The Hill Articles: June 3, 2014

GOP primary for Latham seat heads to convention Mississippi nail-biter heads toward runoff Alabama gets another runoff Iowa primary sets up top Senate battle Walsh, Daines win Montana Senate nods Former GOP chairman to face Udall Ex-governor coasts to Senate primary win US imposes steep duties on Chinese solar panels National Republicans get their pick in NJ Student loans set up to fail? Panel to decide. Prisoner swap blows up on White House Obama’s climate team tries to calm Dems Reform bill would enable vets to get treatment outside the VA OVERNIGHT ENERGY: WH climate adviser briefs Senate Dems Mark S. Mellman: Foreign policy paradox David Hill: National security a key issue OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Bergdahl debate heats up Obama’s ticking clock OVERNIGHT HEALTHCARE: Final Burwell vote expected this week Chambliss: Senate must get cyber bill done this year Senate passes minor tweak to Dodd-Frank CAMPAIGN OVERNIGHT: Bergdahl at the ballot box? OVERNIGHT TECH: Advocacy groups oppose DOTCOM Act OVERNIGHT FINANCE: Senate looks to ease student loan debt Dick Morris: Clinton’s new cover-up Subminimum wage must end WH: GOP backed efforts to free Bergdahl Markos Moulitsas: 2020 battle begins now Lobbying World Webb: Obama is no lame-duck president Oregon insurer proposes double-digit premium cut House panel to examine media ownership issues Survey: Concerns remain around housing market’s recovery GOP senators want Obama to pull EPA plan Senate advances three judicial nominees Mets player who took paternity leave invited to the White House Giffords gun group makes bipartisan 2014 picks Hagel called to testify on prisoner swap Shaheen introduces VA fix bill Moody’s: EPA rule would hurt coal producers in Appalachia, West most Business notches win as terrorism insurance bill advances in Senate Secret Service wants a sarcasm detector EPA could change power plant rule significantly Senate votes to fill out derivatives regulator Poll: Consumer confidence hits highest level of the year Kerry caught napping: ‘Just a really long blink’ Russian counterpart set to meet with Kerry Gun control groups challenge NRA over stalled Obama nominee Treasury stealing from Fannie and Freddie shareholders A lifetime ban on lobbying for lawmakers? Travel industry pushes for Poland to join visa waiver program Reid, McConnell duel on campaign finance Army to review Bergdahl disappearance Foxx: Obama transportation bill would protect environment GOP senators: Let’s give veterans a ‘choice card’ for medical care US, Tunisia agree to $500M loan guarantee Meghan McCain backs her mom’s attack on Paltrow Cotton blasts Obama for deal with Taliban White House defends Bergdahl’s service I beat the patent trolls; so should the US Senate Holder revives domestic terror panel Panel sets up clash on transportation, housing Drug-makers volley attack against insurers over O-Care subsidies Chambliss: House NSA reforms go ‘a little bit too far’ Reid sets test vote on Obama’s HHS nominee Boehner: White House kept prisoner trade secret because Congress opposed it U.S. Honduras policy under fire Poll: Pa. governor made right choice on gay marriage case Durbin backs delay to DOD immigration rule 50 Cent accepting bitcoin for new record Mixed bag for 2015 Connecticut premiums Bill would require schools to report student bullying GOP senator criticized for attempt to reverse truck driver rules Fact checkers blast Chamber’s $289 billion price tag for EPA rule NJ senators remember Lautenberg a year after his death WH apologizes to Senate intel chief for prisoner swap secret Senate Democrats have EPA for lunch Feds delay safety rule for child car seats Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater Cruz: Abolish limits on political cash Lofgren staffer joins tech industry group HHS offering $300M to community health centers Factory orders up for third straight month Japan applauds US climate rule Ex-Obama bundler confirmed to UN council Obama policy a failure, says ex-Syria envoy Obama’s myRA proposal needs flexibility Abusive specialty drug pricing threatens healthcare system Book: Obama told donors he might be in ‘strong position’ to amend Constitution Conservative group accuses nine Dem senators of unethical conduct Senators back funding for criminal probe of VA Bill Clinton urges measures to lessen EPA rule’s harm on jobs Read GOP letter to ONC GOP questions health software regulator’s authority SEC charges bitcoin companies McConnell skewers Dem plan as ‘shockingly bad’ War with China in the ‘Pacific Century’ Senate panel clears terrorism insurance extension Feinstein demands VA review of Calif. facilities Business lobby to screen movie about success of young illegal immigrants Bill would prevent automatic deduction of federal employee union dues Obama presses NATO countries to bulk up defense budgets NSA chief: Being anonymous an anachronism Lawmakers push back against administration’s failed Latin America policy Majority backs additional Benghazi review Sebelius says Burwell ‘committed’ to reforms Reid: Outside groups pose ‘greatest threat’ to our democracy Senators put politics aside and break bread at Nopa Poll: Voters won’t back climate skeptic in ’16 Poll: Blame for VA mess not Obama’s alone State survey: 2.9M Medicaid enrollments still unprocessed New regs for Wednesday: Wool labels, child seats, pilots McConnell vows to fight Obama’s ‘war on coal’ TSA employees accused of fighting Calif. governor fringe candidate: ‘Karl Rove who?’ Was Snowden Russia’s pawn? ‘Probably not,’ says new NSA chief Home prices rise at slowest yearly pace in 14 months EU greenhouse gas emissions hit record low ‘All of the above’ is not an energy plan with a goal Interim VA secretary rolls up his sleeves on care GOP wants names of HHS officials involved in botched state exchanges Russia extends deadline for Ukraine to pay gas bill Roberts avoids second primary challenger GOP poll puts Arkansas Republican on top Airport allows passengers to carry liquor in terminals Oklahoma Senate race goes negative Israel ‘deeply disappointed’ with US Obama touts need for European energy independence GOP should enforce its own party platform on immigration Regs and costs will bring a decade of limited biosimilars development in the US Edward Snowden story to hit big screen Tuesday: More work on nominations China plans carbon dioxide limit Dempsey: Army will investigate Bergdahl desertion charges Cheney: Obama didn’t get ‘a very good deal’ Report: Pentagon concluded in 2010 that Bergdahl walked away from unit Read: European Reassurance Initiative Ten years of reducing global nuclear dangers President Obama: Putin ‘has choice to make’ Rogers in the dark on Bergdahl since 2011 Obama unveils $1B European defense fund Obama defends deal to free Bergdahl Hillary: No ‘second guessing’ on swap The fatal flaw of the EPA and the decline of the honeybee Make college affordability about accountability Congressman demands small-business health insurance data The case for natural gas exports Biggest Super Tuesday casualty? Tuesday night tests for GOP establishment The prudent, not isolationist, public Prisoner swap: Did Hillary know? GOP turns candidate Obama’s words against him on climate change Could climate rule spark shutdown fight?