The Hill Articles: January 31, 2011

Senate to take up FAA authorization Tuesday afternoon OVERNIGHT TECH: Egypt shuts down mobile service Huntsman quits amid 2012 rumblings Grassley, Durbin looking for changes in visa program OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Florida judge strikes down healthcare reform White House walks line as Egypt protests rage Cummings presses trade groups for replies to Issa query Egypt shuts mobile service ahead of major protest Rockefeller floats bill to delay EPA climate rules by two years Google and Twitter team up to let Egyptians tweet by voicemail Loughner court proceedings moving to Tucson Taking a page from Canada’s lobbying laws Despite staff cuts, RNC remains mired in debt Mubarak will have to go (Sen. Bill Nelson) John Lehman’s better idea: Drop ROTC; bring the ivy to the heartland Second judge strikes down Dems’ healthcare law as unconstitutional Egypt’s unrest revives debate about U.S. oil dependency Wash. GOPer joins Twitter DAY’S END ROUNDUP New Jersey Dem Lautenberg urges end to ‘gun-show loophole’ California conservative backs Sen. Nelson challenger Obama’s State of Union ‘disconnected from reality,’ says Sessions Rep. Weiner ‘still pissed’ about public option Bernanke, Elmendorf to testify before House Budget panel next week Durbin to chair hearing on healthcare law’s constitutionality Senate GOP unanimous in support for repealing healthcare reform Treasury reports that home loan program is picking up the pace Dem lawmaker calls on U.S. to cut off aid to Egypt Sen. Kyl demands clarification of START treaty with Russia Bono extracts pledge from Sarkozy on resource transparency Senate Democrats say FAA bill supports jobs Senate Democrats tout airport bill as starting point for 2011 jobs agenda Sessions: Budget is Obama’s last chance to be responsible Healthcare litigators want to ‘allow insurance companies to deny sick children medical care,’ says Reid Committee decries ‘specious’ link between cyber bill and Egypt crackdown Rep. Wasserman Schultz to write a book Dems expect FAA bill to fly through Senate Romney laps the GOP field in fundraising Senate Republicans offer sweeping plan to block climate rules Ryan plans budget hearings next week Indiana governor’s race could be Ellsworth versus Pence WTO to rule that Boeing receives billions in illegal U.S. government aid Ryan to release 2011 budget numbers next week ‘Startup America’ to focus on mentoring entrepreneurs, matching private investments Gibbs: White House has no knowledge of Huntsman’s future plans Napolitano says border security critics trying to ‘score political points’ Former Rep. Tanner to join lobbying firm Senate gavels in, FAA debate expected shortly Google exec missing during Egypt crisis Senator working with Obama officials to flesh out ‘clean energy standard’ Mitch Daniels takes more than two-to-one lead in straw poll Oil industry cites White House reg reform in bid for disclosure rule leeway A cashless stimulus plan How the U.S. can win the innovation game Evan Bayh to K Street GOP members named to Small Business health subpanel Sen. McCaskill picks up another GOP challenger The Fed and job creation (Rep. Ron Paul) GOP dismisses White House proposal to extend tax break for small businesses America must stand by Mubarak’s regime, says Republican House Dems question whether diesel ‘fracking’ is affecting drinking water Change is under way in the Middle East Broadcasters downplay threat of ‘alleged spectrum shortage’ New politics, patriotic capitalism Consumer spending up in December, and for 2010 Sen. Gillibrand returns from visit with Giffords Egypt’s Web blockade raises concerns about ‘kill switch’ for Internet The real debt ceiling ‘catastrophe’ U.S. Chamber increasing investment in young entrepreneurs With ‘much at stake,’ Boehner launches 2012 political operation Bedbugs top agenda at national EPA summit Rep. Capuano: Decision by summer on challenge to Scott Brown Commerce secretary: America ‘lost sight’ of its economic strengths Arizona – poster child for the new radical right? (State Sen. Kyrsten Sinema) Government unveils new dietary guidelines to curb U.S. waistline Conyers says he’ll seek reelection in 2012 Rep. Wolf in 2009: Obama admin has ‘rushed to embrace Mubarak’ Senate panel to put ethanol under the microscope Actions speak louder than words in deficit debate (Gov. Bob McDonnell) WNBA star shoots hoops with Obama Reports: Huntsman to resign, paving way for potential 2012 bid Huckabee attends groundbreaking for Jerusalem neighborhood Phone, Internet interruptions complicate departure for Americans in Cairo White House reaches out to Bill Bradley, Dem veteran of last tax reform battle House Republicans try to find middle ground on budget-cutting plan Santorum searching for conservative base in N.H. Republicans kept ethics office to avoid political firestorm, top lawmaker says Pawlenty calls Obama ‘chicken’ Making America the best place on Earth to work Senate set to take up long-delayed FAA bill Personal income up slightly in December Schumer seeks ban on bath salts used as drugs Axelrod: Obama faces wide-open, ‘unpredictable’ GOP field in 2012 Sen. Rubio to skip CPAC conference Good morning … FAA and Egypt Tech industry boosts new White House innovation campaign Mubarak ‘will have to leave,’ says Carter DCCC picks 19 early GOP House targets The rule of law Zuckerberg friends his ‘evil twin’ on ‘SNL’ White House starts messaging battle on new energy plan News Bites: Big deals in oil and coal, a snowy climate debate, OPEC watches Egypt, and more President missed opportunity to set stage for debt deal, deficit hawks say Senate GOP divided over tactics for balanced-budget amendment MORNING READ Long-term unemployment growing despite economic recovery GOP sees looming 2012 elections as key to blocking climate rules Assange feels threatened by Biden, Palin