The Hill Articles: November 1, 2011

Lobbying world Moderate myths and facts Obama fails all viability tests Reduce the budget deficit through innovation Small businesses support LGBT workplace fairness Defense cuts must not risk nation’s military advantage Cain says his campaign could have been better prepared Time to act Reid wants to alter House withholding bill Poll: Rubio as VP would boost GOP candidate over Obama in Florida OVERNIGHT TECH: Lawmakers huddle over data security bill Wednesday Reid files cloture on $50 billion installment of Obama’s jobs bill Catch the next wave House requires Peace Corps to sexual assault response training Greece on the precipice Politics too focused on deficit reduction, says Dem senator The marble gaze of Chief Buffalo leads a growing Native American art collection OVERNIGHT ENERGY: BP spill, drilling risks take center stage OVERNIGHT MONEY: All eyes on Bernanke for Fed moves Reports: Cain accuser ready to share story Adour Bastille: Not the place for a quick bite Pour House: Home to fans, friends alike The art of the perfect frank Burgers and booze in Foggy Bottom Plenty of options at java joints Station 4 leads DC Southwest revival OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Supercommittee still at odds over Medicare Dirty Politics, Filibusters, Oil Slicks get served up in DC bars Bar Pilar miniaturizes fine dining Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine Weyants World: November 2, 2011 House approves bill limiting state wireless taxes Dems criticize TSA for delaying cargo inspection deadline Geithner, Boehner meet to discuss Europe Biden calls for protecting individual rights in the ‘town square or on a Twitter stream’ DAY’S END ROUNDUP Rep. Ryan: Romneycare no longer ‘matters that much’ Perry to debut tv ads in New Hampshire Opponents of new bank fees hail decision to nix debit-card plans GOP: ‘In God We Trust’ bill needed to remind President Obama Fla. Gov. Scott: Calif. high-speed rail estimates explain funding rejection Cain PAC accuses left of ‘high-tech lynching’ in fundraising letter Grassley rips Obama for lack of transparency in White House Supercommittee members examine Medicare voucher proposal Reid: Norquist is GOP ‘leader’ State denies conflict of interest in Keystone pipeline review Lawmakers should keep funding for Medicare Part B Alan Simpson: Calling tax reform a tax increase is a lie Bipartisan Senate group to unveil postal proposal Lawmakers send prayers, support to Hillary Clinton New coalition seeks to protect broadcast TV Reports: Explosion at Chicago airport AIG pays back nearly $1 billion to Treasury Perry wasn’t drunk at speech, says host Fashion designer: D.C. style is ‘evolving’ Reid says Republican lawmakers ‘being led like puppets’ by Grover Norquist Commerce Department cancels broadband stimulus funds to Louisiana Public transit lobby gets new chief Rep. Schweikert asks Obama to return book royalties Santorum: ‘Something to be said’ for presidential candidates holding past public office Dem senator wants tax hikes and job creation in supercommittee report Supercommittee still talking grand deal Lawmaker blasts Obama administration for suing South Carolina Watchdog goes after SEC over personal email use Use the market to allocate spectrum Ex-Rep. Titus won’t seek rematch against Heck Condoleezza Rice recalls 24-hour White House poison scare Obama’s FCC picks likely to sail through Report calls on Medicare to bolster hospital investigations Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson together again for new politics show Greed is good? Liberal groups try to pin Romney with Gordon Gekko Cain’s wife to appear on Fox News later this week Our last chance to put people to work? Consumer group slams proposal to test Anthrax vaccine on kids Condoleezza Rice to present Glamour award to Laura Bush and daughters Wyden: Keystone decision is a ‘presidential call’ Bloomberg: Occupy protesters should blame Congress, not banks, for mortgage crisis Navy tells lawmakers it is reviewing plan to move aircraft carrier Navy tells lawmakers it is reviewing plan to move aircraft carrier CEOs of Gulf oil spill companies decline to testify before House committee Senate releases 2012 calendar Gingrich blasts Obama challenge of South Carolina immigration law Domenici, Rivlin to push supercommittee on Medicare, taxes GOP candidates split on energy tax breaks at Iowa forum Poll: Perry not responsible for Texas’s outperforming economy Huckabee endorses Ann Wagner in Missouri Cain: Harassment claims resurfaced as part of ‘intended smear campaign’ Cain: ‘Someone is encouraging’ my accusers Moody’s: Downgrade of US debt not automatic if supercommittee fails A statue for ‘The Gipper’: Reagan sculpture unveiled at DC airport Chicago public schools to serve antibiotic-free chickens Bowles, Simpson lament inability to tackle meaningful deficit reduction Senate passes spending ‘minibus’ Regulatory reform good for multinationals, yet bad for you. Congressman doubles as decorator on stage Bank of America nixes plans for debit card fee NTSB: New regulations needed to curb bus accidents Obama designates his first national monument Romney to present fiscal ideas to Tea Party group Senate votes to keep funding for rural air program AT&T defends job-creation claims, says ‘spillover’ from merger will help economy Report: Security guards think they can use deadly force to protect oil reserves Construction spending rises for the second straight month Scott Brown, US Chamber continue push for 3 percent repeal Sorry, Secretary Panetta: DOD must cut more than you’re offering Senate defeats Coburn deficit-reduction amendment Heritage, AEI move debate to declutter GOP schedule Gut-check time for Cain GOP proposes new background checks for DC employees Reid: Rich can afford ‘a teeny, tiny fraction more’ Hoyer wins vows from 182 Democrats to oppose policy riders in spending bills Sens. Paul, Boxer spar over ‘turtle tunnel’ amendment Viral video of Perry speech nears half-million views Herman Cain imploding, Rick Perry imploding, conservatives imploding Clyburn ‘pretty upbeat’ about supercommittee progress Hillary Clinton’s mother, Dorothy, dies at the age of 92 America at the beginning Elizabeth Warren woos Hollywood honchos Manufacturing expansion slows in October Reid: The rich must pay more Immigration revisited Cain raised $250,000 on Monday amid sexual harassment claims Simpson, Bowles to issue dire warning to supercommittee Democrat drops out of Conn. House race, knocks Donovan Super-PAC ad touts Perry’s military, farming background Regulators: ‘Possible deficiencies’ in customer accounts drove MF Global to bankruptcy Poll: Iowa caucus-goers unmoved by Cain harassment allegations News bites: DirecTV and Fox avert blackout News bites: Report says climate change will lead to more extreme weather LaHood slams his own party as obstructionist News bites: Republicans on the move in 2012 Rollins casts doubts on Bachmann’s Iowa hopes As more details emerge, some Republicans rise to Cain’s defense Obama on signing executive order: ‘We can’t wait for action on the Hill’ Pro-Perry super-PAC running ads in Iowa, South Carolina Tuesday: Money in the Senate, God in the House Clinton cancels foreign trip as mother falls ill Huntsman buys condo in Utah Cain: One accuser demanded ‘huge financial settlement’ Jimmy Kimmel to host correspondents’ dinner Cain campaign to investigate potentially illegal donations News bites: Rejected pot, angry Catholics, and more News bites: Follow the money NFIB, Blanche Lincoln take next step in regulatory campaign Supercommittee panelists would take hit if they fail to get deficit-reduction deal Rice jabs at Congress in new memoir As House GOP’s chief watchdog, Rep. Issa treads carefully Hatch’s path to reelection gets easier Shays fights for name recognition, money in Connecticut Senate race For every tax break, a lobby to fight for it MORNING READ Obama will bring advice and pressure to G20 meeting focused on Eurozone Cain: I’ve been ‘falsely accused’ Hermanator — At the eye of the storm Second green flop stokes controversy Executive order targets critical drug shortages Player of the week: Herman Cain The government’s property bloat Senate plans second ‘minibus’ this week House Dems reemphasize “days since” meme