The Hill Articles: August 1, 2014

Congress jets to five-week recess Winners and losers in the border fight House clears Iron Dome funding for Israel Pelosi tangles with GOP lawmaker on House floor White House slams House DACA bill House approves border package House approves rule for border votes Business groups, lawmakers press India to drop objections to Bali trade deal Ohio Dem alleges ‘sleazy’ GOP attack in governor’s race Rand Paul calls for removal of CIA director Barney Frank: Obama ‘lied’ about health plans Schatz leads Hanabusa in Hawaii Senate primary homestretch Stepping on their own message Volkswagen employees say UAW violating ‘no-fly zone’ What next on border crisis? GOP senators press for generic vaccines Dems attack GOP as ‘anti-Hispanic’ Senate passes bill to help monitor financial institutions Despite victories, obstacles to emergency contraception still exist Obama signs cellphone unlocking bill Ben Carson ‘step or two’ closer to 2016 run Pentagon wants to send military trainers to Ukraine Is Alaska GOP Senate race tightening? Obama: GOP sees Ex-Im as ‘betrayal of cause’ Obama: ‘We tortured some folks’ after 9/11 New coal dust rules take effect Graham: UN close to running ‘afoul of Congress’ The pursuit of happiness and the kingdom of God Study: Big Oil pays 11.7 percent tax rate President gives vote of confidence to CIA chief Solar, wind generation surpassing hydropower Obama: US-Africa summit guests to get Ebola screenings Obama vows to ‘act alone’ Planned Parenthood celebrates O-Care birth-control mandate Obama condemns Hamas for breaking cease-fire Florida GOP to blame for health insurance rate hikes Dem senator calls for criminal probe, reforms after CIA spying Reid schedules vote in September on amending the Constitution Senate authorizes 1K more Afghan visas Smarter strategy for fighting poverty in Ryan plan Administration appeals ruling that struck down ObamaCare subsidies WATCH LIVE: Obama talks about jobs Process for House border votes Senate Dem seeks more Treasury action on offshore deals Read the GOP House border fix Key Republican defends CIA head How many votes will GOP need? Immigrant groups sue Holder over deportations Treating hepatitis C: Too costly not to act Graham: Senate should come back for border bill Feds find fault with mobile shopping apps Obama pressures Putin on Ukraine, nuclear missile treaty Gov candidate spotted at Cirque du Soleil Consumer confidence slips in July amid strengthening economy Senate condemns downing of Malaysian jetliner Americans with Ebola coming home Sen. Murray tells Dems to push fiscal impacts of climate change HP to pay $32.5 million for overbilling Postal Service Lawmaker: On camping trip, Reagan ‘won my heart’ Pro-life movement succeeds by focusing on both mother and child HP to pay $32.5M over Postal Service bilking allegations Iowa Dems look to expand caucus access Obama names energy board chief House adopts same-day rule Republican: Europeans are ‘a bunch of weenies’ Judge orders legislature to redraw Florida congressional map Sen. Murray unveils bill to boost rural doctors Joe Biden the skinny dipper? Congressional inaction holding US interests back in Asia-Pacific Reid: House border bill DOA in Senate Manufacturing sector expands at faster pace in July Senate passes Iron Dome funding Bill Clinton on day before 9/11: ‘I could have killed’ Osama bin Laden TPA critical for US leadership in the Pacific Ready for Warren ‘a good thing,’ says Barney Frank House lawmakers formally rebuke leaders over phone ‘unlocking’ maneuver Senators: NFL ‘cavalier’ toward domestic violence GOP pledges border vote ‘today’ Comment period starts for oil-train rules White House blasts Hamas attack breaking cease-fire as ‘barbaric’ House Dems raise record $4.8M off impeachment New regs for Monday: Gun dealers, coal miners, pollution Green goods trade talks offer route to climate progress The media cycle, political theater and the border crisis myth House GOP urges Interior to open up new offshore drilling areas Christie defends economic record in NH Reid to GOP: Stop suing Obama, work with us on jobs NYT calls for CIA shake-up GOP lawmaker sorry for grabbing staffer Dems criticize ‘lawless’ Texas militias GOP lawmaker: We can’t criticize Obama unless House acts Friday: Border bill vote? Republican trade policy: Finding the fast track or circling a roundabout? Taiwan gas pipeline explosions kill 25 Leader McCarthy to press regs assault US economy gains 209K jobs Ginsburg: Who would you ‘rather see on the court than me?’ W.Va. coal company says EPA regs partially to blame for 1.1K layoffs Missing the forest for the trees on fuel prices In defense of Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn Poll: Most disapprove of Obama foreign relations Another Gaza cease-fire lasts hours, not days Turning 50: The tragedy of Tonkin Gulf Family detention: A shame and a waste Lessons (not) learned Is India becoming a case of meet the new boss, same as the old boss? House Republicans scramble to find votes for border measure Israel eyes Democratic leadership slot, but not at DCCC The muddied future of ObamaCare Cantor to resign from Congress Poll: Negative views of O-Care at highest