The Hill Articles: July 5, 2013

July 5
Cantor vows action on ‘revised farm bill’ Farm groups sue EPA over farmers’ privacy A closer look at next week … Senate debates student loan rate fixes DAY’S END ROUNDUP Administration to extend minimum wage to home care workers Bipartisan Senate bill aims to help troops vote FCC: SoftBank’s ownership of Sprint likely to boost service, competition House plans hearings on higher education, protection of consumer data Pope Francis clears Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII for sainthood Sen. Alexander touts Rand Paul support in early 2014 reelection ad buy TSA joins Instagram FDA to expand generic drugs’ labeling powers House to hold hearing on Abu Dhabi airport preclearance facility plan Israeli ambassador leaving post this fall George W. Bush expected to offer defense of immigration reform Study: Privatized Medicaid expansion could improve stability State: Kerry ‘briefly’ on boat amid Egypt turmoil Green group: Climate change will hurt GOP appeal to young voters House Republican charges Obama’s ‘war on coal’ adds to US unemployment WikiLeaks: NSA leaker Snowden applied for asylum in six more countries CNBC anchor slams ‘bona fide cult’ of ‘enviro-socialists’ Poll: Most don’t want their children to choose politics as a career Biden to attend Arizona firefighters memorial Grassley predicts House will produce immigration bill he can vote for GOP senator: No evidence Obama used IRS to target political enemies North Korea rejects human rights probe backed by Obama San Francisco transit service to resume after strike Hillary and healthcare Senate grilling set for Obama’s FBI nominee Veterans’ unemployment dips to 6.3 percent Obama hits the links with old friends Monday’s meeting announcements: Privacy board gets together News bites: More employer mandate fallout Meatless cafeterias save as many lives as smokeless ones New regs for Monday: California wine Transportation sector loses 5,100 jobs in June Pallone avoids knocking opponents in New Jersey Senate race Cantor: Jobs report shows need to delay ObamaCare News bites: Europe orders Google to rewrite privacy policy House bill requires a study of derivatives markets Economy adds 195,000 jobs, unemployment at 7.6 percent in June News Bites: SEC to lift ban on hedge fund ads News bites: Fourth fizzles American troops celebrate final Fourth of July holiday at Afghanistan base News bites: Oil prices and jobs, Shell’s Gulf find and African spill, and more MORNING READ McCain, House Republicans headed for clash on immigration reform Snowden revelations imperil cyber hacking talks with China After sequestration threat, DC celebrates Fourth of July holiday with fireworks