The Hill Articles: April 8, 2014

Audit: IRS could clamp down on retirement credits Senators float study to avert Guard cuts GOP lawmakers don’t love Jeb’s comments McCain blasts Kerry’s ‘trifecta’ of disasters Jimmy Carter on civil rights: Still work to do Holder claims ‘vast amount’ of discretion in enforcing federal laws Vance McAllister’s kiss could hurt his reelection Mark Mellman: Socializing and polarizing David Hill: Will pot go up in smoke? House privacy group talks with FTC CAMPAIGN OVERNIGHT: Dems see equal pay as campaign gold Webb: America’s todays and tomorrows Lobbying World Dick Morris: Investigate 2012 vote fraud Markos Moulitsas: Eating crow on O-Care FAA sex assault tracking requirement offered as amendment OVERNIGHT MONEY: Looking at Lerner OVERNIGHT TECH: Consumer groups to protest Comcast deal OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Kerry in Congress Andrew Young: Compromise not dirty word DC Metro funding ‘in real jeopardy’ OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Uninsured rate falling Colo. Dem lawmaker buys bitcoin OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA nominee faces climate rule pushback SEC let Wall Street off the hook, says ex-enforcer Senators grill general on A-10 retirement Murray: ‘Threat is growing’ of Highway Trust Fund bankruptcy Jeb Bush doesn’t stay quiet Lawmakers criticize agencies over payday lending regs Biden to visit Boston for bombing anniversary Dem: Ryan budget would ‘suck the blood out of the middle class’ Dem touts sexual harassment resolution Hoyer: ‘I have not used marijuana’ Conservative group attacks Gingrey in Georgia Walker looking to complete college degree Senate confirms Bureau of Land Management director Holder: ‘You don’t want to go there’ Julian Castro: Obama should change deportation policy Schumer, Trump share desire to keep the Bills in Buffalo GOP lawmakers offer new Russia bill House Republican working on demand letter bill Survey: Net gain of 9.3M insured under O-Care Union to House: Give transit riders a bigger tax break Deploy more teachers now Amid scandal, McAllister misses second day of House votes Reid: Dems would be ‘fine’ if election today Women senators demand paycheck fairness ‘Duck Dynasty’ star gives advice to ‘kissing congressman’ Poll: McDaniel gaining on Cochran in Miss. primary National Guard chief changes tone on cuts Kerry: New settlements derailed peace talks 2015 budget debate launched in the House McCain: I can replace Letterman Plaintiffs in GM lawsuit want docs turned over to Congress Senators begin new push to overturn sequestration Treasury unsure if it has authority to delay ObamaCare individual mandate House votes to end automatic budget hikes Reid punts on minimum-wage hike EPA nominee stirs up deep-seated climate views in Senate US offer hampers UN missions Feds to propose Arctic drilling rule ‘shortly’ NRSC posts biggest fundraising month of election cycle Carney: Obama’s Fort Hood remarks won’t focus on gun control Chain of command GAO: Government overlap costing billions Feinstein: Hayden using an ‘old male fallback’ House Republicans to mark up union election bill Obama: Wage gap ‘is not a myth, it’s math’ Tea Party challenger hits Simpson on earmarks in first ad Gas prices to change very little this summer Auto safety group wants more GM investigations House to pass new, bipartisan ObamaCare tweak Serbia: Can an election victory mean the country finally faces up to reform? Husband of woman McAllister kissed: ‘He has wrecked my life’ Maryland Dems back decriminalizing pot Top Dem recruit opts not to run for Rogers seat Doctors won’t fight Obama on release of Medicare data Kerry not worried about blame if peace talks fail Pentagon: Russia not causing defense strategy rethink Obama to survey mudslide devastation Senate patent markup pushed back again Durbin: McConnell’s words highlight party differences on women Real reform can curb exposure to toxic chemicals Dem running for Georgia Senate endorses Keystone XL GOP pushes prosecution of Lerner Kerry: Russia using ‘provocateurs’ Holder: ‘We’re not done’ on NSA reform GOP challenges Holder on legality of employer mandate delay Speier: Congress ‘is not a frat house’ McCarthy puts Breitbart at arm’s length after pic NTSB: Chicago train derailment caused $9M in damage Massad moves step closer to leading CFTC Dems, GOP spar over equal pay for women Obama aide: WH ‘can always do better’ on pay gap House RSC budget cuts spending by $7.4 trillion, includes chained CPI Plumbing wholesalers call for marketplace fairness Democrat: Congress ‘is not a frat house’ Van Hollen details differences between House Dem, Obama budgets State officials investigate possible link between fracking, earthquakes Cantor withholds judgment on McAllister New regs for Wednesday: TVs, tobacco, classified information TSA’s ‘stunning’ discovery Reid: GOP should be ‘up in arms’ about wage inequality Comcast promises ‘unique benefits’ from $45 billion merger Bill Clinton, Bush watch NCAA final together Hagan raises $2.8M for quarter NATO warns Russia against ‘historic mistake’ Natural floods, unnatural disasters Pryor hanging tough in Arkansas race, poll finds Report calls 2013 ‘year of the mega breach’ Disgraced SC pol, reality TV star eyes comeback European politicians push for fracking amid Crimea crisis Russia warns Ukraine use of force could lead to civil war Liz Cheney: ‘Pelosi’s spine doesn’t seem to reach her brain’ Dem super-PAC knocks Rahall opponent on chemical spill Virgin America voted best airline An ecosystem of biomedical innovation Tuesday: Starting the House budget Poll: Comstock up big in race to replace Wolf Kerry clashes with Pentagon over Syria Rep. Cassidy, a doctor, treats unconscious passenger on flight White House defends effort to close wage gap Voters dislike officials who abuse power more than those in affairs Boehner warns Obama on executive orders Members: Boehner will stay on Dems seek to demonize justices Fort Hood opens debate about secrecy of medical records Fed puts Wall Street under stress Daschle: A Cabinet secretary in exile Taking on the Clinton machine