Susan Ferrechio

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A national Tea Party group criticized former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor for taking a job on Wall Street. (AP Photo)

Tea Party taunts Eric Cantor over job

Susan Ferrechio · September 2, 2014 6:52 pm

Republican aides on Capitol Hill say there is no chance of a government shutdown this fall, pushing back against a common Democratic argument heading into the midterms. (AP Photo)

GOP aides: No chance of shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · September 2, 2014 5:49 pm

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is nearly 17 points behind Democrat Tom Wolf in the RCP polling average. (AP Photo)

In governors’ races, GOP struggles

Susan Ferrechio · September 2, 2014 9:02 am

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her staff apparently need a few lessons in geography and basic definitions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Nancy Pelosi wants Congress to debate next military moves on ISIS

Susan Ferrechio · August 29, 2014 11:00 pm

Obama authorized the DACA program though executive action in 2012. It allows many young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to avoid deportation and obtain work permits, as long as they meet certain requirements. (AP Photo)

Immigrants have ‘fraud loophole’: Lawmakers

Susan Ferrechio · August 29, 2014 5:59 pm

Sylvia "Cookie" Harris, right, wife of Rep. Andy Harris, died suddenly on Thursday, according to the congressman's office. (AP Photo)

Wife of Rep. Andy Harris dies suddenly

Susan Ferrechio · August 29, 2014 12:36 pm

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said she was never subjected to similar comments to those quoted by Kirsten Gillibrand when she took office as a House lawmaker at the age of 47, in 1987. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi says, unlike Gillibrand, she never endured sexist comments

Susan Ferrechio · August 28, 2014 6:25 pm

Voters leave a polling place on election day in Nashville, Tenn. (AP/Mark Humphrey)

No Republican wave in November election

Susan Ferrechio · August 28, 2014 9:00 am

Sen. Mary Landrieu, chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is an embattled Democrat fighting for re-election to a fourth term representing Louisiana, where the economy hinges on producing and refining oil and natural gas.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

Energy-state Democrats slam Obama plan for international climate change pact

Susan Ferrechio · August 27, 2014 10:36 pm

House Speaker John Boehner is the most unpopular leader in Congress, followed close behind by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, according to a new poll of likely voters. (AP Photo)

The least popular members of Congress? John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi

Susan Ferrechio · August 27, 2014 4:39 pm

Democrats set primary calendar that would help Hillary Clinton

Susan Ferrechio · August 27, 2014 9:00 am

Jeff Miller, the chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, is burrowed in his office, across the street from the Capitol, plotting the next several months of his aggressive strategy to get to the bottom of a national scandal that has enveloped the Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo)

Republican veterans chairman blasts Obama speech

Susan Ferrechio · August 26, 2014 7:21 pm