The Hill Articles: January 18, 2013

Genachowski launches gigabit city challenge Jobless rate drops in 22 states Gallup: Majority supports Obama’s gun-control proposals Gallup and USA Today end polling relationship Report: Dow Chemical leaves major trade group over LNG export policy HSBC will pay $249 million for bad mortgage practices FDA approves Botox to treat bladder issues Lawmakers blast Obama ‘war on jobs’ in energy sector Twitter: 90 percent of House members now tweeting Inaugural balls A closer look at next week… President should identify the good work of government in address Rabbi declines to run in Massachusetts special election Health insurance CO-OPs push to get funding back DAY’S END ROUNDUP Hope, but no change Oversight chairman raises constitutional questions on GOP debt-limit plan Obama, first lady privately host donors at White House Obama officials delay ‘fracking’ rules Rep. Schweikert sees future career as Starbucks barista One American is confirmed dead in Algeria hostage crisis Report: Pentagon grounds Marine Corps version of Joint Strike Fighter Regulators end monitoring of UnitedHealthcare claims Bush sends regrets to Obama inauguration DOD denies bid to drop charges against 9/11 conspirators Cosmetics queen heads to DC for inauguration Conservative group blasts Schumer for supporting Hagel Obama urged not to cut Afghan forces House committees to probe debt limit, Benghazi next week Religious groups back Obama’s call for CDC to study whether video games are linked to gun violence Pelosi: GOP debt-limit plan a ‘gimmick’ Workplace wellness regulations: First, do no harm GOP leaves somber meeting united Biden responds to The Onion’s fake Biden New rules designed to protect borrowers from taking out risky mortgages Key House conservatives back debt-limit plan, win budget concessions Analysis: Local health centers serve 22 million US patients Senators say drug makers shouldn’t ‘pay-off’ generic makers for delays House Republicans push #NoBudgetNoPay hashtag White House ‘encouraged’ by House GOP debt-ceiling plan Sister of Stephen Colbert to run for Rep. Tim Scott’s seat GOP Rep. Mulvaney: ‘No risk of default’ on debt Insurers jack up premiums, Whole Foods CEO calls health care law fascism, House Dems begin new push for the public option Obama, Bush and the imbalance of power State Dept. rejects Algerian hostage takers’ demands Grand jury charges former New Orleans Mayor Nagin with corruption Gowdy says House will examine constitutionality of Obama’s gun executive actions Feds to spend $400K researching saving habits in poor neighborhoods Reid: No immigration reform bill will pass Senate without pathway to citizenship Florida: Cost of providing health coverage far less than ‘ObamaCare’ mandate Path to immigration reform is paved by filibuster reform Holder to Congress: Take up gun reform Democrat announces run for Tim Scott’s House seat Ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. eyed at famed D.C. eatery Senator asks whether Justice tried to ‘make an example’ of Swartz Bill Clinton: Hand tremor is not Parkinson’s House Republicans to vote next week on three-month increase to debt limit Senior State Dept. climate official heads to DOE Administration pushes to lower phone call charges for prisoners Panetta: Terrorists will have ‘no place to hide’ Sen. Brown calls for the end of tax breaks for bank settlements TSA ends contract with producer of full-body X-ray scanners Rep. Issa calls ATF nomination ‘slap in the face’ to family of slain agent Interior finalizes Ariz. solar energy plan President Obama’s second term portrait unveiled First lady re-launches ‘Obama for America’ as ‘Organizing for Action’ Dem to propose bill banning ‘3-D printing’ of high-capacity ammo clips NRCC announces nine vice chairmen Senators hope to share inauguration with constituents Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson join inaugural talent list Biden to visit Germany, France and UK in European tour Debt ceiling must be raised Economist: Individual mandate’s penalty is high enough Six federal agencies approve new appraisal requirements Cornyn: ‘We will raise the debt ceiling’ Blackburn ready to record political duet with country singer Why foreign aid should not end up a casualty of the Congressional budget battles Dem asks NASA to help Boeing solve 787 problem Democratic businessman mulling run for Sen. Rockefeller’s seat Friday’s global agenda: Obama braces for fallout from Algeria hostage crisis Obama allies Browner, Podesta now oppose Arctic drilling Evacuation of US citizens under way after strikes in Algeria Bill Burton heads to Global Strategy Group Rep. Issa celebrates anniversary of SOPA blackout Senators demand hold on deportation of same-sex partners until Supreme Court ruling News bites: Inaugural landings Whole Foods CEO regrets calling Obama health law ‘fascism’ Outgoing aide predicts more ‘assertive’ Obama in second term News bites: On the way back home ExxonMobil will give $250K to inauguration News bites: Baring all Gallup: Three-quarters of Americans support congressional term limits News bites: Algeria update The heart of Israel: The Second Zionist Revolution Technology creates an inward society Report: Obama campaign to relaunch as nonprofit organization News bites: Regulators examine crowdfunding provision in JOBS Act Obama campaign manager Messina to earn Machiavelli award Poll: Plurality of voters disapprove of President Obama’s tax plan Poll: Majorities support Obama second-term agenda on guns, immigration Scott Brown might lose NRA support in next run Geithner says history will validate unpopular Wall Street bailouts GOP pledges outreach to minorities, women Afghan ambassador Eklil Hakimi: The way forward into the Transformation Decade Poll: Voters pessimistic as Obama prepares for second inauguration At halftime of his presidency, Obama looks to lessons of first four years Inauguration festivities list Security officials confident they’re prepared for crowds Setting partisanship aside is the best way to achieve a better future President, Democrats must now focus on the real problem: Spending MORNING READ Weyants World: January 21, 2013 McConnell seeks fresh start with president Vice President Biden rides political high Four years on, Obama and his family appear at home in the nation’s capital Slew of celebrities heading to DC for Obama’s inauguration, parties ExxonMobil will give $250K to inauguration OPINION: Republicans will face peril if they hold the debt ceiling hostage OPINION: Gun control efforts now central to President Obama’s legacy