The Hill Articles: May 22, 2009

Obama backers plan grassroots healthcare action Lawmakers taking healthcare message war home The Incredible Shrinking Speaker: Nancy Pelosi Dodges the Tough Questions — Then Hops a Plane … Again DAY’S END ROUNDUP RNC chair: Media didn’t vet Obama because of race Attention to airline safety and investment is long overdue (Rep. Russ Carnahan) Norquist: Cheney winning the interrogation debate Obama comes to Dodd’s aid Obama praises Dodd at credit card signing ceremony Polycarbonate bottles increase the chemical BPA in body Optimism among black voters grows in Obama era Torture May Just Be the Answer President Obama Says We Should Wash Our Hands TOP TWEETS Second Amendment Rights on National Park Land (Rep. Rob Bishop) Schoolchildren turned away from White House The John Murtha Airport (Rep. John Campbell) National Association of Registered Agents & Brokers Reform Act (Rep. Randy Neugebauer) Steele reminisces about college days Gingrich loves…hot dogs? 2012 Watch: Barbour to N.H. Nevada Governor’s Domestic Partner Bill Veto Isn’t Conservative Transportation Job Corps Act Would Help Economy Recover (Rep. Jerrold Nadler) Recognizing Same-Sex Unions in Nevada: Far From Radical America’s Students, Families and Taxpayers Need Major College Loan Reforms (Rep. George Miller) House Dems propose huge changes to drilling program MIDDAY ROUNDUP Ridge disagrees with Cheney Homeowners’ Defense Act Will Reduce Insurance Costs (Rep. Ron Klein) Feinstein says Gov. run very unlikely Hoyer: No Democratic K Street Project Who does Cheney really have a beef with? Watts nixes return to politics Pelosi Stands Her Ground An Undiagnosed Disease Registry is Long Overdue (Rep. John Carter) I Stand with the Speaker and Against Guantánamo At Naval Academy, Obama defense continues Pelosi avoids questions on CIA controversy Pelosi changes the subject, refuses CIA questions U.S. – U.A.E. Agreement is a “Missed Opportunity” (Rep. Brad Sherman) Obama Giving Oxygen to Cheney’s Fire Wyden hits back at unions in healthcare fight Conservative activists call for Pelosi to step down McCain back to alma mater VIDEO: RNC releases ‘Daisy’ web ad on Gitmo Jim Mills’s Congressional Week in Review U.S. Prison Is Exactly Where They Belong MORNING READ Drudge Report Huffington Post The Foundry DailyKos HotAir Matthew Yglesias RedState MyDD Obama lends Reid a helping hand Powerline OpenLeft Senate passes $91B military supplemental