The Hill Articles: October 16, 2007

GOP candidates bail on RNC fundraising dinner Tsongas declared winner of Mass. special election Iowa GOP sets Jan. 3 caucus Senate money flows in GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping Lobbyists leveraging SCHIP bill Sens. edge toward deal on farm bill Jones’s anti-war position may cost him Armed Services post Weyant’s world: October 16, 2007 Republicans bring brawl to Washington this week McCain, Lantos draft Burma-crackdown legislation Recovering from stroke, Johnson pushes earmarks Bottom line Rep.-turned-lobbyist Bentsen copes with spending rules he once advocated Conference talks to see tug-of-war over JCA White House, Congress may find rare agreement on energy bill CRS memo feeds into Rep. Young’s transportation earmark controversy Tuesday’s Massachusetts special election a test case for GOP in 2008 Halloween vote for Craig Don’t create Internet-tax monster Just Asking: Top 10 Things I (Sometimes) Think About Budget Impasse Looming without Cuts to Wasteful Spending (Rep. Scott Garrett) House-approved legislation punishes U.S. ally Ethiopia Citizen Gore Liberty at a loss Security contracting in Iraq likely to thrive despite Blackwater probe Securing the network of the future The digital revolution must be televised nationwide Auction the spectrum’s ‘white spaces’ Universal Service Fund necessary for rural connectivity Smackdown in Statuary Hall Who is the best-looking presidential candidate, regardless of political party? Jefferson’s new press aide to deflect hard question of $90K in the freezer Intern of the week: She’s brilliant! House panel targets Yahoo Pearce to run for N.M. Senate House Votes for Kids’ Vision Care (Rep. Gene Green) Hillary Not the Strongest Candidate Democrats split on genocide resolution Clinton proposes to extend Family Medical Leave Act Shield Law Will Enhance News Reporting (Rep. Howard Coble) Analysis of Healthcare Data Would Improve Quality and Affordability (Sen. Judd Gregg) Colorado Rockies Are Not Done Playing Yet (Sen. Wayne Allard) ICYMI Dem Tax Proposal Bad and Unfair RNC expects to pull in $5 million Tuesday night Amendments to Internet Tax Freedom Act Accomplish Three Major Goals Romney: Taxes “Not Fair” Winging It Deficit Politics Privatized Part D Means $3.9 Billion in Taxes (Rep. Paul Hodes) We Must Continue to Make Veteran Benefits First-Rate (Rep. Bob Filner) President’s Budget Reductions Will Produce Stalemate If It’s Genocide, Then Call it Genocide The Return of the Hangman’s Noose: A Pathetic New Chapter in our Young History