The Hill Articles: July 16, 2010

Commerce upgrades Internet’s security West Virginia’s new senator quickly attacks carbon caps Sanchez introduces deficit-reducing estate tax fix GOP lawmaker Capito blasts West Virginia Senate appointment Miller applauds Labor for creating disclosure fee rule It all comes back to the stimulus Rep. Bachmann wants House ‘Tea Party Caucus’ Bernanke to testify on Capitol Hill next week Sen. Corker visits Haiti to monitor earthquake recovery Romney calls his advisers ‘numbskulls’ Senate freshmen Dems call for carbon cap DAY’S END ROUNDUP Accountability issues BP hits $200 million claims mark An earthquake “What if…” Dingell ‘denounces’ South Korea trade deal Boehner leverages healthcare reform law to raise funds for anti-abortion group Republican Armstrong Williams attacks American workers! Issa wants White House staffers to keep records when telecommuting Who attended Friday’s spectrum ‘stakeholder’ talk? Grassley demands report on Medicaid finances and enrollment Sarah Palin and Andrew Jackson Markey, citing LeBron James, says warming supports climate bill Colorado Republican releases first ad of Senate campaign Reid: Goodwin will help move stalled unemployment benefits W. Va. governor picks ex-counsel to temporarily fill Byrd’s Senate seat Boehner: Impose ban on federal regulations to spur job creation Support act to help pay down nation’s debt (Sen. John McCain and Rep. Jeff Flake) Romney takes shot at his own ‘numbskull’ advisers Obamacare: Lies, d*mn lies & statistics (Rep. James Sensenbrenner) Apple gives out free cases to fix iPhone 4 signal issue Poll: Americans think Obama started bailouts Wisconsin comes before Wall Street (Sen. Russ Feingold) Urban Institute touts healthcare reform’s benefits for hospitals and physicians Green buildings need safer chemicals policy reform Pennsylvania Republican still leads after saying people ‘don’t want’ to work Report: UI, aid to states, improved credit access will help recovery Cornyn family recipe: Texas jalapeno popper cups New Jersey senator praises ‘Devils’ cupcakes June was the hottest on record worldwide, federal data shows Obama’s executive order on taxpayer-funded abortions: Not worth the paper it was secretly written on (Rep. Phil Roe) Axelrod: Financial reform will help Dems win in November Issa jabs ‘ObamaCare’ with earthquake tweet Axelrod: Elizabeth Warren an obvious candidate to lead new consumer agency Lessons from the Gulf for nuclear reactors Sheriff again makes TV pitch for McCain FCC slams CTIA for ‘bill shock’ allegations Another government overreach (Sen. Lisa Murkowski) Boehner remembers Paula Nowakowski on her birthday Consumer confidence plummets in early July Anti-abortion group endorses O’Donnell for Delaware Senate seat MIDDAY ROUNDUP Senators seek to repeal 1099 rule in healthcare law Obama calls well cap ‘good news’ but strikes cautious note on spill Obama: Berwick appointment made due to Senate’s ‘political games’ Boehner remembers former chief of staff on her birthday DCCC vice chairwoman: Gibbs should have ‘kept that opinion to [himself]’ Barney Frank: GOP rooting for failure NYT: Foggy Bottom duo focus on digital diplomacy Prevent Collapse in Kyrgyzstan


 Obamas to spend the weekend in Maine Obama: Hold me accountable for high unemployment House Dems schedule markup of mine safety bill Progressives side with Warren, knock Geithner Jones meets with Petraeus, Eikenberry in Kabul Medicare fraud sting nets 94 docs, medical executives The Big Question: Does the Tea Party need to drop ‘racist element’? How to propose on Twitter Report: West Virginia governor picks former counsel for Byrd seat Needed reform overrun with needless regulation Sharron Angle, Rand Paul and Harry Reid in a landslide New GOP group runs ad blasting Reid Comments pour into FCC on broadband reclassification Pelosi’s delusional moment Boxer leads Fiorina by $10M in money race Scott Brown slams Kathy Griffin for calling daughters ‘prostitutes’ Steel industry voices opposition to utility-focused climate plan Camp seeks answers from Geithner on dividend tax increase Poll: Blumenthal has big lead in Connecticut Senate race House panel clears HHS approps bill Health policy round-up Reid grabs lead over Angle in latest poll MORNING READ E2 Round-up: BP leak remains capped as tests continue, Senate panel examines BP role in Lockerbie bombing prisoner’s release, and BP’s shares jump on news of well containment Good morning tech Romney breaks from the pack President’s ally: Expectations were set too high after Obama’s 2008 election Secretary Gates agrees to work on war message in meeting with GOP senators Congress a liability for lawmakers campaigning for governor’s office 3.6 magnitude earthquake rattles D.C. Commerce Committee approves NASA compromise Talks inch ahead as political sands run on climate change bill Left vows to fight any fiscal panel proposals to cut Social Security Democrats reshape Wall Street Senate small business bill may not pass before August Democrats consider oil spill response options as BP caps blown-out well Zoot suit riot: Ted’s Bulletin goes back to basics