The Hill Articles: July 10, 2013

Senate Dems heading back to the drawing board on student loans Issa plans next IRS hearing Obama to discuss immigration with McCain, Schumer on Thursday Officials blast FBI on information sharing Tech lobby has no Plan B on immigration Second Democrat considering primary challenge to Rep. Tierney We must do better on immigration reform Senate finally passes House-version of a Vietnam Memorial donor bill The growing trade opportunity overseas for small businesses OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Hagel lays out sequester pain House GOP leaders intensify farm bill push Gay marriage is no purple issue Under Contract OVERNIGHT TECH: Walden renews push to overhaul FCC rules Getting a running start OVERNIGHT MONEY: ‘Too big to fail’ in focus Weyants World: July 11, 2013 Kangaroo spy court Benghazi auditor Pickering slams Obama for appointing donors to embassy posts Boehner warns House GOP will be weaker without immigration reform Senate bill removes Fannie, Freddie from the housing finance system OVERNIGHT HEALTH: GOP smells blood in ObamaCare delay Sen. Rubio’s reproval House kills proposal to kill funding for United States Enrichment Corp. OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Wildfires in focus on Capitol Hill, Quebec oil disaster update, and more Huelskamp: Trusting Obama with border like trusting Clinton with daughter Sense of gloom deepens among Dems over immigration reform’s prospects Feinstein, Durbin urge Obama to stop Gitmo force-feedings Rules issued in revision of Cold-War-era export policy Baucus, Hatch: Revenue question not settled DAY’S END ROUNDUP GOP senators question exchanges’ solvency Chamber chief on immigration reform: ‘We are going to damn well do it’ GOP to Sen. Boxer: Make Obama administration defend climate plan Senate passes resolution honoring Ariz. fire fighters Capitol Counsel adds firepower for tax reform battle FAA requires 1,500 flight hours for pilots Treasury Dept. defends ObamaCare mandate delay Sponsors hint deal on energy efficiency bill close NBA player, actress lobby for diabetes research at Senate committee hearing Honda trails in cash race as Silicon Valley execs embrace House challenger Smithfield Foods vows business as usual after Chinese takeover Apple found guilty of price fixing House, Senate reintroduce foreign aid transparency bill Colgan Air families praise new pilot standards GOP aide writing anonymously: Party should ‘reclaim’ climate debate Hagel warns of ‘severely damaging’ sequester cuts to Pentagon in 2014 Coons: Congress has ‘put jobs on the back burner’ State Sen. Joni Ernst jumps into Iowa Senate race GOP lawmakers decry ceiling fan regulations Obama to host George H.W. Bush at the White House Rep. Connolly gets his own trail House turns away proposals to cut nuclear maintenance A bridge between the West and the East? Obama in no hurry to make decision on freezing aid to Egypt Private-sector jobs added across all regions GOP bills on individual mandate don’t address pre-existing conditions Carney: GOP critics ‘willfully ignorant’ on ObamaCare delay Fed divided on ending stimulus Senate GOP begins push to delay and defund ObamaCare Navy drone makes first carrier landing Lawmakers square off with administration over federal worker compensation What’s the measure of secretary of State success: Miles traveled, calls made, how about crises fixed? SEC lifts ban on hedge fund advertising Hoyer: GOP leaders have no coherent message for passing immigration reform Threats and opportunities in nuclear security spending Heavy hitter at Patton Boggs departs for WilmerHale House panel approves funding for Puerto Rico status vote Why delay the employer mandate illegally when repealing it is the right policy? White House: Immigration reform has ‘always been an uphill battle’ Mexico presses US on gun control after Fast and Furious-tied murder US, Chinese leaders seek common ground GOP women’s Twitter profile features Dems Cruz urges Texas Senate to pass 20-week abortion ban Rubio calls on colleagues to examine higher education issues The path to a better farm bill WATCH LIVE: Obama awards Star Wars creator National Medal of Arts House blocks enforcement of light bulb standards Poll: Braley leads all GOP contenders in Iowa Senate race Croatia treads cautiously forward with EU membership Regulatory czar starts work at White House Senate fails to move forward with lower student loan rates US, China unveil joint climate initiatives Romney to headline New Hampshire GOP fundraiser NTSB chief: Asiana pilots were not drug tested Labor chief: Time to go nuclear We need to talk about what ACA will mean for our veterans Club for Growth endorses Rep. Mike Simpson’s primary foe Rep. Garcia draws $440K in 2nd quarter Levin: Start planning for strikes in Syria House panel approves bill curtailing EPA power on climate regs GOP lawmaker says Senate immigration bill hurts assimilation process White House backs one-year freeze in student loan rates Appropriations subcommittee pushes forward IRS budget cut Late night smash: Spitzer, bin Laden, and Obama’s new wheels Report: Latin American energy target of US spying program GOP wants new cost estimate for health law after mandate delay Report: US bankrolled Morsi opponents Bipartisan Senate group presses Energy Dept. to approve gas exports Feinstein endorses Calif. House candidate over ex-Rep. Baca Poll: Most back shorter campaigns, national primary for president Kerry: Climate change a top priority for high-level US, China talks Thursday’s meeting announcements: FDIC hearing from community banks Senate panel approves bill banning LGBT discrimination at work Kerry chokes back tears in first comments on wife’s health scare Reid: Progress is being made on a student loan compromise Watchdog: Military’s new $34M Afghan facility won’t be used Giuliani: Weiner ‘is not prepared to be mayor’ of NYC Split farm bill lacks House votes Justin Bieber drops f-bomb on Bill Clinton HHS pushes ObamaCare enrollment with new grants New regs for Thursday: Reclaiming government debts Palin on Senate run: ‘I’ve considered it’ The law that changed the world Bush calls for reform, but says he won’t enter political debate on immigration News bites: Survive Donilon joins Council on Foreign Relations Walgreens, Blue Cross launch effort to promote ObamaCare GOP bill would defund schools with rules against playing with imaginary guns Beshear: I’ll support Lundergan Grimes ‘in every way that I can’ News bites: 340B News bites: Tribune to split into two companies Obama to give ‘Star Wars’ creator National Medal of Arts Wednesday: Student loan fizzle in the Senate, energy and water in the House News bites: Regulators unveil major plan to rein in big banks News bites: EPA backing off fracking tests, ANWR plan floated, and more News bites: Shifting winds Promoting US invention; Aiming high in innovation Poll: Majority say Snowden a whistle-blower, not a traitor IEA official: Obama plan gives US leverage in climate talks with China Former Obama campaign aides join ‘Ready for Hillary’ draft effort WikiLeaks: Snowden has not yet accepted asylum in Venezuela Watchdog warns debt collectors about abusing consumers White House touts economic benefits of immigration reform Deficit talks on life support House Republicans set for critical meeting on immigration reform MORNING READ House rejecting most amendments to energy and water bill Comey: Waterboarding is torture, illegal Democrat on Democrat: Warren spars with Manchin on student loan proposal Intelligence panels cut off aid to Syrian rebels by restricting funds GOP seeks to torpedo IRS budget Rogers and Clark? Lewis and Clark? History is hard…