The Hill Articles: December 18, 2013

ObamaCare blitz coming to an end Thursday Obama weighs NSA limits Tea Party group blasts wrong Rep. King Obama urges extending unemployment benefits First lady: Make ObamaCare your New Year’s resolution Senators call for consumer privacy protections Poll finds 10 percent regret Obama vote Senate approves funding for VA Paralympic Team Issa accuses Sebelius of ducking meeting Rockefeller: ‘Data brokers’ worse than NSA spying Bevin: Lundergan Grimes campaign ‘keeps her silent’ on issues Baucus chosen for ambassador to China Senate moves forward with Defense bill NATO eyes spring for complete Afghan pullout House and Senate appropriators already have spending outline US, EU unions express concern over drug pricing policies TransCanada weighs rail bridge amid Keystone pipeline delay Kingston: Low-income students should ‘sweep the floor’ for lunches Senate sends budget to Obama Thursday’s meeting announcements: FAA panel meets Bernanke: Economy strong enough to weather stimulus rollback Obamas pitch moms on ObamaCare GOP bill consolidates departments of Labor, Commerce Scaffold for debt reduction and spending control Senate panel votes to give White House an out on coup restrictions Senate Democrats to make eleventh-hour push for tax extenders Gallup: Record high fear ‘big government’ Candidate lists attack website as official AIA: Budget deal doesn’t solve industry’s sequester problem Traficant is back, with a cause Archaic retransmission rules jeopardize spectrum transfer FCC moves to end sports blackouts Senate Dems want e-cigarette investigation Reddit forum bans climate change ‘deniers’ White House reviews Indian diplomat’s arrest FCC begins tracking ‘Obama Phone’ use Kerry regrets Indian diplomat’s arrest Coburn: Budget deal doesn’t fix the problem ‘House of Cards’ star offers Obama advice Conservatives mock OFA healthcare ad Poll: Christie leads Clinton nationwide Fed pulls back on stimulus Ryan-Murray budget deal is just another sideshow Insurers extend O-Care payment deadline White House: Openly gay athletes in Olympics delegation highlight US diversity Reid: ObamaCare will help Dems hold the Senate majority in 2014 White House to release NSA reform report Murray vows to fix cuts to military benefits Poll: Uninsured have mixed views on O-Care I was gay-bashed by Jesse Helms Baucus proposes dumping energy breaks EPA’s fake spy sent to prison for 32 months Podesta apologizes for Jonestown crack Senate report warns of vast data mining ‘behind veil of secrecy’ Americans evacuated from South Sudan Former al Qaeda in Africa cell targeted on US terror list Manufacturers sue Labor Dept. over union posters Poll: Obama’s approval drops to new low in Iowa Lawmaker: Fights could break out on planes unless cellphone calls are banned EPA made the right choice on renewable fuels Unions push MSNBC hosts to take sides Home building hits five-year high McConnell blasts Dems for last-minute rushing on Defense bill Perceptions of economy unchanged in 2 years Study: Teens smoking more pot as medical use lowers fears Obama girls school dad on technology, outfits Pro-Clinton group attacks Rand Paul, Paul Ryan on gridlock McCain prays Palin stays out of SC primary Progressive watchdog follows a double standard President huddles with NSA reform panel Lawmakers: No Chinese chicken in school lunch Netflix releases ‘MITT’ trailer Group targets Begich for backing Obama Group hits Begich for backing Obama’s judicial nominations House GOP: Jonestown comment endangers bipartisanship India snubs US lawmakers over diplomat’s arrest Jarrett: I’m not shadow chief of staff Sanchez thinks positive for Christmas card Reid: Adjournment up to GOP K Street’s Livingston Group wasn’t think tank donor WH denies it used tech meeting for O-Care ‘PR pitch’ NCIS agent pleads guilty in bribery case US, NATO concerned over Russian missile moves New regs for Thursday: Trucker guidance Don’t decide on Keystone until conflict of interest probe complete White House backs three-month extension of jobless benefits Jarrett: I’m not the shadow chief of staff U.S. pump prices to hit 2013 low Afghan forces hand over territory to Taliban fighters US announces additional aid for Philippines relief Report: Rangel to run for reelection Kaine: O-Care implementation annoying Budget deal expected to pass Senate with bipartisan support Kaine: ObamaCare implementation causing us to ‘tear our hair out’ Glenn Close heads to Capitol Hill Take Mandela’s example and shine a light on CIA torture NRA endorses Cornyn over Stockman in Texas Wednesday: Budget and defense votes in the Senate Udall demands secret CIA torture report Leno mocks Obama’s approval rating No Snowden asylum in Brazil, report says Israel’s ‘Jim Crow’ treatment of Palestinians continues Report: O-Care focus at White House meeting frustrates tech execs China confirms near miss with US ship Boehner slams Obama in ad Obama draws higher marks on foreign policy Boehner: Obama ‘standing on sidelines’ Matheson, Latham, Wolf retirements shake up the race for House control K Street mints money from regs surge Group touted access to Clinton for $250K Lawmakers press regs office to clean up act Boehner-right fight moves to Senate Bevin wants new blood in Washington GOP balks at Obama’s human rights nominee