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The Hill Articles: November 13, 2014
November 13
Report: Boehner weighs expanding lawsuit against Obama
US, Myanmar strike labor accord
Report: Ebola patient headed to US for treatment
Report: Hagel to order nuclear force overhaul
Dems sought to delay Reid vote
OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Hagel touts ‘progress’ in anti-ISIS fight
Carney: ‘Stupidity’ comments harmful
Secret Service director called to testify
Panel recommends ending ban on gay blood donors
Cassidy leads Landrieu in internal poll
OVERNIGHT TECH: Net neutrality polls cloud debate
Liberal group: Don’t extend bonus depreciation
OVERNIGHT FINANCE: Warren gets a promotion
Freshman woman joins House GOP leadership team
HHS promotes Healthcare.gov’s cyber defenses
BP tries to squirm out of settlement
TSA seizes record number of guns
Report: Secret Justice program spied on cellphones
Senators vote to pay states for park upkeep during shutdown
Gallup: More willing to defy ObamaCare rule
Report: Secret Service officer busy chatting on phone when man jumped WH fence
FDA approves meningitis vaccine after outbreak at colleges
Sen. Burr says he’ll seek Intelligence chairmanship
Bill would establish independent panel to review Secret Service
McConnell: Obama is ‘dragging’ his feet on Keystone
War documentary gets Capitol screening
FCC names chief economist
Lambasting Azerbaijan
Udall: ‘All options’ on table with CIA report
Feds indict former coal executive in 2010 explosion
Ex-Im under GOP fire for small business reports
Planned Parenthood launches ObamaCare enrollment drive
GAO: Labor laws shirked in nations with US trade pacts
Steve King warns of ‘constitutional crisis’
Senate primed to act on ‘patent trolls’ in 2015
GOP senators demand vote on Iran nuclear deal
McCain: GOP Senate will ‘absolutely’ look into Bergdahl swap
Budget deficit higher in October than a year ago
Simple hack could alter Internet ballots
States moving on gas tax hikes on their own
Biden: NGOs our ‘secret weapon’ in Ebola fight
Heroin overdoses don’t need to be fatal
Insurers: Say ‘no’ to short-term patch on terrorism program
Senate advances child care bill
Yet another Gruber clip: ‘Public doesn’t actually care’ about uninsured
Senate GOP wants Obama to decide on Keystone veto
Lawmakers unveil bill to stop benefits for Nazis
Senate confirms two judicial nominees
Kentucky lawmaker ‘supportive’ of Paul, but no 2016 endorsement just yet
McConnell: ‘Stupidity’ perfect example of ‘Washington gaffe’
FMCSA paves way for electronic logging devices
Rand Paul’s correct: Sending Americans back to Iraq is illegal
McConnell ‘disturbed’ by Obama’s path
Business group urges work on taxes, trade and budget in lame duck
Top progressive group comes out against Himes as DCCC chair
Tax break negotiations in ‘preliminary’ stage
Landrieu demands credit for Keystone after claims it wasn’t for glory
Manchin and McCaskill wage protest against Reid’s leadership style
Key Dem wants clean vote on ISIS
Lawmakers: Don’t fight legalized pot
What’s Next in the Energy Business — continuing the conversation
RI Dem: Cybersecurity education should be top priority
Time for progressives to change the playbook
House GOP elects leadership team
Senate Dems unveil new leadership team
CDC pushes increased ‘tobacco control’ as teen smoking holds steady
Senate nears 60 on Keystone
Pelosi sees sexism in questions
Privacy advocate: Government lie on gag orders undermines case
Obama going big on immigration?
Lawmakers push back at plans to end A-10
Reid: This is not ‘get even time’
Tester will lead DSCC in 2016
Capitol workers strike for higher pay
Obama couldn’t be more wrong on Title II
McCain: Dennis Rodman is no spy
GOP torn on Obama’s Ebola funding request
Treasury urges patience in effort to dry up ISIS dollars
Home affordability fell slightly in the third quarter
Axelrod to Hillary: Leave ‘cocoon of inevitability’
Tea Party critics will hold noses, vote for Boehner as Speaker
Providers press for permanent tax ban on Internet access
Pelosi on Gruber: ‘I don’t know who he is’
Lawyers for Michael Brown’s family appeal for calm in Ferguson
House Republican plans Ebola bill
Rep. Black: ‘American voters aren’t stupid’
Ben Carson: WH bid likely, but not on ‘bucket list’
Hepatitis C: The cost conundrum
Gutiérrez blasts Dems for suggesting Obama delay immigration action
New regs for Friday: Banks, presidential debates and emergency texts
Wicker will lead Senate Republican campaign committee
Court: Shell can’t preemptively sue greens
Warren joins Dem leadership
McKeon: ISIS measure that restricts ground troops ‘dead on arrival’
Thornberry: ‘Pluses and minuses’ to lame-duck ISIS authorization vote
Hagel: ISIS campaign is making progress
White House: No formal review of Syria policy
How a GOP Congress could accommodate Obama’s agenda
GOP divided over government funding
Transit advocates hope for lame-duck action on commuter tax break
GOP chairman rips ‘deadly incompetence’ of UN Ebola response
George W. Bush: ‘When Jeb beats Hillary’
Jobless claims rise but remain steady
Accord expected Thursday on defense policy bill
Grassley to block HUD nominee
McConnell elected Senate GOP leader
Celebrating the Humane Table this Thanksgiving
Whites fleeing Dems, says ex-Obama aide
McCaskill won’t back Reid for leader
Cruz makes pitch to save ‘American Dream 2.0’
Vitter: Put all Senate staff on ObamaCare
George W. Bush: Clinton’s my ‘brother from another mother’
Big East and SEC join sexual assault campaign
How to manufacture a controversy
Stop ‘Fast Track’
Russian bombers to patrol Gulf of Mexico
Perry blasts Obama’s Internet proposal
Effort to block Obama’s immigration executive action gains momentum
House hearing will probe Postal Service breach
White House disagrees with ‘stupidity’ remarks
Dems pull ahead in two uncalled races
Program that backed Solyndra turns profit
Arkansas governor will pardon son
Heller pushing Sandoval to challenge Reid
Administration might back natural gas export bill
Court: Website domains can’t be seized
Thursday: Leadership elections, Keystone, childcare grants
O-Care enrollment lags for small businesses
Why the nation needs a national electrical transmission plan now
Global trade gets boost from US-India deal
Hoyer: Immigration action may force Republicans to act
Protecting wildness in Alaska’s Western Arctic Reserve
Dem rep: Delay on immigration cost us in Colorado, Florida
Free trade is a winner in recent elections
Reasons for a new counterterrorism framework
The low-hanging fruit on bipartisanship
Is there an economic rationale for socialized medicine for veterans?
What’s Next in the Energy Business
Obama veers left after red wave
The best and the worst of the midterms
Business pivots to wages after midterms
Can Keystone save Landrieu in La.?
Dems fault leaders for brushing off losses
GOP prepares to thwart Obama on immigration
Obama: Just like us or un-presidential?
Prepaid cards hit with new rules
The Greek exit, part II
Obama ‘nearing a final decision’ on immigration
Palin to stump for Cassidy in Louisiana
Ex-SEAL says he wanted to give 9/11 victims’ families closure