The Hill Articles: November 21, 2011

US shouldn’t forfeit influence within UN DAY’S END ROUNDUP OVERNIGHT TECH: Supercommittee fails, closing avenue for spectrum overhaul The supercommittee fails Norquist denies credit for supercommittee failure Obama rips GOP for supercommittee failure Divisive duo returns OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Oil tax breaks safe as supercommittee flops Weyants World: November 22, 2011 Obama: I’ll veto any legislation that would void Defense cuts OVERNIGHT HEALTH: What next after failure? OVERNIGHT MONEY: Obama ramps up push for payroll tax extension Downgrade watch begins as debt panel concedes defeat Obama authorizes new set of sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program Wesley Clark defends Obama on Iraq pullout Huntsman: Obama abandoned leadership on debt crisis, supercommittee As health lobby looks past supercommittee, ‘doc fix’ trumps new Medicare cuts Romney reveals eclectic music taste Major software group backs off support for controversial online piracy bill Newt Gingrich tops Mitt Romney for the first time in CNN poll Issa staffer joins Institute for Energy Research Wesley Clark slams Romney, GOP candidates on national security Postal union puts forward cost-saving measures Senator vows filibuster of copyright infringement bill GOP chairman to offer bill to prevent automatic defense spending cuts Lawmakers make last-ditch effort to reach supercommittee deal Freshman lawmaker: End congressional pensions Sen. Sessions: Kerry invoking fallen troops while discussing supercommittee ‘not appropriate’ FCC releases order to overhaul telephone subsidy HHS targets Pennsylvania insurer in first use of rate review power Inward foreign investment that can create high-wage U.S. jobs is an increasing necessity Defense reveals program cost estimates New fuel-efficiency target is a win for American families and the American economy Gov. Patrick signs new congressional map for Massachusetts Rahm Emanuel: ‘Not interested’ in running for president PAC backs Wyden’s efforts to block online piracy bill Poll: Gingrich closing the gap on Romney in New Hampshire House Speaker mixes birthday with Turkey Day Romney targets Obama with first ad buy Reed, Grassley look to pry open disciplinary proceedings against auditors Perry blames Obama for supercommittee failure EPA delays rollout of refinery greenhouse gas rule Romney: Defense cuts ‘like holding a gun to your own head’ Wyden to read petition names during copyright filibuster For DoD, worry less about cuts, find creative use of existing resources WikiLeaks suspect gets military hearing in December Cain: Obama and his ‘comrades in the Democrat Party’ are ‘failing Americans’ on debt deal GOP presidential candidates pledge to zero out foreign aid Rahm Emanuel denies interest in presidential run Restructuring defense spending for today’s budget reality: Five principles to cutting the defense budget without harming national security Baucus: Don’t stop automatic cuts Dems propose extending benefits to domestic partners of federal workers Government sued for $25B over AIG takeover US, China officials reach agreement to remove trade barriers Spirit Airlines fined for tweets, ads Wireless group to unveil mobile app rating system Manchin wants Bowles-Simpson vote White House: Congress should quit ‘pointing fingers’ for failure US troop level in Iraq down to 20,000 Poll: Majority want supercommittee deal with spending cuts, tax hikes European Union bans airport X-ray machines Manchin: ‘Let’s vote’ on Bowles-Simpson Polling from NY Dems downplays Rep. Bishop’s rematch with Altschuler Poll: Obama rising in key swing states Sen. McCain excited for daughter joining MSNBC Obama signs ‘fix’ to health law’s Medicaid expansion Gingrich says collapse of supercommittee ‘good for America’ Study finds five-fold increase in lobbying by religious groups Sen. Paul wants to ‘reclaim’ power to end Iraq war from Obama Obama signs bipartisan bill to hire veterans Obama signs unemployed veterans bill Ron Paul blasts supercommittee, Congress for failing to reach debt deal Beacon to sell New York plant to repay Energy Department loan Senator urges return to Gang of Six talks Schock pairs dinner with a paisley tie NH Union Leader rips Cain for interview snub Boehner blames Obama for failure of supercommittee to reach a deal Defense stocks drop as deficit deal seems increasingly unlikely Recording industry touts bipartisan support for copyright bill Rep. Langevin: Cyber attack on utility plant ‘a real wake-up call’ Kyl: Grover Norquist ‘didn’t like what we did’ on supercommittee Keystone election year politics GOP lawmaker looks to slash ‘pocket Constitution’ copies Poll: Romney leading Obama in Michigan Au revoir to noblesse oblige Kerry: GOP ‘insistence on the Bush tax cuts’ blocking deficit deal Conservatives use Solyndra to bash Harry Reid’s natural-gas bill The Supercommittee can increase revenues and add jobs through spectrum auctions Reagan & Reykjavik Tying up loose ends Supercommittee: Don’t force cancer clinics to close Sales of existing homes increased last month but remain depressed Study: Virginia, Hawaii, Alaska would be hit hardest by defense cuts News bites: Happy expensive holidays Ron Paul is surging, an Iowa and New Hampshire front-runner and powerful third-party possibility Gigantic time bomb OWS needs a warrior and so does America. It could be Jim Webb. Stock market dives on news of debt panel’s apparent failure Gingrich redux Two Dem pollsters call for Hillary Clinton to replace Obama Dreier presses for US-Egypt trade deal Poll: Gingrich overtakes Romney and Cain Dem field in Ariz. Senate race could get bigger News bites: Bill Gates set to testify in lawsuit against Microsoft Poll: Stabenow’s lead shrinks in Michigan Kyl: Dems rejected ‘breakthrough’ offer Norquist: GOP wasn’t ‘fooled’ into raising taxes in deficit talks Trump: Might run if GOP chooses ‘wrong person’ Perry touts Washington ‘outsider’ status in TV ad News bites: Tick-tock NH Rep. Charlie Bass endorsing Romney UN reports record greenhouse gas levels News bites: Healthcare industry readies post-supercommittee lobbying News bites: Chevron takes blame for Brazilian spill Team Obama assumes Mitt Romney will be nominee — OK with that Where in the world is Obama? Thanksgiving tables show political divide Europe’s woes drag on US recovery MORNING READ Deficit supercommittee members expected to announce failure First lady booed at NASCAR event Mayor Bloomberg: Man arrested in plot to bomb police, troops Rep. Kildee denies sex abuse allegations