The Hill Articles: September 13, 2011

Lobbying World Special elections’ magic math Perry just a Texan being Texan OVERNIGHT ENERGY: GOP bashes White House over solar loan Inside the Office of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee majority staff: Elby Godwin Kucinich will run for reelection in Ohio Lincoln, Garfield mosaics blend in, stand out OVERNIGHT TECH: FCC wants more testing of LightSquared Substance over sideshow McConnell’s crystal ball OVERNIGHT MONEY: Next stop … North Carolina Senate might take up FAA funding and highway bills on Wednesday West to Bachmann: Everglades are off limits Decision time, GOP Obama’s Medicare blunder OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Census figures on uninsured spark firestorm Weyants World: September 14, 2011 D.C. chef named Culinary Ambassador Obama’s bill makes it illegal to discriminate against unemployed A jobs plan no one talks about Top defense-aerospace trade association to honor supercommittee leader The Perry-Romney Battle Perry wins Nevada governor’s endorsement The Perry-Romney Battle DAY’S END ROUNDUP GOP lawmaker calls for elimination of Department of Education Electronics group urges supercommittee to authorize spectrum auctions Obama campaign launches website to fight misinformation Rep. King first congressman to testify before Parliament Senate narrowly advances disaster funding on second try White House adviser defends efforts to help poor as poverty rate climbs FAA workers’ furlough back pay will have to wait for a separate bill Ten years after 9/11, let’s honor the memory of first responders Greenspan: ‘Devastating’ consequences if deficit ignored E-Verify bill goes to committee markup Ros-Lehtinen says UN reform bill about reform, not UN-bashing Rep. McCotter says he might be the first presidential candidate not invited to a single debate Dem senator: GOP vote against disaster funds ‘heartless’ When a tax cut isn’t a tax cut GOP debate — show biz, not politics E-Verify best jobs bill Feinstein warns of possible regulation of television equipment Cornyn, Menendez pressure Obama to sell fighter planes to Taiwan California Dems rocked by campaign embezzlement Seaports: A key to economic recovery Senate GOP largely quiet as Dems score points over disaster funding bill Wesley Clark for Obama VP in 2012 Conservative group ad: ‘Super MariObama’ playing with economy A good candidate is hard to find Hutchison pushes for public safety network in column Solyndra executives to testify before House panel next week Clinton: Civilians working in Afghanistan ‘will not be intimidated’ by attacks Obama: Give ‘the American people a win’ by passing jobs act A pathway forward, or a slippery slope? Pentagon dodges major cuts as Senate panel approves $513B spending bill Senate to take another swing at disaster funding Hoyer: NY special election ‘closer than we would like’ Judge strikes mandate, takes new approach to ‘severability’ Deficit climbs by $134 billion in August DNC chairwoman discusses breast cancer battle with Andrea Mitchell Dems continue to assail GOP over disaster funding vote Cantor’s office tweets notes from ‘off-the-cuff’ speech HPV vaccine becomes Bachmann punching bag, but there’s little evidence of its dangers House passes bill revising federal charter school program House Dems introduce bill to eliminate debt ceiling Media cuts it out when it comes to Perry vasectomy chatter DNC chairwoman discusses breast cancer battle with Andrea Mitchell House GOP widening scope of Solyndra probe, wants answers from White House Key Dem: Combined highway-aviation bill should be ‘considered a victory’ Sessions wants budget office to provide details Bipartisan House coalition calls for additional Hurricane Irene aid DNC chairwoman: GOP candidates ‘worshipping at the altar of the Tea Party’ House approves bills extending funds for FAA, highways IBM demonstrates how Watson supercomputer can aid healthcare Why ‘tricky’ Rick Perry scares Republicans McConnell: Obama playing politics with plan to raise taxes Leahy pleads with GOP to fund FEMA to help inundated Vermont Banking regulator signs off on ‘living wills’ for banks Barasso: ‘Bipartisan opposition’ to Obama’s plan Sperling urges passage of jobs bill, leaves it open for separate bills Napolitano: TSA changing airport screening practices for children BP spill report, Bromwich decision on future imminent CBO chief warns debt panel spending cuts could slow recovery White House says Obama would sign pieces of jobs package ‘Idol” star to sing at D.C. gala Jindal rules out joining Perry as VP RNC chairman: Obama itinerary proves he’s playing politics with job plan Dems look to give Postal Service 90-day extension on retiree payments FBI, DHS warn that 9/11 anniversary terror threat still unresolved, ‘ongoing’ Biden promotes campaign against sexual violence Cantor urges cooperation on jobs bill despite differences Boehner downplays GOP chances for winning Weiner’s former seat Kucinich calls for larger jobs bill ‘on the scale of a New Deal’ House majority whip: Obama’s jobs plan is ‘going back to the failed stimulus’ Liberal Democrats announce jobs platform to the left of Obama’s Blumenauer says transportation extension a ‘positive development’ Arizona keeps February primary, disregarding RNC rules Club for Growth to ‘key vote’ anti-National Labor Relations Board bill McConnell attacks Obama’s jobs plan McConnell: Obama playing politics with plan to raise taxes Census: Economic ills led to increase in people without health insurance Reid hammers GOP for voting down FEMA funding bill Sens. Sanders and Paul clash over poverty and health Facebook adds three to policy team Americans living in poverty at all-time high New political party files with FEC Jennifer Hudson Celebrates 30th in D.C. News bites: Net neutrality clears OMB Lady GaGa, Bono to perform at Bill Clinton concert Crossroads ad campaign rehashes McCaskill airplane saga Deficit supercommittee launches website Senate GOP seeks regulatory ‘time out’ Bachmann: Gov. Perry’s HPV vaccine order was ‘abuse of power’ Interior beefs up rig safety rules again Ohio Republicans shore up huge advantage with redistricting map Key Dem: Combined highway-aviation bill should be ‘considered a victory’ News bites: Paying the bill News bites: Charged Axelrod: ‘We’re not in a negotiation’ on Obama $447B jobs package Depiction of Africa Tuesday: FAA and charter schools in the House Perry, Romney spar on Social Security minutes into GOP debate First supercommittee hearing Tuesday Candidates pile on against front-runner Perry in GOP debate Bachmann ‘offended’ by Perry’s HPV vaccine decision News bites: Regulators double down on food safety Romney: Gov. Perry was dealt ‘four aces’ with Texas economy Warren announces Mass. Senate bid News bites: Coal industry boosts Boehner support, bad economy saps oil demand growth forecast, and more IBM’s Watson supercomputer to give medical diagnoses Wu’s return shows perks don’t vanish Dems’ fate in NY special sparks ’12 fears Rep. Issa hit with ethics allegations MORNING READ After GOP debate, Bachmann doubles down on Perry attacks Candidates pile on against front-runner Perry in GOP debate Romney defends Massachusetts healthcare law, says it isn’t like Obama’s Palin takes aim at GOP presidential candidates Bachmann goes on the attack Bachmann turns down early chance to take on Perry in GOP debate Obama to Congress: Tax rich Americans to pay for $447B jobs-creation bill Perry, Romney spar on Social Security minutes into GOP debate House to take up transportation extension act Tuesday