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Susan Ferrechio

Susan Ferrechio has been writing about politics and national news for more than three decades, providing coverage through six presidents and eight House speakers. She writes about politics and other top national issues for The Washington Times. Her coverage includes Congress, the presidency, elections, and energy policy with an emphasis on stories ignored by other media.
She first joined The Washington Times in 1995 then moved to The Miami Herald, followed by Congressional Quarterly and The Washington Examiner, where she served as chief congressional correspondent and provided coverage for four presidential campaign cycles and countless congressional and senate races. She returned to The Washington Times in 2022 and serves as national politics correspondent. Susan has provided commentary for Fox News, MSNBC, NEWSMAX, ABC News, NewsNation, WMAL Radio, CSPAN and the McLaughlin Group.
She can be reached at sferrechio@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Susan Ferrechio

Jordan grasps for votes on 2nd ballot; frustrated House lawmakers push for temporary speaker

Republicans tried, but failed, to elect a new speaker Tuesday, leaving the House on the verge of a third week in limbo while frustrated lawmakers plot to cut a bipartisan deal or vote to authorize a temporary speaker to conduct legislative business.

October 17, 2023

Speaker McHenry? Desperate lawmakers weigh giving GOP backbencher power to run the House

Hours after Rep. Jim Jordan's failed bid to win the speaker's gavel on Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats are weighing a plan to give Rep. Patrick McHenry the power to serve temporarily as House speaker while the GOP grapples with a weeks-long stalemate over its leadership.

October 17, 2023

Jordan comes up short on the first vote for speaker

Republicans were on track to defeating Rep. Jim Jordan in his quest for the speaker's gavel, leaving the House grappling with a second week of paralysis.

October 17, 2023

Jim Jordan stares down GOP lawmakers in House speaker’s vote

The House is set to gavel in to elect a new speaker Tuesday as the Republican nominee, Rep. Jim Jordan, tried to convince GOP holdouts to save his bid for the gavel.

October 17, 2023

Jim Jordan scrambles to lock down support for Tuesday’s vote for House speaker

Rep. Jim Jordan gained significant momentum in his quest for the speaker's gavel but is still working to convince Republican holdouts to provide enough support to win in a floor vote Tuesday.

October 16, 2023

Jordan pledges to unite Republicans as he seeks votes for speaker

A day ahead of a critical floor vote, Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican nominee for speaker, promised to unite the conference and not simply govern as a hardline conservative.

October 16, 2023

House probe closes in on Biden trove of classified documents

House investigators Monday sought access to the trove of classified documents improperly taken and stored by President Biden, to determine if the sensitive material was used in connection with the Biden family's lucrative foreign business deals.

October 16, 2023

Jim Jordan chasing votes while the House adjourns for the weekend

House Republicans left the U.S. Capitol Friday without electing a new speaker after their second nominee in two days, Rep. Jim Jordan, fell short of the 217 votes needed to win the gavel in a floor vote.

October 13, 2023

Another House Republican enters the speaker race to challenge Jim Jordan

Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia jumped into the Republican race for speaker on Friday, offering a challenge to Rep. Jim Jordan in the latest twist to the infighting over who gets the gavel.

October 13, 2023

GOP nominates conservative firebrand Jim Jordan for speaker

Republicans nominated Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on Friday, a day after Majority Leader Steve Scalise abandoned the nomination when he could not garner enough support to survive a vote on the House floor.

October 13, 2023

Scalise drops out of House speaker’s race, leaving GOP in limbo over leadership

Majority Leader Steve Scalise's path to the House speaker's chair hit a brick wall Thursday, and he surprised rank-and-file Republicans by dropping out of contention after roughly 20 conservatives refused to support him.

October 12, 2023

Desperate Republicans consider all options in speaker stalemate, including Trump and Democrats

Majority Leader Steve Scalise's path to the House speaker's chair hit a brick wall Thursday as roughly 20 conservatives refused to support him, prompting Republicans to hit the panic button.

October 12, 2023

Republican stalemate over speaker’s gavel drags on, paralyzing House

A group of conservative holdouts dashed Republicans' plans to elect a new House Speaker on Wednesday, leaving the chamber paralyzed for a second week as lawmakers struggled to unite their conference behind a candidate.

October 11, 2023

House investigators cast doubt on Biden’s classified document timeline

House investigators say President Biden began dispatching staff to retrieve boxes of documents months before his administration disclosed to the National Archives the discovery of improperly held classified documents, starting the same day that the Justice Department subpoenaed former President Donald Trump over his stash of classified materials.

October 11, 2023