The Hill Articles: May 6, 2014

Clay Aiken primary too close to call Race for Coble’s seat heads to runoff EMILY’s List candidate wins Dem special Rep. Jones survives well-funded challenge Dem mental health bill Chamber-backed Republican wins NC House primary GOP establishment gets big NC Senate win, crushes Tea Party Select committee on Benghazi Pipeline deal on verge of collapsing Boehner easily defeats Tea Party challenge House Benghazi panel: 7 Republicans, five Dems White House picks 2014 fight on climate Obama sends search team for kidnapped Nigerian girls House telecom panel reaches agreement on TV law House members facing tough primaries miss Tuesday votes Pressure builds on Shinseki to resign White House to give senators access to drone assassination memo OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Dems float alternative mental health bill OVERNIGHT ENERGY: White House sounds alarm on climate change House passes measures to expand credit unions Federal employee reps warn about flagging morale Senate passes bill allowing DC penthouses White House briefly locked down for suspicious vehicle $45.3M fund targets mental health in special ops Mellman: Persuasion or turnout in campaigns David Hill: You might be a racist Obama: Lives ‘at risk’ from climate change CAMPAIGN OVERNIGHT: Nebraska Senate GOP primary in flux in final days Biden: Don’t ‘buy into cynicism’ immigration reform is dead OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Lawmakers join calls for Shinseki to resign OVERNIGHT FINANCE: Yellen returns to Capitol Hill OVERNIGHT TECH: House eyes NSA reform votes Lobbying World Top FHFA official faces charges over allegedly threatening to harm former head DeMarco Markos Moulitsas: Red meat for the radicals House Democrats push mental health alternative David Webb: Republican redemption GOP senators press IRS over bonuses Next wave of technology innovation should happen in America Dick Morris: Whose talking points? House votes to amend Dodd-Frank rule Issa demands NY return Medicaid payments New HHS secretary should promise no post-election changes to Medicare Part D Obama vows to help find Nigerian girls Online sales tax friends, foes note anniversary of Senate bill US to help Nigeria rescue 276 kidnapped girls Grassley cries foul over immigration regs House candidate sorry for saying terror attack preferable to dealing with TSA Senate condemns Nigerian kidnappings Tech industry cheers new immigration regs Housing finance reform bill back on the agenda for next week Women senators urge further US action on Nigerian kidnappings Senate pushes WH on Russia sanctions Court upholds EPA’s 2013 renewable fuel mandate Jeb Bush to fundraise for Iowa governor Rep. Brady: I will make my case for Ways and Means gavel View of Supreme Court rebounds White House threatens veto of GOP tax bill Kerry decries Benghazi subpoena as partisan How Congress can really raise the stakes for child pornography crimes Senate passes resolution condemning Nigerian kidnappings Feds adapt emergency homes for the disabled A ‘Veep’ movie? It could happen Privacy groups mull action after Facebook deal with fitness app Dems push bill to overhaul workplace rules for pregnant women Reid gives GOP ultimatum on Keystone Cornyn calls for VA secretary resignation Podesta’s challenge puts EPA funding on hot seat Will Michigan GOP reps. buck Amash? Syrian opposition leader, Obama to meet Lobby group projects higher job losses due to ObamaCare Obama Asia trip underscores importance of Trade Priorities Act Reid prods NFL commissioner to ‘act against racism,’ change Redskins name House GOP lauds Benghazi committee proposal Consumer watchdog pushes banks to post privacy policies online McCarthy: WH report a ‘clear indication’ of current climate impacts House Dems file commuter rail safety bill GOP senators reject putting A-10 in storage NY Rep. Grimm: I’m ‘one of the luckiest members of Congress’ Senate panel to probe high-frequency trading FCC commissioner praises Wi-Fi ‘game plan’ Oregon Democratic Party files FEC complaint against Wehby campaign Alanis Morissette cuts campaign song for Calif. candidate Jacobs removes ‘AWOL’ attack on Ernst from website Clinton Foundation working to reduce cost of anti-overdose drug Boxer promises highway bill next week Canadian natural resources chief pushes Moniz on Keystone Clinton: Gun laws too lax Cantor tells Dems to ‘do the right thing’ Landrieu: Senate is two votes shy of passing Keystone Administration rolls out new immigration regs CBO gives Congress a choice on highway bill: Tax or spend? Senate Dems push student loan relief Investing in R&D: Discovering the unimaginable Hillary Clinton: Politics, media to blame for O-Care unpopularity Moran: VA Secretary should resign Murkowski calls for action to conserve energy, water Separating fact from fiction on airline pricing Read: Ex-Im Bank letter Army’s Odierno: Troops ‘believe’ in the A-10 Senate votes to begin work on energy efficiency bill Obama backs Shinseki despite calls to resign Ex-Im Bank fires back against Delta complaints McCain defends Ernst against ‘AWOL’ attack House Dem moves to end Gitmo transfer ban Lewinsky was suicidal post-Clinton scandal McConnell chides Obama for talking about climate change House transportation, housing bill sets up funding fights House Democrats: No political motivation in IRS scrutiny of conservatives Patent reform legislation will hurt the American inventor Former Rep. Andrews registers as lobbyist OECD: U.S. economy poised for comeback New regs for Wednesday: Emergency housing, wood bison, corporate tax Podesta: Climate report will inspire ‘political action’ Governors push to save Navy warship program Reid compares GOP to ‘greased pig’ Read: US National Climate Assessment Paul, Bush lead pack in new ’16 poll Inhofe decries ‘reckless’ cuts to military compensation Pelosi demands bipartisan Benghazi panel Issa: Don’t sell off airwaves for short-term gains Airlines made $12.7B in profit in 2013 Handel gets Tea Party Express endorsement Trade deficit narrows on near-record exports EPA inspector to scrutinize Pebble Mine assessment Franken touts small business work in first ad Boxer presses Obama administration to issue college rape regulations Iranian admiral says US aircraft carriers would be targeted in war Prioritizing the mental health needs of seniors Nebraska Senate GOP primary ad war heats up Tuesday: House reforms Dodd-Frank, Senate debates energy bill Thune deflects questions over potential 2016 presidential bid Rockefeller introduces bills for clean coal incentives, research McConnell touts job creation in new ad McCain: WH spokesman ‘destroyed’ reputation A ‘magic number’ to advance Keystone bill? Cantor to Dems: ‘Do the right thing’ FCC must set strong net neutrality rules to protect innovation FCC’s grab for new regulatory power could go beyond broadband providers Toughest battle for Ex-Im Bank Fight for Senate begins in North Carolina GOP senators turn against their own in ’16 Tea Party vs. establishment takes stage in Nebraska’s Senate primary Issa’s legacy bill hits industry opposition Can Ryan run for president while chairman of Ways and Means Committee? ‘Climate czar’ broadens her influence