The Hill Articles: July 6, 2012

Obama signs highway bill GOP Rep. McCotter resigns after ‘nightmarish’ month and a half House tees up vote on mining permit bill Senior GOP lawmaker: Interior is stonewalling on deepwater drilling probe A closer look at next week… Construction signs in Alaska hacked to read ‘impeach Obama’ DAY’S END ROUNDUP Yahoo and Facebook settle patent dispute Home health targeted for $20-million Medicare cut State Dept. says UN arms treaty won’t ‘handicap’ Second Amendment rights Study: 11.5 million who could lose Medicaid wouldn’t get subsidies, either Primary opponent hits Rep. Mica for attending White House signing ceremony NJ governor gets mad on the Jersey Shore Ohio restaurant owner dies shortly after president’s visit Report: Dozens pass out from heat at Obama campaign event GOP: Happy birthday GW Bush, Nancy Reagan, Sylvester Stallone Brad Pitt’s mom pens anti-Obama letter Dems press Chrysler to help its customers fix ‘Jeep Death Wobble’ Preventable mistakes League of Cities: Highway bill shows the possibilities of bipartisanship Former GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman to skip Republican convention Iran accuses Germany, France in nuclear scientist assassinations Boxer defends highway bill in New York Times letter Clinton: Military intervention in Syria not on the agenda at Paris meeting Obama: ‘We’ve got to grow the economy even faster’ Rice and peanut lobbies backing House farm bill Report: Pakistan pushes for control of US drone strikes Rep. Mica touts transportation bill on Florida highway Obama on jobs report: ‘We’ve got to grow the economy even faster’ Mexico’s president-elect rules out armed US anti-drug agents south of the border Senate committee to probe future of homeland security Enviros warming up for next transportation spending fight Romney: Economic ‘kick in the gut has got to end’ Brad Pitt’s mom slams Obama in op-ed Economy adds just 80,000 jobs; unemployment stuck at 8.2 percent Republican criticizes Obama’s ‘toothy smile,’ says he shows ‘lots of gum’ Reid ‘proud’ of Justice Roberts for upholding health law, plans to call him Romney: Jobs figures are a ‘kick in the gut’ Clinton rips Russia, China for ‘blockading’ Syrian peace plan Romney: ‘Proof is that I was right’ on healthcare reform Gov. McDonnell tied to ultrasound law in Planned Parenthood attack Crossroads GPS to spend $25M hitting Obama on jobs, debt Tammy Duckworth, American hero, has her heroism attacked by Joe Walsh, Tea Party bum Reid: House repeal vote a ‘gesture in futility’ Thousands may lose Internet access when FBI shuts down servers Syrian general allied with Assad defects Transportation sector loses 2,000 jobs in June McConnell ratchets up pressure on vulnerable Dems over healthcare repeal Romney camp offers Facebook supporters merchandise deal Republicans to keep up pressure for healthcare repeal in hearings Axelrod: Romney ‘most secretive candidate since Richard Nixon’ Andy Griffith: An American icon News bites: Amazon developing a smartphone News bites: Comedians in cars Obama official: US climate views shifting amid wild weather News bites: Markets shrugged GOP releases ‘Repeal of Obamacare Act’ News bites: Medicaid issue hits governors’ races, and more News bites: Anger follows big utility merger Obama hits Romney: ‘Principles matter’ Ohioan to Obama: Let’s arm-wrestle for vote Heat wave, fires have climate change activists going on the offensive Union chief dismisses talk of rift between Democrats, labor MORNING READ Romney campaign: Obama auto bailout criticism a distraction from the economy