The Hill Articles: November 22, 2011

OVERNIGHT HEALTH: State regulators endorse controversial MLR changes OVERNIGHT TECH: Outlook for AT&T/ T-Mobile deal grows bleaker OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Energy security could be GOP debate theme McKeon takes anti-DOD cuts message national OVERNIGHT MONEY: Corzine heading to Capitol Hill next month Reactions to supercommittee failure Rep. Bachmann used to babysit Fox News host Insurance commissioners back changes to healthcare law’s MLR standard Homeland Security chairman urges ‘firm response’ on Iran Bachmann book details intimate relationship with Israel Report shows three in four states saw unemployment fall in October Fed outlines new round of bank stress tests Mark Kelly and daughters describe Giffords’s injury aftermath, recovery DAY’S END ROUNDUP House Energy panel to probe Keystone pipeline delay Union targeting GOP lawmakers on FAA bill over Thanksgiving holiday Kildee camp threatens legal action against accusers Labor board chairman: GOP member has threatened to resign over union rule Bachmann’s first thought on Romney: ‘Vice president’ Boehner: GOP willing to work with Obama on payroll tax CBO: Obama stimulus helping economy FCC chairman calls for administrative hearing on AT&T/T-Mobile deal Senators’ Thanksgiving meal picks: No apple pie for Klobuchar, McCain wants a fried bird Reid is right, but… Think tank ad strikes Pentagon’s ‘outdated nuclear programs’ Partisanship in Washington even worse than it appears in the media, warns freshman senator Pakistan’s ambassador to US resigns McCain congratulates Braun on MVP award Time for a militant centrist movement Durbin: Obama right to stay ‘on the sidelines’ of supercommittee Democrats join DOJ suit against Alabama immigration law‬ More hacked climate emails surface ahead of UN conference Ron Paul should be given more time than Rick Perry in the foreign-policy debate Gingrich would teach online course as president Kansas attorney general urges FCC to kill AT&T/T-Mobile deal GOP Rep. Issa rips ‘old guard’ Republicans Retail groups file lawsuit over debit card swipe fees Cybersecurity expert hails new DHS cyber chief House, Senate signal more work on Iran sanctions bills White House: ‘No wiggle room’ on Obama veto threat Justice accused of withholding records on Kagan’s role in healthcare defense Rep. Barney Frank: Supercommittee failure ‘good news’ for Dems Romney’s list of possible VP picks includes SASC member Ayotte Romney names Sen. Ayotte as VP option Obama to GOP: Blocking payroll tax credit would violate tax pledge Jason Segel, Kermit visit the White House Big-name Dem donors to raise funds for Warren Gingrich clarifies, but does not abandon, call for children to work as school janitors Jason Segel, Kermit visit the White House FCC’s Copps adds new wireline adviser Protesters heckle Obama at New Hampshire speech Obama heckled by protesters at New Hampshire speech Hospitals, insurers would bear brunt of automatic Medicare cuts Hensarling: Supercommittee failed after Dems refused entitlement reform, insisted on taxes Nancy Pelosi hits the mother lode with the supercommittee failure! Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Democrat criticizes Obama for ‘4,200 pages’ of pending regulations Solar companies to Fox News’s O’Reilly: We’ll help you go green Who is Sen. Mikulski calling her ‘boyfriend?’ Sessions: Obama ‘irresponsible’ to not join deficit talks Controversial Cain said he celebrated that his Lebanese doctor was Christian Analyst: Keep defense cuts in place, avoid ‘exaggerated rhetoric’ THERE ARE NO CUTS! – The fallacy of baseline budgeting AT&T must share documents with government witnesses, court rules Cain slammed by influential group of Iowa conservatives New report links costly extreme weather to climate change Brewer takes another swing at Arizona redistricting chairman Poll shows Romney with a commanding lead in New Hampshire Anti-fraud program gets $9 million Nebraska governor signs bills aimed at rerouting oil pipeline Cain signs anti-abortion pledge, leaving Romney as sole GOP presidential outlier Rising to top of GOP polls, Gingrich beefs up campaign staff Jackson Lee: The Bush tax cuts are dead Obama campaign blasts Romney New Hampshire ad as ‘deceitful, dishonest’ GAO tells Congress why federal IT projects succeed Congress scrambles to assign blame for failed supercommittee South Korea approves US trade deal Med schools see record number of applicants LaHood: Supercommittee failure ‘disappointing’ Sikorsky to lay off 3 percent of workers Sen. Tester admits he can’t keep his glasses in place Romney ad promises ‘smaller, simpler and smarter’ government Embattled F-35 program quietly achieves another milestone Every child deserves a family Alabama congressional map gets Justice approval News bites: 4.74 degrees of separation, says Facebook DOJ reviewing banks for breaking antitrust laws with debit card fees ‘Occupy the highway’ group to arrive in DC Commerce downgrades GDP third-quarter growth to 2 percent House GOP to return to deregulation agenda next week Supercommittee hidden agenda News bites: Nebraska lawmakers set to vote on Keystone bills The Rick Perry uprising News bites: Upgrades to first class Democrat gets clear field in Nevada House race Gingrich: ‘Wage real cyber warfare’ to take down Iran’s regime Toomey: Automatic cuts unfairly weighted in favor of Democrats Durbin: Obama was ‘where he should be’ in supercommittee negotiations News bites: The day after Romney lays out attack in open letter to Obama News bites: GOP candidates get grilled Gingrich takes lead in fourth national poll Poll: Heitkamp ahead of Berg in ND, but Obama trailing Romney Congressional bust on deficit panel is a boon for lobbyists on K Street Supercommittee failure gives both parties election-year ammunition GOP presidential field in DC as Obama touts jobs plan in Granite State Insurers ‘terrified’ of Supreme Court ruling on healthcare reform law MORNING READ Defense spending likely to dominate next GOP primary debate Retired general to serve as chairman of Dover review panel Winners and losers emerge from supercommittee’s partisan stalemate‬ Debt panel was doomed from outset Debt supercommittee dies Panetta decries defense cuts, opposes plans to void them Mitt Romney reveals eclectic music taste Who is Sen. Mikulski calling her ‘boyfriend’? SPOTTED: Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) at Founding Farmers Senators’ Thanksgiving meal picks: No apple pie for Klobuchar, McCain wants a fried bird House Speaker mixes birthday with Turkey Day Lobbying world Super…exhausted Tester admits he can’t keep his glasses in place