The Hill Articles: February 4, 2013

Weyants World: Feb. 5, 2013 OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Preemie Act is back OVERNIGHT TECH: House Judiciary Committee to examine high-skilled immigration reform OVERNIGHT MONEY: Budget fitness Menendez blasts prostitution ‘smears’ as ‘absolutely false’ OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Hagel filibuster up in the air Amgen tweaks lobbying roster after win on ‘fiscal cliff’ bill OVERNIGHT ENERGY: The wonk before the storm Senate votes to proceed to work on VAWA bill Rep. Westmoreland won’t run for Senate in Georgia Brzezinski boycotts ‘Argo’ Hearing was not Hagel’s or Senate’s finest hour Obama renews sanctions on Ivory Coast FCC’s ‘free’ WiFi proposal generates buzz Tagg Romney declines run for Massachusetts Senate Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to timetable for Taliban peace talks Report: Woman denies having met Menendez, prostitution work White House regs chief says cooperation with Canada is paying off Lautenberg raises only $11,000 in last quarter Republicans seize on Obama’s blown 2014 budget deadline Air Force splits with Army, renews NASCAR race sponsorship Graham faces possible primary challenge from S.C. state senator DAY’S END ROUNDUP Calif. lawmakers want Congress to regulate Los Angeles helicopter noise Outgoing EPA chief regrets lack of dialogue with rural America McCain to judge Hagel on commitment to change DOD spending habits Levin: Democrats will target carried interest US refuelers keep French fighters flying in Northern Mali TSA beefing up security at New Orleans airport for Super Bowl traffic Obama: ‘It’s time to do something’ about gun violence Corker introduces bill telling Fed to deal with price stability, not unemployment Atlanta mayor rules out Senate run President George H.W. Bush spotted after hospital release Frank: ‘I’m not a senator, I just play one off-Broadway’ Sen. Murkowski backs calls to reevaluate biofuel mandate Obama takes gun debate on the road: ‘It’s time to do something’ GOP threatens to subpoena waivers from federal welfare reform requirements Poll: Seven in 10 Hispanics approve of Obama Improper Medicare payments to prisoners and illegal immigrants topped $100 million McConnell: Democrats’ call for ending tax loopholes is ‘poll-tested gimmick’ Analysis: Sequester could hit federal grants to states Boehner: ‘Obama missed a great opportunity today to help our economy’ Biden vows climate change action in meeting with French president Ron Paul criticized for tweet on sniper’s death GOPer: Immigration reform ‘about buying off lawbreakers’ McConnell not ruling out Hagel filibuster, says opposition to nominee ‘intensifying’ Boehner faults Obama for missing deadline to present budget Laura Bush: Father-in-law ‘doing very well’ after hospital stay Reid: House GOP’s delays on VAWA are ‘shameless’ and ‘unthinkable’ Fashion labels clash over trademark for Louboutin’s signature red sole Ohio Gov. Kasich backs Obama healthcare law’s Medicaid expansion VAWA must be reformed for domestic violence rates to come down HHS begins purge of ‘excessively burdensome’ healthcare rules Justice planning charges against S&P for financial crisis ratings Report: Obama leaning toward Hersman for transportation chief Carney: Obama never ‘pretended’ he grew up as an avid hunter Libya interventionist Samantha Power leaving White House Report: US intelligence lacks resources to fight al Qaeda in Africa Obama was concerned Super Bowl blackout could be security issue Schumer asks Interior for timeline on Statue of Liberty reopening after storm Paul Ryan opposed to Wisconsin Electoral College scheme Privacy groups request meeting with U.S. officials on backlash against European privacy rules Gasoline costs take biggest share of household income in three decades The empire strikes back Parents group urges FCC to crack down on CBS over Super Bowl profanity Rep. Amash: McCain joke likening Ahmadinejad to monkey ‘racist’ Community banks to regulators: Carve us out of new rules Jim Webb for Defense (Elizabeth Warren/Jim Webb 2016) Community banks call for Dodd-Frank relief Pa. lawmakers accuse FAA of favoring NY for air traffic control center Biden gives Super Bowl MVP Flacco props on Twitter Docs concerned about gift disclosure rules, survey finds Santorum warns Rubio to ‘be very careful’ of Durbin, Schumer on immigration Panetta and Dempsey to testify Thursday on Benghazi Kuhn airs first ad for South Carolina House special election Stricter penalties needed for HSBC Sen. Murkowski: Super Bowl blackout could ‘kick-start’ energy-policy debates Sequestration deadline offers politicians teachable moment Weld decides against Mass. Senate run, further thinning GOP field Kerry on first day at State: ‘I have big heels to fill’ GOP lawmaker proposes extended firearms registration for veterans Kerry to take over State Department’s Twitter feed Time to get serious about cutting spending Kerry begins State Department tenure with pledge to fill Clinton’s ‘big heels’ Napolitano to highlight border security as immigration plan debated Ryan hits Obama for blowing past deadline for 2014 budget McConnell: ‘They want to take me out’ Report: Tagg Romney weighing Senate bid News bites: Electric vehicle struggles, pipeline battles, and more Sen. Levin raises just 
$13K, putting his 2014 
plans in question If only: As Wash Post mulls a headquarters move, a reminder that I.M. Pei might have been its architect Week ahead: House returns to healthcare-stuffed agenda The Freudian error Inhofe predicts Democrats will bail on Hagel This Week in Tech: House to hold joint hearing on UN Internet regulation Week ahead: Panetta to testify on Benghazi This week in Transportation: DOT contender meets the press Irish Amb. Michael Collins: Stability, jobs and growth on the agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency The week ahead: Senate Republicans roll out energy roadmap Ex-Rep. Halvorson nearly broke in bid to return to Congress Axelrod: White House should have released skeet-shooting photo earlier News bites: Obama claims broad cyber war powers Monday: VAWA in the Senate, health bills in the House Kerry talks with Israeli leaders, Abbas in first weekend on job News bites: Baby bust Mass. GOP chairwoman ‘surprised’ by Brown’s decision not to run in special News bites: Different light Jindal: 2016 presidential aspirants need ‘head examined’ News bites: Coal industry wants a say in new climate rules Trump: ‘Stupid’ for Jindal to warn GOP to ‘stop being the stupid party’ Michelle Obama ‘proud’ of Beyoncé halftime performance NJ newspaper urges Sen. Menendez to ‘break his silence’ Rove group to launch super-PAC focused on Republican primaries This week: CBO to deliver post-‘fiscal cliff’ outlook Murkowski launches push for expanded drilling, green-energy policy revamp The House’s chance on Immigration Hill Poll: Voters oppose deportations, but see border as vulnerable Opinion: A compromise for the nation Opinion: Where are the liberal lions? Yoho takes unorthodox path to Hill Secretive House group close to immigration-reform agreement Senate GOP probes Treasury pick Lew’s failure to comply with Medicare law