The Hill Articles: July 17, 2009

House ethics committee opens 15 new cases Young yanks support from raided firm Surgeons endorse House healthcare bill DAY’S END ROUNDUP Obama: Health reform will happen this year Obama to hold prime time presser Wednesday Obama to hold prime time presser Wednesday Grassley on Obama speech: ‘What a waste of time’ Grassley on Obama speech: ‘What a waste of time’ Intel Committee to investivate CIA program House panel will investigate whether CIA lied to Congress Defiant Obama ‘absolutely convinved’ of health bill this year The Big Question, July 17: Are the Democrats’ healthcare proposals worth the big price tag? Senators discuss removing card-check provision TOP TWEETS Plurality view Pelosi negatively: Gallup OBAMA: Courting lawmakers at White House House leaders cheer healthcare progress amid infighting Senate centrists tell leaders to take their time on healthcare THE BIG QUESTION, July 17: Rep. Glenn Thompson Bullying Sotomayor Doctors encouraged to stand up to the AMA (Rep. Charles Boustany) Freshman Dems oppose Pelosi’s tax increase Rep. Paul doesn’t plan to see ‘Bruno’ despite cameo Snowe to support Sotomayor America needs a national manufacturing policy. Now. (Sen. Sherrod Brown) Palin promises political incorrectness McConnell will vote against Sotomayor Summers: Stimulus will hit peak at end of 2010 America Needs a National Manufacturing Policy. Now. (Sen. Sherrod Brown) Auto-tune mastermind speaks to C-SPAN Senator quashes Treasury’s bid for humorist Bend it Like Barry MIDDAY ROUNDUP Congressman wants Geithner to testify in BofA-Merrill probe Reid endorses Gillibrand Specter and Lugar to back Sotomayor Poll: Ayotte neck and neck with Hodes in N.H. Clean energy action will jump start our economy (Sen. Barbara Boxer) Specter to back Sotomayor Specter to woo netroots crowd? Why did the Obama Administration shush dissent at EPA? (Rep. Joe Barton) Nelson: CBO analysis ‘devastating’ to health reform; slams House bill as ‘class warfare’ The Sotomayor Hearingzzzz House committees advance healthcare overhaul Grassley sends WSJ some love A Heavy Hand on Our Cell Phones Hidden within ObamaCare, an abortion mandate (Rep. Joe Pitts) Another C St. roomie accused of affair Sotomayor represents judicial activism (Rep. Todd Akin) Summers: Economy has ‘walked back’ from ‘brink of catastrophe’ If we are going to recover from this recession, small business will lead the way (Rep. Erik Paulsen) Health care plan: raising taxes to pay for Washington spending (Rep. Steve King) Ways and Means moves health bill — with some defections Bo Obama pens NYT op-ed, sort of Ed-Labor pulls an all-nighter U.S. should invest in a strong missile defense system (Rep. Bill Shuster) Law makers who create government-run health care should use it themselves (Rep. Jeff Miller) The transparency of picking winners and losers (Rep. Mike Coffman) Clinton: We’re moving at a ‘breakneck speed’ Lugar to confirm Sotomayor, and White House trumpets Lugar to confirm Sotomayor, and White House trumpets GOP attacks Rep. Obey on stimulus Every State a Free State Senate extends hate-crime protections What Gov. Palin forgot (Sen. John Kerry) Drudge Report Huffington Post Daily Beast Hot Air Ezra Klein The Corner The Plank Power Line Daily Kos Red State MORNING READ