The Hill Articles: July 17, 2013

Reports: Deal struck on student loan rates White House regs chief defends ‘social cost of carbon’ boost Votes to delay ObamaCare mandates put House Democrats in tight spot House Dems: IRS IG intervening on document release OVERNIGHT ENERGY: On global warming, a busy climate on Capitol Hill Thursday Lawmakers Lewis, Sensenbrenner urge Congress to restore Voting Rights Act OVERNIGHT MONEY: Circling back to the IRS White House, Boehner, US Olympic Committee fire back against boycott Under Contract OVERNIGHT TECH: Markey champions E-Rate in first Senate hearing Broadcast benefits DC’s purple ‘Field of Dreams’ Old ways not obsolete Harry Reid’s finest hour ‘Zero Option’ in Afghanistan is not an option Hoeven predicts efficiency bill will collapse without Keystone pipeline attached OVERNIGHT HEALTH: House votes to delay ObamaCare mandates More natural gas for Europe is good for US alliances and jobs New regulations czar won’t testify about ObamaCare delay House GOP push repeal of government ‘big thumb’ biofuel program Weyant’s World: July 18, 2013 OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Boycott suggestion gets bipartisan pushback HHS adds $33 million to ObamaCare PR contract Obama officials refuse to end Cuba talks after weapons discovery House defies veto threat, votes to delay ObamaCare mandates Appropriators spar over DC, ObamaCare abortion restrictions DAY’S END ROUND-UP Dem bill would let NASA ‘lasso’ asteroid as part of Mars plan New Sen. Markey snags Foreign Relations, Commerce, Small Biz assignments Fundraising hauls hint at 2014 hot spots and trouble spots for Dems and GOP Graham stands by call for Winter Olympics boycott over Snowden, Syria Third court deals blow to Obama’s NLRB recess appointments Markey replaces Casey on Foreign Relations panel Carney gets into tense exchange with high school student Franklin heads to privacy, civil liberties board Rep. DeFazio draws nearer to top Dem spot on Natural Resources panel Labor secretary nominee narrowly survives Senate vote Feds to farmers: Help us identify bad regulations Sen. Klobuchar headed to Iowa in August Grover Norquist open to backing Cheney over Enzi Acting IRS chief: No targeting small businesses in audits Dem fails to stop 24 percent IRS budget cut Senate confirms Obama’s nominee to lead Export-Import Bank Time to take the necessary steps to secure the safety of the population of Camp Ashraf/Liberty Bernanke: Congress should focus on long-term sustainability ACLU: Police are using license plate readers to collect people’s location data Obama threatens veto of House GOP ‘No Child Left Behind’ update DOJ official admits collecting data unrelated to terrorism Inhofe: Obama is using his administration to ‘advance a radical agenda’ Obama’s Africa visit: Turning rhetoric into reality in the Great Lakes region Housing construction slows on drop in apartment building Missile defense director wants new test ‘as soon as possible’ Union, consumer group push for healthcare worker protections Let devout Sikh Americans serve in the U.S. military Rep. John Lewis heading to comic book gathering Republicans slam Obama for making a mess of ObamaCare Drone crashes into Florida highway Rep. King: Kelly would consider DHS post Report: Companies see climate risks, but few take heightened action Obama to tout healthcare law’s rebates in speech Thursday Bernanke prods Congress, defends policy path Bill would require Senate confirmation for surveillance judges Gun, immigration fights flare at House spending panel Enzi: I’m ‘not too old to be senator’ Ex-Obama NSC spokesman the latest to criticize Rolling Stone bomber cover Egyptian coup should trigger broad re-examination of U.S. militarization of Middle East Former Rep. West: ‘Race baiters’ pushing Trayvon Martin debate Top health official wasn’t consulted on mandate delay US Olympic Committee to Graham: Boycotts of Games don’t work Carney: Olympics boycott a bad idea Republicans attack top Obama official on ObamaCare delay GOP senator: White House ‘helping friends’ led to lax online gambling rules Senators deride online gambling regs Energy panel votes to rein in EPA rules Democrat Davis declines West Virginia Senate run Bill Clinton presses for climate action GOP senators argue delay of employer mandate is ‘unfair’ to families Becerra: Cantor Dream Act proposal ‘so yesterday’ Lofgren, Sensenbrenner urge administration to let tech giants publish surveillance data ObamaCare supporter backs bill to repeal insurance tax Springsteen dedicates song to ‘justice for Trayvon Martin’ Federal appeals court reverses ruling limiting indefinite detention Boehner endorses push for citizenship for children of illegal immigrants Rubio berates GOP colleagues who’d vote to end debate on Labor nominee DC Metro subway extension delayed eight weeks Are the wheels coming off the ACA wagon? History suggests not Obama UN pick pledges to ‘work tirelessly to defend’ Israel NRA: Holder exploiting Trayvon Martin death to push gun control agenda Congress will kill Patriot Act if spying continues, bill’s author threatens IRS chief spars with GOP over ObamaCare testimony Sen. Warren: Opponents of the CFPB tried to ‘suffocate the baby in the crib’ GOP lawmaker says delaying insurance mandates a step toward ObamaCare repeal Interior chief defends ‘fracking’ rules amid GOP, industry attacks Watt expected to get through Banking panel on a party-line vote Chamber threatens to punish lawmakers who oppose mandate delay Obama: ‘Americans are better off’ with Cordray ‘finally confirmed’ CMS touts wider adoption of electronic health records Overturn of DOMA, passage of ENDA good news for small businesses Toomey accuses fellow Republicans of ‘relinquishing’ power to deny cloture Boehner: Graham ‘dead wrong’ over call to boycott 2014 Olympics Senior House Republican threatens fresh Interior subpoenas Warner deems House’s mortgage finance bill DOA GOP lawmaker: Jay-Z’s new album is ‘pretty sick’ Retail lobby backs anti-ObamaCare bill Senate votes to end debate on Obama’s nominee to lead Export-Import Bank Thursday’s meeting announcements: Review of train regs coming Biden swears in Cordray White House gets Georgia Republicans to introduce UN nominee Dem poll: Hagan leads challengers by double digits in North Carolina Why preclearance in Abu Dhabi is good for the U.S. Russian lawmaker slams Graham’s call for Olympics boycott New regs for Thursday: Habitat for threatened turtles Asiana drops fake pilot name lawsuit Reid praises Obama, recognizes the ‘burdens’ he bears Markey named to Senate Commerce Committee Senator: Liz Cheney picked ‘the wrong race at the wrong time’ Treasury pushing to have Dodd-Frank in place by year’s end Bernanke warns fiscal fights between Congress, Obama could upend economy Hagel announces his own budget cuts as he visits with troops EPA nominee vote coming as soon as Wednesday NRCC beats DCCC in June fundraising Report: USDA changes tune on regulation of magic show rabbit To bee or not to bee: Dems propose pesticide ban to protect pollinators News bites: Fact check News bites: World’s busiest race To fix the budget, address diabetes News bites: EU wants more concessions from Google in search probe ObamaCare lowers NY premiums by half Senate Conservatives Fund open to considering help for Cheney DCCC pays down debt; raises $6.7M in June Wednesday: ObamaCare votes in the House Deval Patrick rules out 2016 presidential bid News bites: Will Cordray’s confirmation further embolden regulators? News bites: When to end? Jimmy Carter: Jury made ‘right decision’ Putin: US-Russia ties ‘far more important’ than Snowden dispute US soldier killed, 3 wounded in Afghan attack Hillary Clinton: Verdict in Martin case brought ‘painful heartache’ News bites: World Bank backs off coal, BP seeks suspension of spill claims and more Looking back at 10 years of the 50 Most Beautiful list Dems set sights on IRS watchdog Black Dems ready racial profiling bill in response to Florida verdict Bipartisan House immigration group weighs when to unveil plan MORNING READ Issa probes Energy Dept. power agency hiring, alleged retaliation Obama uses Univision, Telemundo to press case for immigration reform Holder attacks ‘stand your ground’ laws for sowing ‘dangerous conflict’ Sen. Graham suggests US boycott Winter Olympics in Russia over Snowden Nuclear option averted as GOP blinks Actor: Give Obama a day with family Weyant’s World: July 17, 2013 The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful List has come a long way since its start in 2004