The Hill Articles: March 10, 2014

Inhofe points to record cold in denouncing climate change Obama talks Crimea with Spanish, Kazakh leaders Sen. Whitehouse buys Chipotle for staffers working late Senate scrambles for an aid bill Drug rule is ditched by Obama Reid again attacks Koch brothers Senate candidate Brannon wants to be Rand Paul of NC Bottom Line Dems tout positive report on government broadband OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Republicans push natural gas exports Christians being targeted in Iran deserve our help Senate Dems launch climate talkathon OVERNIGHT TECH: NSA nominee heads to Hill CAMPAIGN OVERNIGHT: Scott Brown’s battle cry — or crying wolf? OVERNIGHT MONEY: Ukraine back in the spotlight OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Senate to grill NSA, Cyber nominee OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Obama drops Medicare changes Senate approves McCaskill sexual assault bill in 97-0 vote Activists sue FDA over mercury disclosures in seafood John Feehery: The limits of individualism Lawmakers appeal to HHS chief over FDA approval of new pain pill Bill Press: States show the way Senate advances circuit court nominee Welcoming college athletes, criticizing college sports Hoyer pushes businesses to get on Facebook McConnell: Climate change talkathon will be ’30 hours of excuses’ Unions back proposed Medicare Advantage cut Lerner contempt charges on hold Top trade official presses for completion of Doha round Senator knocks Amtrak for offering free rides to writers GSA seeks bidders to help build new ‘Beast’ for the president Masayoshi Son’s misguided mission Sessions: Dems should do more than talk climate change Paul to take anti-NSA message to Berkeley Jindal and MoveOn’s billboard war Rubio tax proposal breaks from Camp plan A tale of two budgets Iowa GOP chair leaves for Rand Paul’s PAC 100 House members say military not sufficiently accommodating Sikhs RNC building database of O-Care’s canceled policyholders Deficit for 2014 reaches $379 billion, CBO says Aretha: R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Obama knows what it means to me Judge weighs dismissing sex assault case over command influence Rubio warns of UN Internet ‘takeover’ Cuomo schools De Blasio Ohio lawmakers call for health coverage tax credit extension Consumer groups protest TV bill draft White House: Fannie, Freddie could hand government $179.2 billion in profits Rubio wants ‘national regulatory budget’ Europe calls for more US natural gas exports WH: Not enough info on missing jet Kerry-Putin meeting postponed Student success, not colleges’ tax status, matters most Glenn Close, lawmakers to be honored this week WH to moms: Get your kids to enroll in O-Care WH ‘absolutely’ behind climate talkathon DOT chief expects ‘rough’ transport funding fight Rubio calls for end to crude oil export ban House to condemn Russia for Ukraine intervention Congressional ban on all online gaming is wrong for America Blumenthal: GM is ‘failing to protect’ consumers Dem poll: Nunn leads most GOP challengers Snowden: NSA ‘setting fire’ to the Internet Survey: Manufacturers’ optimism ticks up Biden scraps trip to Dominican Republic Sen. Wyden and tax reform Latest O-Care enrollment targets: Women, moms Club for Growth hits Simpson on bailout White House sees growth uptick in 2014 Bitcoin exchange seeks U.S. bankruptcy protection Sessions demands Sebelius testify before Budget panel Venezuela reiterates US conspiracy claims Feds open investigation of Md. ObamaCare site Eliot Ness would support Ariel Rios Rubio eyes taxes, tech in economic plan Clapper: Ukraine was not an intelligence failure Holder: Heroin abuse ‘urgent and growing’ New regs for Tuesday: Pilot training, highway safety, food additives Parsing the Rick Perry rebellion: A manifesto of Western conservatism GOP poll shows McConnell up big over Bevin Plurality backs Obama’s handling of Ukraine GOP eyes Dem help on ObamaCare Dem candidates and the ObamaCare albatross Relatives upset with Malaysia Airlines Begich fires on Koch brothers in first ad Holder: Heroin abuse an ‘urgent’ health crisis 10.7 billion transit trips taken in 2013 Bohlinger stays in MT race against Sen. Walsh Week ahead: Congress dives into defense budget Week ahead: Dems to pull climate all-nighter in Senate Honda, Aguilar, Lieu get Calif. Dem Party endorsements Week ahead: House to inspect DOT 2015 budget Attacking fraud by assaulting children is senseless Monday: Sexual assault in the military Chinese leader urges restraint on Ukraine in call with Obama This Week in Tech: House panel eyes online sales tax Romney, Ryan cross paths at airport Rand Paul: I wouldn’t let Putin get away with this Rep. Peter King: Paul’s tactics appeal to the lowest common denominator Biden: Situation in Venezuela ‘alarming’ ObamaCare helping lower uninsured rate? This week: Appropriators get down to business Worst Congress ever? Gregg: Dems now look ahead to Hillary Williams: Camp tax plan needs support