Susan Ferrechio

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Republicans told Obama he needs to develop a strategy for dealing with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which now occupies parts of Syria and Iraq and is threatening the stability of the whole region, including American allies such as Jordan. (AP Photo)

Senate Republicans call on Obama to send military advisers to Jordan

Susan Ferrechio · July 10, 2014 7:09 pm

A group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in Granjeno, Texas, in this June 25, 2014 photo. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Congress signals it will change law to speed up deportations of children

Susan Ferrechio · July 10, 2014 6:47 pm

Almost half of Obama's $3.7 billion request would go to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide aid to the illegal arrivals. (AP Photo)

Five reasons Obama may not get his border money

Susan Ferrechio · July 9, 2014 2:47 pm

Democrats and Republicans are fighting over how to fund highway repair projects this summer. (Thinkstock)

For Capitol Hill Democrats, ‘shutdown’ is the new ‘bailout’

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2014 12:50 pm

With the Key Bridge in the background, President Obama speaks about the economy and transportation, Tuesday at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Congress has just weeks to replenish expiring highway fund

Susan Ferrechio · July 7, 2014 9:00 am

If anyone doubted that politics makes strange bedfellows, consider this: In the battle to renew the Export-Import Bank, Senate Democrats are lining up behind the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, while many Republicans are in sympathy with Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the iconic foe of crony capitalism. (Illustration by Chris Henderson/Examiner)

The fight in Congress that has Democrats defending big business

Susan Ferrechio · July 3, 2014 1:15 pm

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Five problems a government inspection found with Obamacare subsidies

Susan Ferrechio · July 2, 2014 9:00 am

President Barack Obama, accompanied in the Rose Garden Monday by Vice President Joe Biden, said he's done waiting for House Republicans to act on immigration. He says he now plans to act on his own. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Five things Obama could do on immigration without Congress

Susan Ferrechio · July 1, 2014 9:00 am

Demonstrators gathered out the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, June 30th, 2014, to hear thecourt's decision on the Hobby Lobby case. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Republicans laud Hobby Lobby ruling while Democrats hint at legislation

Susan Ferrechio · June 30, 2014 1:02 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., cited a missing batch of IRS emails as part of the reason Holder should appoint an independent investigator to look into the IRS targeting.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top GOP lawmakers push Eric Holder to appoint IRS investigator

Susan Ferrechio · June 27, 2014 8:43 pm

IRS official Lois Lerner, left; U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, right. (AP photos)

Here’s the backstory behind Chuck Grassley and Lois Lerner

Susan Ferrechio · June 27, 2014 9:00 am

Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appeared before the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Nov. 12th, 2013. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Could a Supreme Court ruling invalidate consumer watchdog agency’s decisions?

Susan Ferrechio · June 27, 2014 2:22 am