The Hill Articles: March 13, 2014

March 13
White House targets predatory colleges Obama softens position on deportations House women call for Women’s History Museum Senate sends home heating bill to Obama’s desk Cantor tackles Obama’s ‘imperial presidency’ OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Kerry approaching Keystone with blank slate Cruz: Reid attacks Kochs as if they were the ‘Grinch’ OVERNIGHT MONEY: Vilsack could face food stamp questions CAMPAIGN OVERNIGHT: Scott Brown readies Granite State rumble Dems display iPads on House floor to protest Issa OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Army cutting combat brigades OVERNIGHT TECH: Senate takes next steps on patents IMF intensifies income inequality push Another 4,000 Clinton pages to be released General pushes for transition, not ‘withdrawal,’ in Afghanistan OVERNIGHT HEALTH: House advances bill to delay ObamaCare mandate Dems hold up pictures on House floor to protest Issa House panel wants to fix online piracy ‘Whac-A-Mole’ McCain: GOP senators opposing Ukraine bill are ‘dead wrong’ Simpson blasts ‘personal injury lawyer’ opponent Obama asks lawmakers to ‘do even more’ on conservation GOP talks union election rule with NLRB chief Rep. King: Tension between CIA, Senate must stop Private water rights bill clears House BP back in business with feds Hunter wants Pentagon leading effort to free captured soldier Scott Brown set to run for Senate in NH House demands notice when Obama ignores law Senate confirms foreign affairs nominees Senate clears bill to ease flood insurance hikes Senate strikes deal on jobless aid Carney: Plane search may expand to Indian Ocean Obama issues order to ‘modernize’ overtime pay Army to cut combat brigades Commander: US needs 102 days for full Afghan drawdown FAA: Air travel will jump to 1.15B passengers by 2034 NSA: We didn’t pose as Facebook Senate passes child care bill Cummings ‘deeply troubled’ over lack of focus on mortgage fraud Despite Congress delay, US preps for Ukraine aid Obama orders review of deportations Why Libya matters Zuckerberg reveals phone call to Obama Reid sparks #KochBrothersAreToBlameFor White House issues new warnings as Russia gathers troops near Ukraine Deficit for 2014 reaches $377B, Treasury reports Olympic gold medal winner: Don’t forget soccer in head injury prevention Obama gives order to ‘modernize’ overtime pay Rep. King: ‘Total confusion’ in plane search Senate confirms CIA lawyer Obama administration is last man standing on LNG exports GOP donor eyes 2014 push to expand diversity Markey wants Keystone oil to stay in US Jolly sworn into House Convenience stores to start carding for e-cigs GOP senators call on Obama to kill O-Care union ‘carveout’ Boehner invites Pope Francis to Capitol Dem, GOP flacks to enjoy drinks — with one another House advances bill to delay ObamaCare mandate Ryan: Poverty remarks ‘inarticulate’ Jolly sworn in as newest House member Doctors renounce GOP’s permanent ‘doc fix’ Dem seeks one-month O-Care deadline extension WH: Plane search may expand to Indian Ocean Gold for executives; contempt for taxpayers Lindsey Graham offers to ‘help’ Kerry deal with Boehner on Ukraine A national museum for women’s history First-time jobless claims dropped 9,000 last week Bin Laden kin knew of ‘something big’ pre-9/11 Reid blames Ukraine standoff on Kochs Coal miner slams pro-Rahall ad as ‘offensive’ in Jenkins robocall LIVE: Obama on modernizing overtime protections FDA chief grilled on approval of controversial painkiller Lawmakers question passport security after plane goes missing Medicare cuts put coordinated care at risk Does the NSA spy on members of Congress? Pelosi: O-Care won’t hurt Dems Kerry downplays possibility of wider Russian military action Senate confirms more Obama nominees Fed nominee defends Citigroup tenure Powell posts ’50s ‘selfie’ to Facebook Senate votes to end child care grants for millionaires Boehner: We’re not done yet Boehner: Lerner contempt still in play Retail sales thaw out in February GOP senators press FCC on rural broadband Kerry says he hasn’t prejudged Keystone Boehner shoots down Senate’s Ukraine bill GOP launches ObamaCare enrollment audit Activist ruins Boehner’s breakfast Call an occupation an occupation Lawmakers demand war budget from Pentagon Matthews: ‘I think the Senate goes’ White House reverses O-Care subsidy cuts US, Japan remain at impasse over market access issues China accused of dumbing down photos of missing plane IG: Administration overstated mortgage fraud crackdown efforts SEC’s role in climate change Florida wants federal help for Miami airport Guantánamo detainee transferred to Algeria New regs for Friday: Patient information, public utility filing requirements, hazardous materials Dem super-PAC hits Cassidy on Koch support Poll: Most skeptical of Clinton, Christie denials Palin endorses Sasse for Nebraska Senate Been there, done that on broadband Airline under fire for skimpy uniforms Dingell to undergo heart procedure in Detroit Poll: Braley leads Iowa Senate race Reid: ‘I’m not afraid of the Koch brothers’ Missing plane may have flown for hours Poll: Clinton clobbers GOP contenders in Iowa New Koch group ads hit Pryor on ObamaCare Joe Scarborough to be included on 2016 presidential survey Malaysia Air retiring missing flight number Planned Parenthood launches new O-Care ads There’s no confusion about what’s best for our national defense Bank, store anti-hacker partnership moving forward The No. 1 problem in US? Thursday: Enforcing laws, water rights and child care O-Care support ticks up, despite opposition USDA proposal threatens health of vulnerable poultry workers Congress: Don’t be misled by cable complaints on retransmission negotiations GOP senators ramp up anti-abortion rhetoric Holder expected to back reduced drug sentences CIA’s Brennan faces uphill fight in taking on Sen. Dianne Feinstein Why Gillibrand bill faces midterm danger Wall St. counting days to Levin’s retirement Spinning Fla. race won’t fix problems