The Hill Articles: January 17, 2014

Coburn likely to back Lankford as successor Jockeying to succeed Coburn in high-gear Internet companies seek replacement for net neutrality rules Study notes increasing questions about children and caffeine Obama signs $1.1T omnibus Senate Dems push bill to prevent chemical spills Obama made storage decision late Thursday night Study finds growing doubt of climate change Guilty plea in Obama ricin attack New DHS chief to make first border visit Senate bill boosts women’s role in conflict resolution DCCC preps $200K TV buy in Florida-13 special Intelligence chairmen ask Obama for NSA reform bill Hillary Clinton as Ted Kennedy DISCUS staffer a living legend in electric football OFA banks $5.7M, raised $26M in 2013 Court casts doubt on Obama’s K St. ban SCOTUS to take cases on police searches of mobile phones US slashes support for Afghan troops Kerry not pressured by Canada’s Keystone push Restoring the heartbeat of the Voting Rights Act Obama saddened by Coburn’s retirement Dem proposes ending federal aid to students guilty of hazing Capitol Hill vet joins WH legislative affairs team AG Holder to headline gay rights gala Assange hits Obama’s NSA speech Critics: Obama plan keeps NSA status quo Biden pushing for small U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan Dem: Boehner called Steve King an ‘a–hole’ Assange blasts Obama’s NSA speech: ‘Lies’ Rep. McCollum poised to gain EPA powers with Moran retirement Great Recession demonstrated nation can’t afford cuts to Social Security Throwing Hillary under the bus House Dems ready mortgage finance system overhaul bill Obama calls for NSA overhaul Paul: ‘Not about who holds’ info Lawmakers tweet critiques of Obama plan Flood insurance premiums will drown neighborhoods Suicide bomber attacks Kabul restaurant Paul on NSA data: ‘It is not about who holds it’ Rep. Cohen looks to reduce racial disparities in criminal justice system Greens to Obama: Forget ‘all of the above’ Cruz goes after Harvey Weinstein Club for Growth pans Lankford, Cole for Coburn seat Cruz won’t praise Gillespie after Va. entrance Dairy farm lobbyists concede Boehner has killed proposal Obama announces NSA changes Organizing for Action airs new O-Care ad Closing the Department of Education’s revolving door Pennsylvania voter ID law struck down Rep. Fudge wins award, mingles with Kathleen Turner Surgeon general report details new health consequences of smoking NTSB: Third person in cockpit could have prompted errant flight Israel boycott ‘bigotry,’ lawmakers say Hayden concerned with NSA reforms First lady shows off AARP card on birthday Dems want detained immigrants to be informed of their legal rights Obama and arms sales Organizing for Action pushes O-Care ad Gates: ‘I was more loyal’ than some in WH WATCH LIVE: Obama’s NSA speech Efforts to curb climate might cut world GDP by 4 percent Hayden afraid NSA reforms could bring back ‘pre-9/11 mindset’ New regs for Tuesday: Commodity trading, nuclear reactors, campaign funding Crowded primary likely in race for Coburn seat More NSA reform proposals to be released next week Time for answers and a debate on national security Bernanke: Easy money won’t shake financial system Regulators knew risks before crude oil wrecks Big business takes on worker groups Airline argues right to make employees prove illnesses US-Mexico high-speed railway proposed Cruz: Anti-NRA film won’t sell tickets GOP trying to chop down Reid’s amendment tree Reines: Benghazi and 2016 aren’t linked Missouri senator blames airline employees for airport mix-up Reform the mortgage interest deduction Don’t turn away from reforming military retirement benefits Poll: Utah evenly split on gay marriage Lundergan Grimes unveils jobs plan Clinton aide: Benghazi and 2016 aren’t linked Boehner: Obama ‘has a Constitution’ also Maddow: Christie not running in 2016? Intolerable invasion of privacy Google working with FDA on ‘smart’ contacts NJ legislature sends subpoenas to Christie staffers Obama to Dems: Boehner will pass immigration reform in 2014 AFP president backs Comstock in Va. Obama to end NSA data collection ‘as it currently exists’ Boehner, Mikulski among omnibus winners