The Hill Articles: April 16, 2015

Jeb Bush: AG nominee Lynch deserves a vote O’Malley hits Hillary on gay marriage, immigration Hillary to tap ex-Wall Street regulator as campaign CFO Fiorina: Conservatives are ‘winning’ on abortion OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY: China hits pause on cyber banking rules Centrist House Dems back ‘fast-track’ deal Dem senators: Slow down on fast-track bill OVERNIGHT FINANCE: Deal reached on ‘fast-track’ trade Clinton van idles in handicap spot Poll: Scott Walker losing to Hillary at home Santorum would not attend gay wedding Dems fear late add could blow up cyber push Gyrocopter pilot banned from Capitol, ordered to wear GPS tracker Senators approve top DHS nominee OVERNIGHT HEALTHCARE: Obama signs Medicare ‘doc fix’ bill McConnell ‘hopeful’ for deal on trafficking bill OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Pentagon prepared for Iran’s new missile system OVERNIGHT TECH: Tech pulls out the champagne for trade deal Myanmar hires lobbyists ahead of key elections OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Judges leery of challenge to EPA climate rule ‘Full House’ star goes to the White House More must be done to cut wasteful, polluting gas flaring Obama signs $200 billion ‘doc fix’ bill Perry on 2016: We’ve tried ‘young, inexperienced’ senators Report: IRS service worse than expected Supermodels catwalk onto correspondents’ dinner guest list OVERNIGHT REGULATION: Health groups urge FDA to finalize tobacco regs Dems launch push to win young voters GOP lawmaker: Abortion bill ‘going to come up’ in House Pro-Walker super-PAC launches General: Iran military option ‘intact’ Obama immigration orders face major test in federal court Republican: Abolish the federal income tax for DC residents Can diplomacy solves the chaos in the Middle East? Pence’s approval rating tanks over religious law Democrats: Keep guns out of spending bills BP shareholders back climate change disclosures Paul offers highway-funding fix with Boxer Consumers need bipartisan action to counter regulatory activism Army approves more benefits for Fort Hood victims No Child Left Behind fix clears committee Cost of ISIS war passes $2 billion mark Don’t cut the Perkins Loan Program. Gen. Dempsey named one of ‘100 Most Influential People’ WikiLeaks creates searchable Sony leak database Clinton headed to New Hampshire Feds give $5M to nuclear energy students GOP files bill to privatize air traffic control Dem senator could try to enhance cyber bill on the floor Clinton, Warren and the Trans-Pacific Partnership The tax code is hurting the economy, but not for the reason you think WH accuses Grassley of ‘duplicity’ in Lynch nomination Pelosi: Iraq vote shouldn’t affect Hillary’s 2016 bid WikiLeaks’s Assange agrees to meet with prosecutors Uber becomes talking point in net-neutrality debate White House concerned about DEA leadership House-Senate budget panel to meet Monday It’s a moral tragedy to continue the delay on Obama’s immigration actions EPA foes doubt climate rule challenge will succeed Boxer asks e-cig companies to pull TV ads Reid vows to ‘force a vote’ on Lynch Telecom head ‘quite confident’ of defeating net neutrality in court Pelosi: We ‘need answers’ on gyrocopter Will the US save Iran’s Islamic revolution? Supreme Court halts birth-control mandate for more groups Fewer Democratic voters support death penalty, survey says Greens warn against more drilling ahead of Gulf spill anniversary Florida to sue feds over ObamaCare dispute Dems take another crack at inversions Did McCain snub potential rival? Menendez donor pleads not guilty to fraud Undermining the American dream McCarthy lays out weekly agenda State tax revenue rose in 2014, Census report says WH: Secret Service may learn ‘useful lessons’ from gyrocopter landing Democrat Chafee: ‘I’m running’ in 2016 China officially pauses controversial banking cyber rules Bill would hike gas tax to pay for roads Bull in a china shop: Obama and the Middle East GOP lawmaker works to save A-10 in defense bill ACLU: Watchdogs must protect whistleblowers with encryption Advocates find flaws in patent demand letter bill IBM to launch cyber threat-sharing exchange Teen use of e-cigarettes skyrockets Climate change’s false illusion of progress Court skeptical of challenge to EPA’s climate rule Rubio pokes fun at Hillary’s Chipotle outing Senators negotiating on anti-trafficking bill AG nominee Lynch dodges Hillary email scandal Bipartisanship breaks out at ‘doc fix’ signing ceremony FreedomWorks launches PAC ahead of 2016 Indiana religious law gets a protest album GOP governor asks transit board to resign War dogs can help our veterans heal, if we let them Iraqi PM: US campaign against ISIS too slow Uninsured rate falls by half in states that expanded Medicaid House votes to repeal estate tax McConnell: I won’t block Ex-Im vote Fiorina: Hillary ‘channeling’ Elizabeth Warren Media consultant Tammy Haddad dishes on Nerd Prom Cecily Strong shares biggest fear ahead of WHCA gig The European Central Bank’s Greek problem Can’t vouch for vouchers as answer to schools that don’t work Democrats want children off tobacco farms Senator’s ‘Frozen’ ringtone interrupts hearing Overwhelming majority say Congress should have role in Iran deal Paul slams Hillary, media at anti-abortion summit George W. Bush: Jeb would be ‘a damn good president’ Top Clinton donor Katzenberg takes financial hit In space, a lot can happen in five years DHS chief: Gyrocopter flew ‘under the radar’ House cyber bills may hit floor separately Correcting the record of venture capital’s views on patent reform Reid: Republicans need to ‘right the ship’ on trafficking bill GOP chairman wants gyrocopter answers Rand Paul pens tribute to Koch brothers Lawmakers reach deal to move Obama trade agenda Senators introduce bipartisan data breach legislation Why stop with just one nuclear deal with Iran? Warren pitches arts to music industry Poll: Majority of NJ voters thinks Menendez should resign New regs for Friday: National forests, truck drivers, toxic pesticide Bernanke takes hedge fund gig GOP revs up fundraising with $11.2 million haul How O’Malley, Warren and Webb can save Democrats from Clinton “Fast track” bad for America’s manufacturers FLOTUS, Alicia Keys share the love at Grammys on the Hill Iranian cyberattacks on the rise, study says Malaysia doubles down on missing plane search Durbin introduces bill to protect student athletes from concussions Thursday: Anti-trafficking, nominations New Jersey spent $3M on Ebola monitoring H.R. 9 crushes innovation, killing the American dream Target settles data breach suit with MasterCard John Lewis: Apple CEO ‘setting a new standard’ FanDuel fantasy sports site joins tech lobbying group Can there be a role for the government in the advent of crypto-currencies? Obama, Netanyahu mark Holocaust Remembrance Day in different ways Cruz raises $4M in campaign’s infancy Former Obama adviser suggests changes to ethanol mandate Investing in education: A smart strategy to improve health and curb the costs of care Clinton praises Warren as ‘progressive champion’ Clinton Foundation limits foreign donations Enough is enough: Confirm Loretta Lynch Christie: Jeb Bush ‘train has slowed down pretty significantly’ The FCC’s Wheeler of fortune Sisi has only himself to blame for the collapse of Sinai A new vision for infrastructure will save doomed global economy Pebble Mine still a threat to Bristol Bay Clinton, Rubio and generational politics Remembering the Holocaust, reckoning with today’s atrocities Chaffetz sets sights on feds Schumer may shatter fundraising records K St. swarms on Pentagon’s ‘wish lists’ Washington hails end of ‘doc fix’ debacle Door’s open for Salmon run Congress closes in on deal to renew Patriot Act provisions 50 years of Moore’s law, but for how much longer? Glass half-full in Europe