The Hill Articles: May 4, 2012

A closer look at next week… They came, they campaigned, they exited: 2012 GOP presidential contenders Hoyer, Cantor have a deal to extend Export-Import Bank Heartland Institute yanks Unabomber climate billboard Bruning, Stenberg launch new ads ahead of GOP Senate primary in Nebraska Airline CEO to personally pay back veteran denied refund DAY’S END ROUNDUP Paul Ryan: Obama’s ‘Julia’ website ‘creepy’ and ‘demeaning’ Bipartisan duo decries Obama administration’s sector-by-sector sanctions strategy on Burma Ros-Lehtinen warns Chen saga might not be over Army’s Green Berets get new commander Biden: This is not your father’s GOP Romneys welcome two new grandsons via Twitter FDA: New drug shortages have dropped Women fared better in the job market in April Republicans say Obama is running out of excuses to delay Keystone pipeline Sen. Schumer mourns Beastie Boy on Twitter Why Hillary Clinton would win in an epic landslide against Sarah Palin or Nikki Haley in 2016 Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Love, Your Little Frozen Embryo … Political world mourns death of Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch on Twitter Collins: Obama health agency might be leading groups to break the law Pelosi applauds administration on Chen deal Sen. Schumer mourns Beastie Boy on Twitter Ron Paul to return for hearing on ending Federal Reserve Air Force catches flak for Afghan airplane deal Senators lobby both sides of postal moratorium Hawker Beechcraft files for bankruptcy Obama rips GOP on student loans Bachmann: Campaign was ‘almost mistake-free’ Romney on unemployment: ‘Anything over 4 percent isn’t cause for celebration’ House on verge of approving Kennedy Center expansion project Former GOP Rep. Joe Schwarz won’t run as Dem against Walberg Consumer group warns Spirit Airlines’s fee increase on carry-ons a ‘wake-up call’ for DOT Growth slows as economy adds 115,000 jobs in April; unemployment rate at 8.1% Pelosi condemns Obama administration for Calif. medical marijuana crackdowns Dem super-PAC ad hits George Allen on spending Keystone developer confident in early 2013 decision Verizon moves toward 911 texting Dem super-PAC ad hits George Allen on spending Cantor, Hoyer have tentative deal on Export-Import Bank Video shows GOP lawmaker’s TSA pat-down Actor Robert De Niro: Obama will do ‘ better in the next four years’ Clinton backs Rep. Pascrell over Rep. Rothman in NJ’s Dem primary Senate hearings: State voting rights, housing finance Construction lobby: Unemployed contractors finding jobs, but not in their industry Report: Romney’s 2012 health plan could weaken his Massachusetts reforms Panetta warns climate change having ‘dramatic impact’ on national security Interior floats new draft rules to regulate oil-and-gas ‘fracking’ Wisconsin lawmaker wants LCS amendment stripped from defense bill Romney campaign denies Ted Nugent’s claim of ‘support’ Conservative group ties climate action support to Unabomber, Charles Manson Obama continues push on student loan rates Robert De Niro on President Obama: ‘He’ll do better in the next four years’ House hearings: Sequester replacement, NDAA, TSA, GSA Clinton: US helping Chinese dissident ‘have the future he wants’ F-22 pilots speak out to ’60 Minutes’ Poll: Lugar trails Mourdock by 10 points Bob Kerrey raps Obama for ‘indiscretion’ on bin Laden raid 17,000 transportation jobs lost in April Lawmaker wants answers from Google on Wi-Fi snooping case Gingrich: ‘Romney said things at times that weren’t true’ Why Ron Paul likes Mitt Romney, and why the right fears Elizabeth Warren Carmona within 4 points of Flake in GOP firm’s poll Geithner declares success in China economic talks Canadian firm presses Obama again to allow Keystone pipeline Sen. Schumer wishes Mariano Rivera a speedy recovery Romney blasts Obama on jobs, calls April figures ‘terrible’ Dem lawmaker won’t say whether he backs Obama’s reelection Sen. Bill Nelson shows cautious openness to Rubio DREAM Act alternative Video shows GOP lawmaker’s pat-down from TSA agents Dissident will be allowed to leave China Democracies take the lead in partnering on energy innovation News bites: BP engineer charged in connection with oil spill pleads not guilty Obama & Romney 2012 America needs a righteous ad hoc experimental congress of Ron Paul and Jeffersonian renegades Bush: ‘I’m not going to be a very public person’ News bites: Apple gets targeted edition News bites: Ambitious new health initiative in Oregon, and more RNC ad hits Obama for ‘hype and blame’ News bites: Anticipation DNC ad uses Santorum’s words against Romney Friday’s global agenda: Breakthrough in China? Richard Haass: The future is global Ohio a hot swing-state battleground for Obama, Romney and Speaker Boehner Follow Friday: @chelliepingree Gay adviser’s resignation presents hurdle for Romney’s shift to center