Tag: Susan Ferrechio

Time is running out for the GOP to use an expedited process to repeal the methane rule. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

GOP split could prevent Senate vote to repeal Obama’s methane rule

Susan Ferrechio · May 7, 2017 4:01 am

Even more worrisome for the GOP, the House bill faces considerable skepticism from Republican senators, which could make it difficult to include House provisions in the Senate bill.

Healthcare bill anything but a sure thing in the Senate

Susan Ferrechio · May 6, 2017 4:01 am

The panel is made up mostly of the chairmen and members of the three committees that have jurisdiction over healthcare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Secretive Senate healthcare working group includes no women

Susan Ferrechio · May 5, 2017 7:37 pm

Webster said he was unable to vote for the GOP plan because it would hurt Florida's allocation of Medicaid-funded nursing home beds. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

How nursing home beds moved one Republican from ‘no’ to ‘yes’ on healthcare

Susan Ferrechio · May 4, 2017 10:00 pm

Senate Republicans will write their own legislation that will attempt to incorporate elements of the House bill, but won't use it as a starting point. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate won’t vote on House-passed healthcare bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 4, 2017 6:59 pm

The bill's exit from Congress heralds the beginning of the fiscal 2018 spending negotiations, which must be completed by Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate clears long-term spending deal for Trump’s signature

Susan Ferrechio · May 4, 2017 6:01 pm

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Republicans are rushing to pass the legislation without determining how new changes to the bill would affect the cost. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democrats recoil at plan to vote on Obamacare repeal

Susan Ferrechio · May 4, 2017 1:54 am

The opposition from Republicans reflects anger over how the bill was negotiated, which resulted in a final product that didn't include money for President Trump's border wall, and included funding for other Democratic priorities. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

103 Republicans defect from Ryan, Trump as House passes $1.2 trillion spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 3, 2017 8:22 pm

"It's a joke," Pelosi, D- Calif., said a news conference condemning the GOP's American Health Care Act, which could receive a vote by this weekend. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pelosi: Upton’s healthcare amendment is ‘a joke’

Susan Ferrechio · May 3, 2017 4:40 pm

The Democrat accused Republicans of seeking to "cut funding for medical research and take away health insurance for millions of Americans." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Durbin uses heart procedure to warn against Obamacare repeal

Susan Ferrechio · May 2, 2017 8:16 pm

"I think retrieval of his iPhone would be a good thing, and only staff-approved tweets after that," Sen Bob Corker said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bob Corker after Trump tweet: Take away his iPhone

Susan Ferrechio · May 2, 2017 7:38 pm

McConnell said the 60-vote rule has been a longstanding tradition in the Senate and there is no will to change it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitch McConnell: Trump tweet won’t prompt filibuster change

Susan Ferrechio · May 2, 2017 6:47 pm