrants.Â (Getty)

Senate Republicans propose ‘clean’ Homeland funding measure

Susan Ferrechio · February 24, 2015 8:41 pm

People sled together on the slope on the southwest grounds of the US Capitol after a winter storm, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 in Washington. US Capitol Police officers later told parents and kids that sledding was prohibited on the US Capitol grounds. Rules implemented after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks made sledding on the Capitol grounds off limits to residents who try to take advantage of snowy weather. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Norton: Allow sledding at the Capitol

Susan Ferrechio · February 24, 2015 5:02 pm

National Security

GOP uncouples immigration fight from Homeland funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 24, 2015 1:01 am

Some essential Homeland Security employees, like including airport screeners, would still have to report to work even if the department isn't funded. (Getty)

Democrats block fourth attempt to advance Homeland spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2015 11:26 pm

A month after President Obama introduced his ill-fated proposal to tax popular 529 college savings plans, the GOP-led House will vote on a bipartisan measure to expand the program. (AP Photo)

GOP moves to expand 529 college savings program

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2015 7:47 pm

With budget talks just beginning on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are starting to grapple with significant disagreements over whether to reverse billions of dollars in looming mandatory budget cuts known as the sequester. (iStock Photo)

GOP fight coming over spending caps

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2015 10:00 am

Though both houses of Congress are now controlled by Republicans,Â Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio,Â are at a standstill over provisions attached to a Homeland Security spending bill aimed at blocking President Obama's executive actions on immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP’s shutdown déja vu

Susan Ferrechio · February 22, 2015 10:00 am

U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, meets with Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the foreign ministry building in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Pelosi is leading a delegation of Democrats from her chamber on a visit to Cuba that her office said was aimed at further improving U.S. relations with the island nation. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

In Havana, House Democrats pledge not to ‘point fingers’ at Cuba’s human rights abuses

Susan Ferrechio · February 20, 2015 6:40 pm

Republicans aim to curb Obama’s monument designations

Susan Ferrechio · February 20, 2015 10:00 am

Senate Foreign Relations Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., presides over a hearing on Cuba on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rubio calls for passage of ‘clean’ Homeland Security funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 18, 2015 11:46 pm