The Hill Articles: November 15, 2011

OVERNIGHT TECH: Online piracy battle pits Hollywood against Silicon Valley So much to be thankful for Public would back simple deficit plan Resolving Carcieri crisis would create jobs, cost taxpayers nothing Nuclear power needs to remain central to our energy mix Digital wars, Round 2: Killing the golden goose Defining our natural heritage Inside the Office of Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wis.): Derek Ellerman Welcome back, Karger Weyants World: November 16, 2011 Cain train derails Reid ‘disappointed’ after minibus misfire OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Showdown with Chu OVERNIGHT HEALTH: More questions about Kagan 12 down, 16 to go: Georgia GOP schedules new presidential debate New Pentagon bill cuts $21 billion in spending, irons out detainee language Obama headed to swing state New Hampshire next week Not-Mitt candidate OVERNIGHT MONEY: Minibuses get started for trip through Congress Rep. Poe: Use Iraq military equipment to police Mexican border Is Newt electable? Hell, yes! Coburn backs Matt Salmon for Ariz. House USPS $5 billion in the red for 2011 Rockefeller encourages FTC to crack down on Facebook Romney participates in first-ever Google+ ‘Hangout’ TSA encourages ‘family lane’ use for holiday travel Sessions presses Holder on Justice Kagan’s involvement with health law DAY’S END ROUNDUP Cain campaign: No cabinet offer to Kissinger, candidate supports union restrictions C-SPAN asks Supreme Court to allow cameras for healthcare case Rep. Mica: Highway bill ’70 to 80 percent completed’ House sets five hours of debate on balanced budget amendment Senior aide: ‘Good chance’ Senate takes up DoD policy bill this week Minibus nearly crashes as senators object to Cuba provision Union labels Delta the ‘airline of the one-percent’ in FAA bill push Pro-Hunstman super-PAC makes big ad buy Pentagon sends thinly veiled message to Iran New book reveals struggles for first openly gay US ambassador On Main Street or in Cyberspace, a sale is a sale White House opposes GOP-led balanced budget amendment Will Congress take Iran diplomacy off the table? U.S. rights for Puerto Ricans Reid: Dems will oppose efforts to spare Defense from automatic cuts Cutting FBI Agents’ benefits won’t solve the country’s fiscal crisis House approves rule for concealed weapons bill Panetta to visit Connecticut shipyard Thursday Giffords was ‘troubled’ by Palin crosshairs Cain: Kissinger turned down offer to be secretary of State Coast Guard authorization approved in House vote ‘Morning Joe’ host gulps up to five cups of coffee during show Oregon insurance commissioner to advise HHS on exchanges PAC attacks Brown as Mass. Senate race heats up Mica: FAA bill possible by the end of the year Hoyer explains flip on balanced-budget amendment as showing consistency Senate confirms two judicial nominees Giffords reveals future plans in first public interview since shooting The ACA small business tax credit: Build the bridge wider, don’t blow it up Ross’s departure Gingrich slams supercommittee as ‘dumbest idea’ in a lifetime Reid pushes T. Boone Pickens gas plan in Senate Administration touts $18 billion success in fraud prevention, announces health efforts House GOP examining Chu’s internal Solyndra emails Telecom union: Verizon shifting tax burden to the ’99 percent’ Reid attacks Republicans’ war on regulations Gary Johnson files FEC, FCC complaints over debate exclusion Iowa scientists urge candidates to accept climate change Dem invokes Giffords shooting in argument against concealed weapons bill JWOWW: TSA ‘treated me like a criminal’ With supercommittee deadlocked, leaders Reid and Boehner meet Cain: Campaign is ‘moving on’ from harassment allegations Invite to GOP senator’s Xmas party could cost you $25K DeMarco defends executive compensation, urges Congress to act on winding down mortgage firms State Dept. official refuses to define administration’s stance on Iran’s nuke program AMA opposes ‘active purchaser’ model for exchanges Dems turn on Fannie, Freddie, and back bill slashing pay Giffords speaks to constituents in new recording Romney, seeking contrast to Obama, says Americans are not lazy Super PAC ad touts Huntsman as ‘consistently conservative’ Lawmaker: FAA negotiators ‘have almost nothing to say to each other’ Bipartisan pair push jobs plan Coburn: The wealthy must ‘contribute more’ The fight for our nation’s fisheries GOP blames Dem division for hindering progress on deficit deal Emails suggest DOE pressed Solyndra to delay layoff news until after election Rep. Giffords sends audio message to constituents Ag spending bill retreats on school meal standards Regulator funding, mortgage guarantees prove problematic in ‘minibus’ Tea Party group petitioning against supercommittee compromise Cain on Libya brain freeze: ‘Nothing happened’ The power of recycling Google, Facebook urge lawmakers to scrap copyright enforcement bills Republican says Obama’s Iran policy has failed Panel repeals CLASS Act by voice vote Dem: Cut spending by reducing nukes, closing bases Cain favorability sags as Americans skeptical of harassment denial Perry gets populist: ‘Tear down’ Washington Debt panel Democrat insists ‘elements of the deal are there’ Michelle Obama: Trips to Hawaii are one reason I married the president Poll: Doctors support policy once derided as ‘death panels’ After Penn State scandal, Menendez proposes making failure to report child abuse a felony McCain, Panetta tangle over Iraq pullout The ECB and the Eurozone: A comprehensive restructuring plan is needed Romney quiet on Supreme Court healthcare challenge The goal of an AIDS-free generation: The time to invest in science is now Reid bashes Republicans’ war on regulations Senator Harkin stands with labor bosses, not workers Paul should blast Gingrich about Freddie Mac Norquist: GOP leaders promised me no new taxes Democrats want to amend Constitution to control ‘super-PAC’ campaign spending Rep. McCarthy promotes his new app, ‘Whip Cast’ News bites: Art while you wait for your flight Giffords’s husband: She ‘would like to run’ for Congress next year Former Speaker Gingrich says he’s a Washington outsider McCain: ‘Disappointed’ GOP candidates support waterboarding McCain-Panetta Iran fireworks expected The ‘Occupy’ movement: Rufus T. Firefly’s spiritual legacy My way or the highway Consumers increased their spending in October News bites: Cellphone sales slump Giffords says she will return to Congress when she is ‘better’ Reid quietly backing primary foe to ex-Rep. Titus Tuesday: Concealed weapons in the House Bloomberg: Zuccotti Park closed while city reviews court order News bites: Occupy no more Lawmakers introduce compromise ‘minibus’ spending bill Poll: Romney, Cain, Gingrich, Paul in four-way tie in Iowa News bites: SCOTUS edition Ex-Gov. Thompson emerges as top-tier target of conservative grassroots News bites: Former climate skeptic tells lawmakers that warming is real ‘Secret farm bill’ primed for passage in debt deal GOP wobbles on no-new-tax vow MORNING READ Dems fear Supreme Court will rule against Obama on healthcare reform Top Marine: Nation doesn’t grasp impact of massive budget cuts on Defense Cantor supports BBA but wanted it stronger Gingrich sees chance to go head-to-head with Romney for GOP nomination Supreme Court to rule on Obama healthcare law amid election frenzy Democrats see election laws as revival of poll tax and threat to democratic process Bottom Line Sen. Lee: Avoiding the Trojan horse BBA House GOP weighs bill to speed up pipeline re-routing Sen. Harkin: Republican attacks on workers’ rights won’t create jobs Player of the Week: Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) Simple Return Act critics look to profit off taxpayers In wake of Penn State scandal, bill would suspend federal funds Q&A with Jack Abramoff, former lobbyist and author TransCanada to alter Keystone route Obama golfs with friend who was arrested in prostitution sting House names three more post offices Inside the Office of Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wis.): Christy Paavola Invite to GOP senator’s Christmas party could cost you $25 thousand Herman Cain calls 
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