The Hill Articles: December 19, 2013

Senate passes $607B Defense bill Senate delays Yellen vote until January Sessions: Reid eroding historic role of the Senate Treasury signs new tax evasion agreements Healthcare jobs will grow the fastest through 2022 Coburn slams Dems for move to confirm DHS official under probe US deported 368,644 people in 2013 Patton Boggs, Locke Lord end merger talks France launches armed drone campaign in Mali USDA gets new food safety head Feds push deadline on plan to track Wall Street diversity Lawmakers call on Target for action after data breach GOP: Repeal ObamaCare if enrollment target missed Report: Crop insurance over-subsidized by taxpayers Dems try again to increase price of duck stamps Dempsey: Security side deals highlight need for Afghanistan pact Scott Brown: NH move ‘strictly personal’ Air play and the Internet economy Messina rejects holding Baucus’s Senate seat Lew sets early March debt hike deadline GOP poll: Cochran in trouble in Mississippi Michelle Obama touts O-Care for 2014 GOP requests criminal probe of intel czar EPA unveils carbon capture regulations Rep. Radel leaves rehab, won’t say if he’ll seek reelection President boxed in on NSA reforms Senate GOP to skip town, leave Dems working weekend shift Why a Rand Paul presidency isn’t kosher Time Warner Cable to pay $1.9 million penalty White House promises veto of Iran sanctions bill Senate rejects GOP attempt to amend Defense bill Pentagon: NSA reforms could create military intel gaps Conservation voters endorse Alex Sink for Florida House seat Just a flesh wound: Obama’s not over Verizon to reveal subpoenas, court orders in transparency reports GOP: EPA ‘muzzled’ scientists on regs White House ‘surprised’ by unemployment drop Brent Budowsky: War against the jobless Parole in Place: What it is and what it isn’t Top Dems divided on more Iran sanctions McCain: I’m ‘sick’ of ‘dictatorial’ Senate Nunn fundraising off Kingston’s ‘sweep the floor’ for lunch comments FDA to revise sweeping food safety overhaul Christie calls for apology from critics over tuition equality Google: US government takedown requests up 70 percent Rep. Stockman: ‘Radical left’ on the warpath Friday’s meeting announcements: Helping sick vets Obama to commute crack sentences Hagel: Congress should fix budget deal for disabled vets Durbin aims to spread around $22 billion in Pentagon cuts We need solution-oriented conservatism Kingston: Students should work for lunch Tea Party darling Paul reaching out to Dems Senate’s January agenda grows New Mexico high court rules gay marriage legal NSA spying must be cut back New regs for Friday: ObamaCare program methodology McCain blames Obama for Russia’s ‘newfound assertiveness’ Searching for the next Bob Dole and George McGovern Reid: GOP complaints on Defense bill ‘bizarre’ Pace of existing home sales falls to lowest level in a year White House backs US-Mexico drilling pact Redskins ‘strongly disagree’ with Reid on name change Cruz: ‘Thought police’ silencing ‘Duck’ star Rick Perry vs. Jerry Brown: Why Brown should run for president White House caps 16-day ObamaCare blitz with benefits ‘fact sheets’ Relief from Volcker sought for community banks Paul, McConnell look to stop federal bailouts for cities, states Obama says family on Duck Dynasty seems like ‘pretty fun bunch’ The real threat to eagles India demands US drop case over diplomat Capitol dome to get scaffolding in spring Jobless claims spike to nine-month high Labor chief to Dems: ‘Walk the walk’ on minimum wage Target confirms data breach; Secret Service investigates Judge halts 9/11 trial at Guantánamo Children suffer, as immigration reform stalls Republicans ‘appalled’ as Dems try to renew expiring tax breaks Seeking cash, Franken pens a (bad) Xmas poem Obama campaign manager Messina approached about Baucus seat McConnell vows to block IRS nominee Rangel running for reelection Rubio gets coal from his Senate Secret Santa Palin defends ‘Duck Dynasty’ star Reid: No break until nominees are cleared Governor: Biden would be ‘dead meat’ in Iowa Confirmation checklist for post-nuclear Senate French voice doubts on final Iran deal Surge in oil railcars create worry in US towns Move to ‘green’ ammo phases out lead bullets Rand Paul urges Clapper to resign Senate GOP join effort on ObamaCare abortion fix USDA criticized for salmonella response Tesla says Model S charger didn’t start garage fire Paul: Clapper should resign for ‘lying to Congress’ Senate should build on House bipartisanship, get patent reform done Transatlantic trade negotiations and oil Thursday: Late night possible for NDAA vote Poll: Majority of uninsured disapprove of ObamaCare Time is now for immigration reform Clinton’s 2016 choice comes next year Clinton: 2016 decision will come next year Poll finds deportation concerns outweigh path to citizenship Senators tee up Iran sanctions bill Conservative group looks to ‘Spirit of Health Care Future’ in Dickens-themed ad Harry Reid: Redskins should change name House retirements: Who’s next? Leave Snowden snatch to ‘Homeland,’ senators say Reid won’t demand jobless aid in omnibus Reid: White House should have shared credit for O-Care fixes