The Hill Articles: July 25, 2013

Halliburton will plead guilty in BP Gulf oil spill The FBI has flown drones 10 times in US OVERNIGHT TECH: Senate Commerce to vote on cybersecurity bill next week Senators rebel against Obama on Egypt ‘coup’ White House ‘deeply concerned’ by Iraqi terror attacks OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Conservative momentum builds to defund ObamaCare OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Boehner backs NSA amendment vote OVERNIGHT MONEY: Job creation takes center stage ObamaCare architect joins behavioral health group Camp, Ways and Means Dems to meet next week Reid: GOP takeover of Senate ‘not in the cards’ GOP group hits Hillary on investigations into brother’s business Bill would end tax break for firms selling junk food to kids DOD nominee admits waterboarding was torture OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Time keeps tickin’ for energy efficiency bill GOP on Obama port speech: ‘Apparently we can wait’ Rep. Sensenbrenner: DOJ is legally justified in going after Texas Voting rights challenge in Texas opens up new Obama-GOP fight DAY’S END ROUNDUP Durbin: ‘I deeply resent’ King’s ‘hateful’ comment about immigrants Senate Commerce Committee to vote on media violence bill Grassley demands answers on Huma Adebin’s role at State Department Pelosi: ‘It would be great to have a first woman chairman of the Fed’ Rubio on ObamaCare: ‘We have a chance to stop this’ Sen. Cornyn: Justice Department effort shows Obama admin isn’t worried about voter fraud Senate regulatory panel to hold inaugural hearing Mikulski: Transport bill’s fate uncertain Weiner: I texted three women since leaving Congress Samantha Power: Human rights advocate no more? Senate rejects motion to reduce Transportation spending bill to sequester levels Young immigrants deliver cantaloupes to Rep. King’s office on Capitol Hill Tax reform in Senate? Not so fast, says Reid. GOP launches fresh bid to block Interior mining rule Obama: ‘World-class infrastructure shouldn’t be a partisan issue’ Enzi getting ready for a Wyoming rodeo Grimes dedicates Senate run to deceased grandmother in new video Steve King is what’s wrong with Congress. Where are the Bob Doles? Comedy site eager to promote ObamaCare Senate moves bill increasing IRS, Dodd-Frank funding House subcommittee hearing on copyright goes 3-D Sequestration should not slow American access to new medications Boxer: Highway funding shortfall risks 3 million jobs Movement to defund ObamaCare grows Report: Obama to tell lawmakers there was no coup in Egypt Rep. King defends immigration views, challenges critics to debate him Gohmert: Obama targeting Texas because it voted against him Obama offers assistance to Spain after deadly train crash Senate, DOD nominee spar over counterrorism rules in confirmation hearing Obama left off invite list for Iranian presidential inauguration CBO: Sequester cuts would cost up to 1.6M jobs through 2014 Politics and progress: Will the White House stall its own climate change plans? Five charged with hacking 160 million credit card numbers McCaskill: Military sexual assault debate not ‘victims vs. uniforms’ Wyden floats fracking regs framework Poll: Rand Paul leads GOP presidential pack Nationals’ Teddy Roosevelt mascot appears in ObamaCare video Is it something in the water? Texas GOP pans Holder move Cantor: House won’t vote on clean debt limit extension in September White House wants probe of Tunisian opposition leader’s assassination North Carolina Republican accuses ‘liberal media’ of shilling for Hagan Forecast and summer reading: Obama a demagogue, Israel rising, Meredith Whitney was right, King George Don’t force an irresponsible vote on Iran sanctions Watt plans to introduce performance right bill Senate votes to confirm Associate Attorney General West White House aides, utility reps huddle on power plant carbon regs Boehner defends NSA surveillance vote Bill targets ObamaCare ‘honor system’ Flake goes public with tax reform submission Eliot Spitzer will win (great), Carlos Danger will lose (great) GOP poll: McConnell leading in primary, general Pelosi rips Weiner for ‘reprehensible’ and ‘clueless’ behavior House to vote on blocking IRS enforcement of ObamaCare Blown-out Gulf gas well no longer leaking, agencies say Poll: New ‘Sexting’ revelations cost Weiner lead in mayor’s race Boehner: ‘Of course’ King remarks make moving immigration reform more difficult Rick Perry: Holder showing ‘utter contempt’ for Constitution DOE official: Chinese natural gas could ‘wreak havoc’ on markets What does healthcare have to do with immigration reform? Senators float trade sanctions against Russia over Snowden Movie director: Politically themed movies are on the outs Senate panel to vote on Dempsey Joint Chiefs confirmation next week Cornyn pushes amendment barring Detroit bailout House votes to blunt EPA regs on coal ash Feds tell private student lenders to work with distressed borrowers A changed ‘social’ calendar for House carbon battle Report: TV station fires employees over fake Asiana pilot names Hillary Clinton could handle things ‘even better’ than her husband did, says Reid Rep. Sanford’s ex-wife: ‘My heart goes out to’ Huma Abedin Poll: Most voters support banning abortion after 20 weeks Small business reality check on Affordable Care Act: it’s here to stay… and that’s a darn good thing House subcommittee votes to revamp FCC process White House to focus comprehensive energy review on infrastructure Jobless claims tick up by 7,000 last week Dem poll: Rep. Kline starts off with big lead in Minnesota Paul amendment would give Congress sway over expensive regs UN chief: Syria death toll tops 100,000 Federal report: World energy consumption to grow 56 percent by 2040 Friday’s meeting announcements: Election commission meeting in Denver McConnell: Senate should follow House by voting to delay ObamaCare Obama: Reporters tell me my ideas are ‘great’ New regs for Friday: Additional pilot certification requirements Heritage Action officially backs House shutdown threat over ObamaCare Attorney general seeks to reassert federal power over state voting laws No doubt about it: ethanol mandates hit food producers hard Reid calls on GOP to end ‘opposition for opposition’s sake’ McConnell campaign calls for challenger’s first ad to be taken down Rubio blames Obama for threats of shutdown Rubio wants to introduce 20-week abortion ban McCain: $1 coin could lead to bigger tips for strippers Heritage: Don’t put Keystone amendment on efficiency bill Schatz, Hanabusa hold dueling fundraisers at same hotel Paul: No one in Congress has a ‘stronger belief in minority rights than I do’ News bites: Overlap Bill would require more lists of expected rules News bites: Google unveils Internet TV device News bites: The birds (planes) and the bees News bites: Dropping coverage Reigniting America’s real estate and housing markets through reform Rep. Steve King defends immigrant drug mule comments on the House floor Poll: Supreme Court’s approval rating drops below 50 percent for first time Weiner rejects calls to quit as female texting partner is identified Thursday: Coal ash in the House, THUD in the Senate Need for copyright protection hits home News bites: FDA actions not so bold Poll: Majority in Steve King’s district back path to citizenship Senate bill shields Exxon pipeline spill payments from taxes Report: Lawmakers’ Keystone pipeline letters based on lobbyists’ text Obama to push for more infrastructure spending in speech News bites: Update on Gulf rig blaze, lawsuit hits oil industry on wetland harm and more Staff data leaks out of the SEC McCain, McConnell heading for spell of rocky relations Nursing home industry ready for battle over Medicare funding The government has your data at its fingertips House Oversight clears postal bill on party-line vote No love for Edward Snowden among NSA critics on Capitol Hill Obama dismisses scandals as ‘phony’ Tax writers promise 50 years of secrecy for senators’ suggestions Boehner, Cantor blast Rep. Steve King for drug mule comments House panel advances bills to rein in regulations