The Hill Articles: August 27, 2010

Voters seek strengthened manufacturing sector, poll finds EPA rejects effort to ban lead in bullets Consumer confidence up slightly, below expectations New Orleans lawmaker touts spending with an eye on November elections Lugar: ‘Large majority’ of Republicans will end up backing the START treaty Stocks soar after Bernanke speech Pentagon building a flying car Banks need more capital to handle sagging housing market Google expects antitrust review of ITA Software acquisition Republicans tout NRA’s decision not to endorse Harry Reid Five years after Katrina some problems remain (Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao) Economists predict slow economic recovery Republicans plan McCarthyite persecutions
 Obama golfs with NYC Mayor Bloomberg Microsoft co-founder targets Apple, Google over e-commerce patents Miller compares a third-party Murkowski bid to prostitution HHS announces expansion of rural hospital demo Tax reform panel sends proposal to Obama Thad Allen: Criminal probe must have ‘unfettered access’ to blowout preventer removal Crist says he ‘misspoke’ on healthcare ‘Meet the Press’ announces Senate debate series Simpson should resign from fiscal commission (Rep. Lynn Woolsey) Sestak fires back at Club for Growth ad No more ethanol for America, please Response to egg recall begs more questions (Rep. Rosa DeLauro) Silicon Valley needs a D.C. lobby, Hoffman says Social-media chief to leave Pentagon Five years after Katrina the work goes on (Rep. Steny Hoyer) The Big Question: Will the Glenn Beck rally cause any political fallout? Obama golfs with NYC Mayor Bloomberg Report: Barton’s BP apology took media heat off White House FTC orders PR firm to take down fake iTunes reviews Gibbs, White House push #SaluteTroops Pastors affirm Obama’s Christianity, denounce ‘misrepresentations’ How we curb drunk driving (Sen. Tom Udall) Massive IT failure in Virginia shuts down agencies Mike Bloomberg/Arnold Schwarzenegger: Potential for new political paradigm Former HHS chief slams health reform as threat to Medicare Report: Blockbuster bankruptcy expected next month Report: Blockbuster bankruptcy expected next month Van Hollen warns Republicans: Don’t pop those champagne bottles yet ‘Please pull over’: GOP candidate has 26 traffic violations Dem campaign chief blasts ‘conspiracy theories, rants’ on the right Women’s groups press Obama to fire Simpson The Obama, Meek, Crist tortuous love triangle Hoenig says recovery is modest, meeting should provide longer-term ideas Five years after Katrina, most believe New Orleans needs more aid One in seven behind on mortgage payments, report shows Gov. Christie fires N.J. education chief over costly clerical error Stevens to be buried at Arlington Cemetery Florida Senate candidates debate the debate schedule Bidding war over 3PAR continues Mama Grizzly growing stronger Lautenberg’s Lady Gaga fundraiser: 1 ticket left Unfinished business of executive pay reform Chairman: Fed ‘will do all it can’ to stimulate economic recovery North Korea wants to resume talks on nuclear program President Obama and all former presidents should visit a mosque together Stevens to be buried at Arlington Cemetery Schwarzenegger gives weightlifting team a boost Chamber’s Cuba policy amounts to 21st century mercantilism Phones have Chinese, Japanese youth forgetting how to write with pen S.D. GOP candidate cited for numerous traffic violations New ad slams Sestak’s votes on the economy Waz: Top gadgets encourage broadband adoption U.S. economic growth slows to 1.6 percent Rep. Boehner: Obama is ‘on wrong side of history’ for opposing Iraq troop surge Sen. Brown headlines fundraiser for Kirk; expects centrists will ‘make some changes’ Karzai: Withdrawal deadline gives ‘the enemy a morale boost’ Sotomayor believes court will hear a case involving WikiLeaks Waters’s legal team accuses ethics committee of continuing investigation Good morning tech MORNING READ Healthcare Friday Democrats plug vulnerable members’ small-business records Miller says he is concerned Murkowski will ‘pull an Al Franken’ E2 Morning Roundup: Gulf coast lawmakers press Obama on BP fines, report says drilling ban can be lifted safely, Al Gore goes after climate skeptics again, and more Dems run from Pelosi Money in the Morning