The Hill Articles: November 17, 2011

OVERNIGHT TECH: Pelosi comes out against piracy bill REG WATCH Appointments OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Romney predicts Supreme Court will strike healthcare law A Texas-sized influence — and ego UNDER CONTRACT Fireworks in Senate over detainee provision Hensarling: Deficit should be solved with spending cuts, not revenue hikes Inside the Office of Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wis.): Kyle Roskam Cain to receive Secret Service protection Racy dining The Hill’s policy breakfast: Finding the right treatment with genetic research Gingrich applauds ‘Occupy’ crackdowns as protesters disrupt campaign event OVERNIGHT MONEY: House takes up balanced-budget amendment Weyants World: November 18, 2011 Finger-pointing returns in House debate over balanced budget amendment Ron Paul: GOP will be punished if it capitulates on tax increases Flight attendants’ union commemorates TSA anniversary OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Chu doubles down on solar push GAO: USPS needs a retail network revamp Defense amendment would elevate National Guard chief GOP pronounces Obama rail plans dead Defense insider: Industry has major concerns with revised JLTV plan House approves spending bill to avoid government shutdown Senate votes tonight on continuing resolution Senate Dems say health law has unintended consequences for farmers Sofia Vergara’s boyfriend won’t run for Senate in Florida DAY’S END ROUNDUP Forty Republicans call for resignation of Eric Holder, Obama’s attorney general Romney: ‘ObamaCare’ will be struck down by Supreme Court Bachus agrees to hold hearing on bill to prevent insider trading by lawmakers House approves minibus, continuing resolution, sends to Senate White House threatens veto of Defense bill over detainee rules Poll: Latinos increasingly unhappy with Obama Gingrich would invite Darwin to hypothetical dinner party Rep. Ryan outlines GOP approach to inequality House Dems: GOP transportation plan ‘short on details’ No hole-in-ones for Rep. Clyburn due to rainy forecast IRS warned healthcare law could leave millions without insurance Cain: I’m ‘a leader, not a reader’; says voters unconcerned about gaffes Note to Cain: Capitol Hill prefers veggies to meat on pizza Soldiers need to reinvent themselves House panel urges President Obama to sell Taiwan newest version of F-16 GOP filibusters confirmation of EPA bureaucrat Leahy adds cybercrime measure to defense bill Rule for minibus spending bill approved in House GOP lawmaker: Obama should fire Steven Chu House approves rule setting up balanced-budget vote Dems raise pressure on GOP, say they’ve met demands on revenue Southwest Airlines to star in reality TV show ACLU challenges Catholic bishops on birth-control rules Rep. Barton: Chu could be ‘fall guy’ on Solyndra Business lobby wants a do-over on Volcker Rule Music industry groups slam broadcasters in supercommittee letter Pelosi jokes: I’m too busy to debate Perry, but ‘can’t remember’ why White House disapproves of doctored Obama-Chavez kiss photo Sen. Levin: Sequestration a ‘sword of Damocles’ hanging over Defense Burgess hopes to block FDA from regulating genetic tests Rules Chairman David Dreier to vote against balanced-budget amendment House hearing underscores tax-reform challenges Romney: Obama team got opposition research from Mass. officials Glenn Close: ‘very cynical’ about politics Cain calls for Kagan to recuse herself from Supreme Court healthcare case Slaughter blasts US on antibiotics as Europe announces national strategy Van Hollen: Next week is ‘hard deadline’ for supercommittee deal George McGovern calls for eliminating TSA, Homeland Security Grassley requests televised coverage of Supreme Court review of healthcare law Dems blast minibus for ‘pizza as a vegetable,’ other policy riders Cantor tweets Boehner his birthday song Santorum: Occupy protesters have ‘legitimate point’ Pelosi doesn’t hear anything ‘big and bold’ from supercommittee Leaders say they’re not ready to take over supercommittee negotiations Chu: Solyndra loan made with ‘best interest of the taxpayer in mind’ Chu says he did not pressure Solyndra to delay layoff news until after election Frank presses Bachus to crack down on insider trading in Congress Abramoff: I could do it again, easily Labor law for American workers and employers Van Hollen: Supercommittee will ‘work all weekend’ to bridge differences Bachmann blasts Gingrich over Freddie Mac ties Infrastructure we can bank on House Republicans move to block Interior mining plan Issa turns Perry’s debate stumble into a ‘moment’ Obama hopes his appeal is based on more than ‘hanging out with Justin Bieber’ Poll: Gingrich vaults to the top as Cain fades Spelling slip-up plagues letter to super committee Americans for Prosperity targets 40 Republicans on taxes Pelosi to supercommittee Republicans: Tax the rich to avoid defense cuts Senate GOP offers legislation to collapse Iran’s central bank Pentagon nominee grilled about Fast and Furious GOP Sen. Brown wants to join President Obama at signing ceremony for jobs bill Chu declines to apologize for Solyndra Gingrich: ‘I’ve never lobbied’ for Freddie Mac Pelosi mocks Perry debate suggestion GOP tax divide is blocking deal, says Dem chairwoman Cain cancels meeting with NH Union Leader editorial board Huntsman: Obama has ‘nothing to show’ for promise of ‘hope and change’

 Iowa paper cancels debate, partners with ABC to ease GOP schedule Rep. Speier wants new office to investigate military sexual assaults Reid says Senate will take up cybersecurity bill next year NRA throws support behind minibus George Will: LaHood should take ‘high-speed train into retirement’ Friday work more likely for upper chamber, says Reid Cindy Crawford poses for pic with Romney’s wife, denies supporting GOP candidate First-time unemployment claims continue downward trend Ron Paul surges in two new polls, yet major media ignore this Obama urges Americans to quit smoking DNC fights back: Obama never called Americans ‘lazy’ Boehner to unveil transportation bill Senate Dems on Penn State: Require states to enforce tougher reporting rules Perry pushes part-time Congress proposal News bites: Google launches music store Romney leads GOP field in California Will the ‘Zuccotti Park patriots’ secede? Obama’s boomerang policy An argument for two-parent households It works, the democratic process, it works News bites: Deal New poll shows Cain pulling ahead in Iowa Rep. Altmire gets first likely challenger White House announces Blackhawk chopper sale to Brunei Perry fundraising dries up Thursday: Balanced budget, continuing resolution in the House Obama urges Americans to quit smoking Christmas tree ‘tax’ delayed ‘indefinitely’ News bites: Soul searching Senate to take up defense authorization on Thursday News bites: Premiums’ inexorable increase News bites: Obama’s green politics, Upton’s solar aid quest, and more Centrist Dems lay out tax-reform vision In Senate, Thursday is the new Friday Conservative celebs mostly not yet committed for 2012 presidential race Celebrity endorsements in the 2012 presidential campaign MORNING READ Perry challenges Pelosi to debate part-time-Congress plan Wasserman Schultz accuses GOP of rigging elections with ‘suppression laws’ Secret Service braces for intense year Blue Dogs break with Dems on balanced-budget amendment Stearns rejects Chu’s claim that Solyndra loan wasn’t political Top Marine: ‘Perfect storm’ gave combat vehicle program new life Hensarling says GOP is willing to consider new Dem tax proposals Issa: Congress using Google as ‘piñata’ Senate expects to receive conference report on CR on Thursday Redskins quarterback a Mitt Romney fan? Redskins quarterback a Mitt Romney fan? Inside the Office of Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wis.): Paul Bleiberg McCain: My daughter and Chelsea Clinton on NBC is ‘match made in heaven’ Country crooner Patty Loveless wants to sing with Michelle Obama Note to Cain: Capitol Hill prefers veggies to meat on pizza Spelling slip-up plagues letter to supercommittee Supercommittee Dems demand that GOP give up lowering tax rates Cindy Crawford poses for pic with Romney’s wife, denies supporting GOP candidate Obama and the supercommittee — the time to lead is now OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Supercommittee still looking to healthcare The grand bargain A quiet revolution — and a helping hand OVERNIGHT ENERGY: High noon for Chu on Solyndra