WMAL Interview - SUSAN FERRECHIO - 01.12.17

INTERVIEW – SUSAN FERRECHIO – Washington Examiner’s chief Congressional correspondent

Tillerson hearing recap
What’s happening today for confirmation hearings: Mattis, Carson, Pompeo
Thursday, January 12 Trump Cabinet Hearings:

James Mattis, Defense Secretary: 9:30 a.m. Eastern (Senate Armed Services Committee)
Ben Carson, HUD Secretary: 10:00 a.m. Eastern (Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee) Mike Pompeo, Director of CIA: 10 a.m. Eastern (Senate Intelligence Committee)

Senate Sets the Stage for Obamacare Repeal. Washington (CNN) Senate Republicans launched their effort to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law early Thursday morning, approving a budget blueprint that they’ve dubbed the Obamacare “repeal resolution.” The Senate voted 51-48 along party lines for the measure, which relies on the same budget process used seven years ago to approve the landmark healthcare law to now attempt to dismantle it.