Susan Ferrechio

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National Security

House defeats anti-snooping amendment

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

In a letter to Internal Revenue Service acting head Daniel Werfel, Issa and Camp asked for information about employees who were fired or placed on leave in the wake of the targeting matter (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Lawmakers say IRS is withholding documents as they demand new info on employee bonuses, paid leave

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - This May 18, 2013, file photo, Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention in Sandy, Utah. . Lee says he won't support the current immigration bill in the Senate. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Lee says the bill isn't tough enough on people who've violated immigration laws. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mike Lee pushing to block stopgap federal spending bill unless Obamacare funding is eliminated

Susan Ferrechio · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Anthony Weiner admits sending extramarital texts after his resignation from Congress over sexting scandal

Susan Ferrechio · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Effort to unseat Mitch McConnell looks to outside groups for a Rand Paul repeat

Susan Ferrechio · July 22, 2013 4:00 am

Liz Cheney shares her famous father's neoconservative militancy, but apparently lacks the fly-fisherman's patience. (Cliff Owen/AP)

Political Buzz: Liz Cheney challenges Mike Enzi in primary; Anthony Weiner worries Eliot Spitzer is a drag

Susan Ferrechio · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., believes the IRS targeting stemmed from poor management exacerbated by a flood of tax-exemption applications from groups that wanted to get involved politically after a Supreme Court decision cleared the way for them to do so. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Elijah Cummings: The man who’s supposed to keep Darrell Issa in check

Susan Ferrechio · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Darrell Issa is plowing ahead as the top watchdog in Congress, overseeing a Democratic administration and its agencies, and he's got the enthusiastic encouragement of top GOP leaders to keep digging for dirt. (Photo by Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

The Watchdog: Rep. Darrell Issa takes on the IRS

Susan Ferrechio · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is set for a showdown Tuesday over Republicansâ use of the filibuster to block presidential nominees. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The week ahead: Senate faces filibuster showdown, House to vote on delaying Obamacare’s individual mandate

Susan Ferrechio · July 15, 2013 4:00 am

Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes speaks with reporters about her decision to challenge U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell during a press conference in Frankfort, Ky., on Monday, July 1, 2013. Grimes criticized McConnell as an obstructionist in Washington. (AP Photo/Roger Alford)

Move to oust Mitch McConnell off to rocky start

Susan Ferrechio · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., right, is working on an immigration bill for the House. (AP File)

GOP’s Mario Diaz-Balart labors to produce an immigration bill in House

Susan Ferrechio · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled privately to President Obama that he may change Senate rules this month so it would take only 51 votes â instead of the current 60 â to approve judicial and executive branch nominees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid ready to ‘go nuclear’ if GOP blocks Obama nominees

Susan Ferrechio · July 12, 2013 4:00 am