The Hill Articles: April 30, 2014

Ukrainian pop star to Obama: ‘Words cannot stop tanks’ NH Democratic Party calls for FEC probe into Scott Brown’s campaign OECD: Tax reform needed to battle income inequality As Dem support builds for Keystone, pressure’s on Reid Under Contract OVERNIGHT FINANCE: Trade policy in the spotlight House passes first 2015 appropriations bill A.B. Stoddard: Dems on thin ice for 2014 OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House panel green lights gas exports bill Brent Budowsky: Kerry as Churchill Too clean to fail Lanny Davis: Dems must stand by O-Care OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Defense bill markup hearings begin New price transparency rules for hospitals Report: US puts India, China on watch list for intellectual property violations GOP: Only 67 percent have paid first monthly ObamaCare premium OVERNIGHT TECH: House panel to hear benefits of e-health CAMPAIGN OVERNIGHT: Establishmenting a lead in North Carolina OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Health spending surges as O-Care plans begin Lawmakers seek to block Navy from retiring aircraft carrier Progressive group ties oil lobby to Saudi Arabia Senate clears seven Obama nominees Biden: ‘No downside’ to executive action on LGBT workplace rights Dems want to boost military energy efficiency Fishery groups defend EPA on Pebble Mine Cantor: White House ‘misled’ on Benghazi Dems: Wage push just beginning Ryan, CBC ‘agree to disagree’ on poverty Senator: TSA’s focus should be expanded Study: Regs drive up college costs House adopts proposals to fix VA claims backlog Lawmakers question ‘lack of leadership’ on Medicare fraud Spy court hears first anti-NSA argument Report: Pentagon intel chief to step down GOP lawmaker cites global unrest for keeping military benefits intact Freedom of religion or belief is a foreign policy priority Do Candidates Matter? Oil train derails in Lynchburg, Va. No place for fraud in the patent system CFPB tweaks rules to offer more mortgage credit Obama: Punish GOP for wage vote Cheney blasts Obama on foreign policy Christie to fundraise in Iowa Lawmakers call for ‘smarter’ regs from Obama administration WH: Congress shouldn’t touch Keystone Insurer backs away from dire O-Care prediction Protecting America’s waters Poll: Pryor leads Cotton by 1 in Arkansas White House reiterates support for Kerry Top broadcast lawyer: Aereo case is not about cloud computing Carney: Email was not about Libya Senators strike deal on cybersecurity Report: Private-sector employers added 220,000 jobs in April Reid: NFL should follow NBA to stop racism Fed pulls back stimulus despite feeble GDP Vitter will again push O-Care amendment on energy bill Obama thinks NBA did ‘the right thing’ Google stops scanning student accounts for ads House opens appropriations debate Joel McHale’s wish: Meeting Boehner, Pelosi ‘at the same exact time’ “Temporary federal program” leads to another Obamacare extension White House: Botched Oklahoma execution ‘fell short’ of humane standards Advocates applaud Obama transportation proposal FCC chief vows to stop ‘slow lanes’ on Internet Army: Cuts would include nearly half of combat brigades President Obama to visit Poland in June Dems criticize defense markup process Third missile defense site needed Analysis: State O-Care exchanges spent more on outreach FCC should promote real competition in incentive auction It’s time for us to end ‘too big to fail’ Labor Department proposal could limit choice for retirement investors Natural gas just one part of European energy security, State official says Boehner to have ‘minor’ back procedure Senate targets May 22 to advance spending bills Preserve a tax credit that actually works GOP blocks minimum-wage hike Bill Clinton hits media on ObamaCare coverage House panel OKs bill to speed up gas exports No time to slow down Longoria to launch Latino Victory Project John Paul Stevens: ‘Money is not speech’ Natural gas terminal clears hurdle Health spending exploded after O-Care coverage expansion GOP senators push Russia sanctions bill Report: Increased Medicaid access improves outcomes TSA touts first international PreCheck participant Poll: More than one-third took action after ‘Heartbleed’ Jobs: The best way to fight poverty Defense panel tosses out request for new round of base closures Subcommittee approves Commerce, Justice, Science spending bill New regs for Thursday: Drug testing, organic foods, banks Corker: Obama’s foreign policy creates ‘danger’ Kids get their own White House Correspondents’ event Senate Democrats plan vote to reverse Citizens United decision House panel silent on A-10 retirement Defense and VA: Failure to communicate Reid: It’s ‘illogical’ for GOP to oppose wage increase Wal-Mart offering car insurance Economic growth falls to anemic 0.1 percent Report: Jeb Bush to endorse Tillis in North Carolina House spending bill would prevent change to ObamaCare questions Sanctions threaten US, EU energy deals, Putin says GOP group touting Monica Wehby in Ore. GOP primary Exelon to buy Pepco for $6.8 billion Preserving the integrated model of care Poll: Crist leads Scott by 10 points Kingston’s kids in new ad: ‘He really is cheap’ Wednesday: House starts approps, Senate considers minimum wage Pawlenty: GOP should back wage increase Pawlenty: No immigration reform this year Broadcasters use ‘public safety’ claims to distract from harms of retransmission consent Clinton leads Bush in hypothetical 2016 match-up, poll finds Nearly half want US to have less active international role Group touts Clinton’s minimum wage efforts Obama’s pivot to Asia will lack firepower $10.10 wage bill set to die EPA accused of power grab Opponents of voter ID laws see time to fight running out GOP: E-mails show Benghazi story shaped