Tag: Susan Ferrechio

"It's probably more tension than I've seen in a long time," Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby said. (Getty Images)

Top GOP lawmaker: ‘More tension’ in Senate ‘than I’ve ever seen’

Susan Ferrechio · July 31, 2015 7:21 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, arrives at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 30, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Senate passes multiyear highway funding bill 65-34

Susan Ferrechio · July 30, 2015 4:53 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks at a press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Pelosi calls Obama’s Iran deal ‘a diplomatic masterpiece’

Susan Ferrechio · July 30, 2015 4:07 pm

Â A 14-passenger Citylink bus travels down Highway 95 on the Coeur d' Alene Indian Reservation, December 15, 2005 north of Tensed, Idaho. (Photo by Jeff T. Green/Getty Images)

House approves short-term highway funding deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2015 10:05 pm

Boehner quashes revolt

Boehner quashes revolt

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2015 8:52 pm

The savings would come by eliminating the need for the Treasury to spend more on printing money than the actual value of the dollar. (Flickr)

Top Republicans introduce bill to replace dollar with a coin

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2015 5:34 pm

In this May 7, 2015 photo, Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., speaks during a My Brother's Keeper town hall at the School of the Future in Philadelphia. Fattah, an 11-term Democrat from Philadelphia, was indicted Wednesday, July 29, 2015, on charges that he misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal, charitable and campaign funds. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Longtime House Democrat charged with racketeering, accepting bribes

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2015 5:02 pm

McConnell said "it's our plan" to hold a vote on a measure to stop federal funding of Planned Parenthood before the chamber adjourns for the summer on Aug. 7. Boehner wants a trio of committees to investigate the group, which will happen in September at the earliest. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican leaders plot a careful course on Planned Parenthood

Susan Ferrechio · July 29, 2015 4:01 am

Meadows introduced a resolution "Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives vacant." (AP File Photo)

Punished conservative moves to oust Boehner

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 11:33 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks away after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Senate accepts House highway bill, keeping Ex-Im Bank dead through August

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 7:29 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., conducts a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Senate plans vote to defund Planned Parenthood before August break

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 5:55 pm

Gathering before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 25, 2015, from left, Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senators slam House for hitting the road to dodge the Senate’s highway bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 5:32 pm