Tag: Susan Ferrechio

McConnell ‘skeptical’ of tax plan to fund highway projects

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 9:17 pm

GOP leader: ‘You could hear from Congress’ on sanctuary cities

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 5:27 pm

But the debate shaping up in Congress is likely to yield legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that rejects more conservative language in favor of legislation that could end up passing with significant Democratic support. That means conservatives may end up either shooting down the final bill, or watching it pass over their objections.Â (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Conservatives likely to lose education reform battle in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 5:00 am

In this Feb. 12, 2015 photo, Yamarko Brown, age 12, works on math problems as part of a trial run of a new state assessment test at Annapolis Middle School in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

GOP tries to woo conservatives with tougher education reform bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 7, 2015 4:01 am

Opponents could still thwart looming trade deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 6, 2015 4:26 am

Supreme Court: Same-sex marriage a constitutional right

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2015 2:03 pm

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, holds his weekly news conference at the same time President Barack Obama appears on television to make a statement about the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare at the U.S. Capitol June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 decision that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal exchanges, a major victory for Democrats and Obama. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What next after GOP’s crushing O-care defeat?

Susan Ferrechio · June 26, 2015 4:01 am

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, left, and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., confer as the House Oversight Committee meets to hear from U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson about a security breach at the White House on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leadership reverses move to punish lawmaker

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2015 4:28 pm

The Mississippi flag hangs in the subway between the U.S. Capitol and Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

House dodges vote to remove Mississippi flag from U.S. Capitol

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2015 3:39 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, R-OH, speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 10. 2015, following a House Caucus meeting. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Boehner: We’ll keep trying to repeal Obamacare

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2015 3:30 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said that the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision upholding Obamacare subsidies should signal to the GOP that "it is long past time" for them to stop trying to repeal the law. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Pelosi to GOP: Time to give up Obamacare repeal efforts

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2015 3:11 pm

Rep. Ken Buck will remain president of the GOP freshman class despite a move by a leadership-endorsed member to oust him. (Congressional photo)

Move to oust GOP freshmen class president fails

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2015 3:11 pm