The Hill Articles: October 14, 2013

Gallup: People in U.S. want government to focus on jobs House passes 15th ‘mini’ spending bill as Senate closes in on deal White House ready to ‘quickly’ lift sanctions on Iran (Video) OVERNIGHT MONEY: Deal or no deal? OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Emerging Senate deal spares ObamaCare Outside group: McConnell ‘negotiating surrender’ Reid: Deal to end shutdown close, but ‘not quite there yet’ White House meeting canceled, Biden goes shopping Senate votes to confirm two district judges Online ad industry goes on the offensive with new study Obama to do local interviews, raising pressure on GOP Unions poised to win delay of ObamaCare tax in budget deal (Video) OVERNIGHT ENERGY: See you next week! Administration looks to dodge Supreme Court challenge to NSA program National Park Service chief to face House GOP Senate Conservatives Fund blasts McConnell for emerging fiscal deal Report: US drone base in Yemen targeted in al Qaeda attack Without shale, oil prices would be a lot higher DAY’S END ROUNDUP GOP won’t win Senate if they ‘pussyfoot’ through negotiations, says GOP rep. Cassidy raises nearly $700k in third quarter Court rules against fishing regulator in coral case Senate could still miss debt deadline Waters lines up panel on default consequences Harkin warns Democrats against caving on 2014 budget level Yes, Sen. Cruz, we are afraid President postpones meeting Captured al Qaeda leader arrives in US for trial White House: Shutdown stifling US exports Brinksmanship in Washington doing economic damage Weeds, wildlife taking over WH garden California governor vetoes state email privacy bill Poll: Less than half of Republicans approve of party’s budget strategy Dems decry midnight rule change Study finds surge in renewable energy patents President struggles with sandwich bags at DC hunger nonprofit Government shutdowns have political consequences Economic confidence plummets Boxer compares House GOP to domestic abusers Panetta hammers Obama on Pentagon furloughs, death benefits Reid, McConnell express optimism debt, shutdown deal in reach Hillary Clinton to campaign in Virginia with McAuliffe (Video) Budget deal appears closer as leaders head to White House Senate leaders remain optimistic about debt-ceiling deal States encounter ObamaCare impostors Gibbs: ‘I hope they fire some people’ over ObamaCare rollout Israel’s discriminatory laws are embedding racial inequality ‘Scandal’s’ Kerry Washington calls congresswoman one of her ‘fave’ women Senators demand action, not rhetoric, from White House on nuclear Iran GOP member: Obama would push US to default to score political points Palin heading to Iowa Wall Street rebounds on meeting Poll: Cotton, Pryor neck and neck Sessions chides Obama administration regulations Nullification is not politics as usual Senior Republican bullish on House-Senate deal to advance US-Mexico drilling pact Activists urge papers to follow LA Times on climate letters Sessions slams Obama administration regulations on Senate floor Federal over-regulation nabs another victim: Television Rep. Fleming calls for Sebelius to resign Report: US vulnerable to oil price shocks US troop immunity still in doubt in draft postwar plan House bill would pay back the states for opening national parks Rick Perry attacks Washington, touts GOP governors in new ad San Francisco transit strike temporarily averted Feinstein: NSA data collection stops attacks Rep. Southerland challenger raises $450k in third quarter DNC chairwoman: Women lawmakers could end shutdown in ‘hours’ Uncle Sam shouldn’t try to manage school staffing Obama cuts Booker ad as lead shrinks Bowles, Simpson urge Washington to make a deal Report: Green energy investment drops as ‘political will’ on climate falters Panetta says US should be ‘skeptical’ of Iran overtures IRS: No confidential tax info shared in ObamaCare discussions Manchin says Senate ’70 to 80 percent’ of the way to a fiscal deal Panetta: Obama needs to engage The CIA’s forecast: ‘Nonstates’ and ‘devolution.’ Did Bush/Cheney destroy America? Costco store recalls chicken linked to salmonella outbreak Congress and the NRA should stand with victims of violence Kerry doubles down on demand that Assad must go Dems ask banks to go easy on furloughed federal workers Amtrak touts ridership record in 2013 fiscal year Schatz tops Hanabusa in third-quarter fundraising New regs for Tuesday: Week three for shutdown, rules still trickle out News bites: WWTMS? News bites: Close to home News bites: Now boarding, Jay-Z Poll: Booker’s lead continues to shrink Is the Affordable Care Act affordable? News bites: Netflix talks to cable companies News bites: Regulators prepared to dismantle failing banks Weekend smash: SNL bashes government shutdown RNC hits Democrats with robocalls on veterans’ benefits Monday: No deal yet on 14th day of the shutdown Corker: Republicans are ‘in a bad place’ Shutdown delays BP lawsuit over federal contracts freeze Former Somali special envoy to the US Abukar Arman: Getting US-Somali relations on the right track News bites: The high cost of ‘clean’ coal, and more Lawmakers rip Redskins owner, predict team will change name Dem says shutdown helping recruiting Opinion: Independents desert GOP Obama reports ‘some progress’ in talks