The Hill Articles: April 9, 2010

Dems add a target in southern Florida with Garcia’s entry Clueless in Washington (Dan Varroney) Justices Thomas and Breyer to testify on SCOTUS budget Thursday Picking replacement for Stevens to test Obama’s commitment to liberal base Biden made money selling cheesesteaks during law school Black Caucus chairwoman urges diversity in court pick Ellsworth tops $1 million after first quarter Crist fundraising falls off T. Boone Pickens heads to Capitol Hill for energy tax hearing Jindal teases RNC staffers: ‘Avoid Bourbon Street’ Steve King fails to represent decency of Iowans Finance holds another meeting on bank tax T. Boone Pickens to testify on incentives at Ways and Means energy hearing DAY’S END ROUND UP Friday tech roundup: Cyberdissidence and cyberbullying Massey responds to safety questions Specter: ‘Put aside partisanship’ for confirmation battle Do you want to make history? (Rep. Alan Grayson) Funny letter: Obamas share a laugh in the West Wing Palin, Jindal balk at Gingrich’s ‘Party of Yes’ idea for GOP Environmentalists praise Stevens, the author of landmark climate case Stabenow ‘pretty confident’ Senate will approve unemployment benefits extension Jindal makes light of RNC scandal FCC partners with UK firm to measure fixed-line broadband connections New wrinkle in Caribbean rum tax battle Tea Party forms new group to hit back at critics Obama wants court pick confirmed by October session Obama wants court pick confirmed before next term begins Climate hearing gives members first chance to question coal safety laws after deadly blast Palin repeats: ‘Don’t retreat. Reload’ Palin fires back at Obama on nukes Nelson presses Gates on whether drilling plan would harm military training Pelosi praises Stupak on healthcare, no mention of abortion 31 state GOP chairmen back Steele Stupak: Threats didn’t make me retire Justice Stevens to retire ‘in the best interests’ of the Supreme Court OMB still plans to release new Web cookies policy Baucus gets update from IRS on Tax Day Iowa Dems getting help from Washington MIDDAY ROUNDUP Inhofe: ‘There’s nothing nice’ about Pelosi Reid calls for ‘swift confirmation’ of Stevens replacement The Big Question: What does Rep. Stupak’s retirement tell us? GOP calls Stupak retirement a ‘promising opportunity’ (updated) End to an extraordinary career (Sen. Pat Leahy) Stupak’s retirement to leave void on energy market oversight White House: Karzai meeting still on Job losses resulting from new NASA budget a ‘serious’ concern McConnell: GOP vows ‘sustained, vigorous’ case in court pick Newt Gingrich says redistricting can help GOP make big gains David Gregory makes the jumbotron at Nationals game Kerry knocks World Bank coal loan LeMieux: Expect more retirements from the Senate Noon debate for Kentucky Dems running for Senate Inhofe breaks with Coburn: Nothing nice about Pelosi IRS clamps down on tax preparers Inhofe working on his first book The shame of Virginia Spectrum inventory, caller ID bills head to House floor next week Like bank executives, Fannie Mae chief didn’t see mortgage crisis coming Rep. Bart Stupak to retire after last-second deal on healthcare Top of the ballot: Stupak to retire, Crist at odds with the GOP and the Murtha seat money race Netanyahu skipping nuclear summit E2 Round-up: Mine escaped tougher enforcement despite safety violations, states fight to keep climate plans, being anti-nuclear when everyone else is talking about a renaissance Obama dismisses Palin criticism of nuke policy Top Republican says Obama guilty of trying to appease Iran with nuke policy State Department ramps up IP protection efforts Barney Frank: Gingrich, media to blame for angrier politics Obama: ‘Unacceptable’ to omit slavery from Confederate History Month firedoglake Hot Air Daily Kos contentions MORNING READ Crist among well-known candidates keeping first-quarter totals private Watts praises Bush but decries recent GOP reign Liz Cheney says Obama has dishonored fallen soldiers