Susan Ferrechio

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Senate reaches bipartisan deal on spending and debt that leaves Obamacare intact

Susan Ferrechio · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, failed to push through a hastily-drafted plan to end the partial government shutdown and raise the nation's debt ceiling ahead of a Thursday deadline. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

House postpones vote on GOP plan to end shutdown, raise debt limit

Susan Ferrechio, Sean Lengell · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, with House GOP leaders, speaks with reporters following a Republican strategy session at the Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans preparing revised plan

Susan Ferrechio · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Low clouds and fog roll across Washington at sunrise Tuesday as Congress continues to negotiate their way free from the budget standoff that has shutdown many parts of the U.S. government for 15 days. (AP/J. David Ake)

House GOP nixes Senate debt plan, offers own 11th hour proposal

Susan Ferrechio · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

House Republican leaders have have altered a Senate plan to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government that they may vote on it as easy as today, but a tepid reception from their conservative faction has created uncertainty just days before an Oct. 17 deadline to raise the nation's borrowing limit. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

House tweaks Senate debt ceiling plan, Democrats vow to reject it

Susan Ferrechio · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker said Republicans and Democrats could have an agreement to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling by Tuesday afternoon. He said some of the details needed to be finalized, but the basic outline of a deal is set.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate closing in on deal to open government and raise debt ceiling

Susan Ferrechio · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Budget Control Act now front and center in fight to open government, raise debt limit

Susan Ferrechio · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Fate of Senate deal will rest with undecided House Republicans

Susan Ferrechio · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Republicans plan to work "throughout the night" to cobble together a deal with Democrats to raise the nation's borrowing limit and fund the shuttered federal government, but they will likely have to agree to reopen the government as part of the compromise thanks to Senate Republicans. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans will have to include deal to reopen government

Susan Ferrechio · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Thunder on the Right: The gang of conservatives who forced John Boehner’s hand on the shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California is among a dozen or so House Republicans who have been openly critical of their conservative counterparts' efforts to block a government funding bill unless it limits or delays Obamacare.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

GOP moderates fear voter backlash over government shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

With debt limit approaching, GOP shifts focus from Obamacare defunding to winning spending reforms

Susan Ferrechio · October 10, 2013 4:00 am