The Hill Articles: April 9, 2009

Obama requests $83.4B for war effort Pentagon postpones Florida carrier move DAY’S END ROUNDUP Rep. Bachus: 17 House members are socialists First lady’s organic garden concerns chemical firms Tapper makes an exception for Johnny Depp ‘Too Busy to Comment’ Michelle Says She Is Proud of Her Country — But Is Her Husband? Obama monitoring pirate situation Moran grabs lead in Va. Gov. primary Carville, American Idol, and Clinton’s debt VIDEO: Feinstein will not pursue assault weapons ban for now Are We All Still Georgians? Cox not a fan of NOM Larson, Dodd go to mat for F-22 DeMint making the tea-party rounds Pompeo to run for Tiahrt’s seat Kerry calls for pirate hearings as drama continues Mmm…tasty End seen to economic ‘free-fall’ Gingrich blasts EFCA in radio spot backed by business group Summers on rethinking 1990s: ‘The world has changed’ Kerry calls for pirate hearings as drama continues The Fight Over Weapons Cuts is about to get Ugly TOP TWEETS Conway to run against Bunning Bailout protestors crash Summers interview VIDEO: Jeb Bush: Stop blaming everything on the previous administration VIDEO: Sanford defends stimulus stance Republican leads, but N.Y.-20 race far from over Geithner absorbed bad publicity for Obama Sen. Lincoln raises $1.7M with Biden’s help Lawmakers Fail To Make The Grade Kurtz calls out White House’s Passover faux pas Spain Can Teach Us a Lesson (Rep. Michele Bachmann) Dodd no fan of Gates budget Kirk ‘holding the line’ Santorum blasts Obama for ‘disdain’ toward U.S. values Congressional Visit to Iraq, Part II (Rep. Jared Polis) MIDDAY ROUNDUP Sestak: Gates policy would’ve prevented pirates CBO: Ethanol production hiked food prices Obama urges Americans to refinance homes Patterson won’t run for Mich. gov., opening field for Hoekstra Visclosky: no for-profit earmarks Markey pulls in $340K Rep. Darrell Issa’s no anarchist Report: Smith to seek Martinez seat Santorum: Obama’s ‘antipathy’ towards America Fed offers mixed economic outlook Wis. state sen. proposes nixing lt. gov. and sec. of state posts Peace group gives Obama, Biden mixed marks for 2008 votes Pirate update: FBI is now involved in negotiations Vermont’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision: Bought and Paid Law and Odor Thanks to FamousDC … we think Stevens files for 2014; aide claims technicality Paulsen gains some positive press, incentivizing tweets Third Dem jumps into race for Tenn. Gov. Slim majority favors capitalism Maersk wants to negotiate captain release without Navy Ros-Lehtinen’s tweets vanish into the ether Jesse Jackson Jr. confirms ethics probe MORNING READ Huffington Post Drudge Report The Daily Beast RedState MyDD Townhall ThinkProgress Hot Air Open Left Powerline