The Hill Articles: December 30, 2009

State AGs request Reid, Pelosi drop Nebraska Medicaid funds from health bill DNC commission recommends end to superdelegate system President’s first year has yielded few results in bipartisan political cooperation Perriello defends vote for House climate bill U.S. to take majority stake in GMAC DAY’S END ROUNDUP Tessera loses patent case at ITC White House releases 25,000 more visitor names Sen. Dorgan to GOP: ‘Knock it off’ on plane attack criticism Washington plans to hit China with tariffs on $2.8B in annual steel pipe exports Canada clears the way for PetroChina oil sands deal Sessions collected more than $24k in ’04 from Ponzi scheme-related firm Taliban pan Washington troop debate in year-end message Hoekstra: Obama ‘concedes I’m right’ on failed airplane bombing Hoekstra: Obama ‘concedes I’m right’ on failed airplane bombing Grassley: Dems will get their way during healthcare conference GOP seizes on failed bombing in fundraising pitch GM replaces top D.C. lobbyist Napolitano needs to go Greenpeace cites ‘failed’ Copenhagen climate summit in fundraising plea DCCC: Obama ‘more aggressive in fighting al Qaeda’ than Bush White House attacks GOP for pledging repeal Boehner: Obama should leave Gitmo open because of attack EPA explores land protection, climate change overlap The value of life Poll shows some unimpressed with tech’s advance Governors sign low-carbon accord A ‘new’ Wolf Blitzer returns to CNN MIDDAY ROUNDUP China kills an Englishman Sarkozy stumbles over French carbon plan Polis writes original poetry to reflect on 2009 Report: Traficant says ‘beam me up’ in 2010 ‘System’? What ‘system’? Poll: Clinton, Palin most admired women The lost decade Facebook, Twitter will face increased cyber attacks 9/11 trial to cost NYC well over $75 million Gingrich: On Islamic terrorism, it’s time to ‘discriminate’ and ‘profile’ for radicals Facebook, Twitter will face increased cyber attacks Polis tweets about his poems on 2009, 2010 Liberals put pressure Sanders, Feingold on public option in health reform Key Dem: U.S. ‘cannot afford’ to politicize security issues Apple blocks Dalai Lama apps in China The Big Question: Should a failed attack alter Gitmo’s closing? DeMint: Obama ‘downplayed terrorism’ MORNING READ After town hall threats, lawmakers still wait for answers from police Feinstein: Halt transfers to Yemen Obama says ‘systemic failure’ to blame for Detroit plane incident