The Hill Articles: March 22, 2013

Senate overwhelmingly endorses states’ collection of online sales taxes Top House lawmakers slam ICE division on ‘Fast and Furious’ Regulators issue court-mandated rules on airport body scanners Villaraigosa: Obama campaign to blame for convention snafu GOP lawmaker seeks ‘virtual Congress’ with telecommuting plan Keystone XL picks up Senate backing Carbon taxes spurned in Senate budget vote Whip Count: Senate and House budgets Sebelius, volunteers to talk ObamaCare enrollment European powers remain split on arming Syrian opposition DAY’S END ROUNDUP Senators introduce bill to create teams of cyber guardsmen at state-level Hatch offers fast-track, trade agency consolidation amendments Birth control rules drawing record comments, analysis finds Obama’s science advisers press for carbon standards Dozens of amendments demonstrate GOP ire over regulations Jeb Bush says brother taken to painting dogs ‘with a vengeance’ Clinton to speak at Women in World Summit Genachowski says legacy is ‘revitalized’ FCC White House withdraws court nominee who was blocked twice by GOP Former Gov. Granholm declines run for Senate in Michigan White House nominates Ex-Im’s Hochberg for second term Super Bowl Raven interns for congressman FAA shuts down 149 air traffic towers Bills would address palliative care shortage Engineers endorse Grassley bill on H-1B reform Gerard Butler on co-star Ashley Judd: Her political aspirations were ‘a bit of a shock’ Inhofe amendment revives wartime spending fund for DOD Obama offers Jordan $200 million more to help Syrian refugees Senators file legislation to block small knives on airplanes Dem climate advocates huddle with top White House aides Healthcare amendments flood Senate budget process We must get BP settlement structure right FCC chairman heads for the exits Club for Growth key-votes Senate budget amendments Cruz’s ‘Bloomberg Big Gulp Amendment’ targets food size regulation Rep. Broun says some Republicans are ‘getting soft’ on immigration Report: Dominican lawyer cites Daily Caller for role in Menendez hooker story GOP lawmaker: No more food stamps to buy junk food Bipartisan group of senators will offer online sales tax amendment Grassley pushes for consumer bureau watchdog in budget amendment Report: Clinton urging Judd, Grimes to run for Senate in Kentucky Senate Democrats in ‘reply mode’ on climate budget amendments GOP bill would block political robo-calls Senate begins moving through amendments on way to budget Christie opposes ‘conversion therapy’ Biden fuels 2016 speculation with fundraisers in key Dem primary states FBI director hasn’t seen ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Cordray vows to soldier on at consumer bureau Administration: $20 million in grants for background checks Obama prayer breakfast critic would ‘seriously consider’ White House run Environmentalists shouldn’t side with Big Oil against biofuels Report: US drone strike kills four in Pakistan Seismic testing will inform sound energy decisions Billionaire opens attack on Lynch in Mass. Senate race over Keystone XL Dem amendment would block regulations on power plant emissions Ex-Obama regulations chief blames Glenn Beck for death threats Senate rejects repeal of healthcare law, again Restricting drug patent settlements would result in protracted litigation Kids question Gov. Christie on Obama, first lady Senate rejects plan to tie tax hikes to lower unemployment Same-sex marriage: From hot-button issue to litmus test Obama gets diplomatic win with Netanyahu apology to Turkey Poll: 88 percent supports background checks ahead of Senate vote Agencies should treat discrimination as a misuse of federal funds Waters calls for funds to rehab foreclosed property Rep. Shuster applauds Amtrak decision to continue Pennsylvania service Watchdog dedicates room to Stephen Colbert Strengthening the inter-American human rights system Insurers spent little on quality improvement, study finds Health care rules for 9/11 responders nearly finalized Congress axes Pakistan counterinsurgency fund Obama Twitter retweets Yoko Ono photo of John Lennon’s bloody glasses Sessions doubts House, Senate can reconcile budget plans NRCC launches anti-‘ObamaCare’ fundraising site Can the Republican Party recover from Iraq? Can America? Shocker: Hillary crushes Rubio and Bush in Florida, annihilates Perry in Texas Reid says he’ll seek to limit Senate budget amendment votes News bites: Health reform at 3 News bites: Pilot error News bites: Google’s Schmidt calls for Internet freedom in Myanmar Priebus slams ‘idiotic statements’ as reason for GOP losses in 2012 News bites: ‘Virtual currencies’ now subject to federal regulation Top Republican on intel panel joins call for arming rebels in Syria CLF attacks two House freshmen on budget in first ads of 2014 cycle Obama visits Israeli memorial sites Friday: Lots of budget votes today and into Saturday morning Obama places stones from MLK memorial at key Israeli site Report: Gingrich, Santorum mulled unity ticket vs. Romney Obama taps nuke safety chief Macfarlane for new term Three killed in shooting, suicide at Quantico Marine Corps base News bites: Obama to announce national monuments, Apple’s data going green, and more Senate poised to pass budget Tax reform on hold in Senate amid fight over deficit reduction Senate rejects GOP attempt to remove tax increases from budget Senate calls for an end to medical device tax Ryan’s budget rejected in Senate on 40-59 vote Senate Democrats unite to defeat balanced-budget motion FCC’s Genachowski to step down