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The Hill Articles: August 5, 2015
August 5
McConnell: IRS report shows Obama ‘misled’ Congress
Corker: We’ll pass Iran sanctions bill
New Bush ad targets Clinton, Planned Parenthood
Senate adjourns for five-week break
Labor Dept. to unveil worker protection rule
Unknown truck driver wins nomination for Democratic Miss. gov
GOP blocks minimum wage, sick leave proposals
Santorum’s son was charged with DWI in July
Sanders: GOP debate will focus only on millionaires
Rubio looks to rebound
Sanders schedules stop at Liberty University
Congress has moral obligation to protect voting rights
Kathleen Matthews to run first campaign ad during GOP debate
Obama takes on Iran critics on Twitter
O’Malley: Dems tilting race toward Hillary
Tech groups try to kill terrorist reporting mandate in spy bill
Court: Cops need warrants for cellphone location data
Election model predicts Dem will win
Watchdogs: DOJ memo undermines agency probes
IRS mismanaged Tea Party groups, Senate report finds
Obama nominates aide for IAEA position as Iran oversight looms
Independent Sen. Angus King backs Iran deal
Company creates emojis inspired by the GOP debate
States seek delay of EPA climate change rule
Bill would ban solitary confinement in juvy
Senate Dems call for vote on pope’s climate statement
Senate punts cyber bill after reaching deal on amendments
Salma Hayek worries people take Trump’s words as fact
Report: Bill Clinton called Trump ahead of campaign launch
Open letter to Roger Ailes on the FOX News GOP debate
McConnell takes first step toward Iran vote
Christie’s 2016 bid dogged by cancellation of NYC rail tunnel
State Dept: Iran still dangerous for travel
George W. Bush appears for jury duty
Senate panel votes to block Obama’s climate rule
Senators want to tie cyber, Iran in deal to limit debate
Gunman shot dead at Tenn. movie theater
Outside group files complaint against GOP senator
Sovereign debt – not just a foreign problem
Senators fume over secret Iran info
Ohio clothing company wants customers to ‘Feel the Bern’
Oklahoma gov links earthquakes to oil, gas industry
Officials: Debris is from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Microsoft ups paid leave for parents to 12 weeks
Dish cites ‘trust’ complications with FCC
Gwyneth Paltrow calls for GMO labeling
Obama links Republicans to Iranians chanting ‘death to America’
On Africa, Obama and King Mohammed VI are birds of a feather
Watchdog finds CFPB’s renovations ‘reasonable’
NASA signing $490M contract with Russia
Poll: Eleanor Roosevelt top pick for $10 bill
IG: Banned Medicaid providers getting around ObamaCare rule
Head of Rand Paul super-PAC indicted
Trump dominating Google searches
Dems boycott vote to overturn climate rule
The immigration debate people actually want to hear
Shots heard at Camp Shelby for second day; man taken into custody
MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’s’ Scarborough on Mika Brzezinski: She’s ‘just like Mr. Magoo’
Cyber bill sponsor: ‘Doubtful’ Senate finishes this week
US slaps sanctions on al Qaeda supporters
SEC finalizes contentious CEO pay ratio rule
Obama draws comparison between Iraq War, Iran vote
Trump is right on Crimea
Ex-Im helps our business fly
Top Boehner health aide leaving for lobbying firm
WH promotes anti-poaching work after Cecil the lion killing
Fiorina: Clinton’s email server ‘assuredly’ hacked
Feds approve 1,000 applications for drone flights
Service sector posts rapid growth in July
Army sending 450 troops to Kuwait in fight against ISIS
Ted Cruz’s irrational crusades
New regs for Thursday: Stolen cars, trains, air conditioners
Obama negotiator says she didn’t see final Iran ‘side deals’
Commercial space bill clears Senate
Dems pushing improvements to child welfare system
Dem pushes online voter registration to mark anniversary
Giving Iran too much to lose
Dem poll: Climate rule has broad support
Pro-Walker super-PAC plans $7M ad buy in Iowa
Santorum: GOP debate organizers ‘should apologize’
Sens. Murphy, Leahy back Iran nuclear deal
Clinton maintains big lead nationally over Sanders
McCaskill vows to prove she can shotgun a beer
‘Scandal,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ stars discuss how they’d handle Trump
Private sector hiring slips in July
Senate delays cyber vote, seeking last-minute deal on amendments
Deal reached to save Amtrak route
No. 2 Senate Republican to offer background check bill
McConnell takes aim at Obama ahead of Iran speech
Senators fête McCaskill ahead of memoir’s release
Give Forest Service tools to address escalating wildfire costs
Wednesday: Hurdle for cyber bill
RNC chairman: Biden ‘tougher’ opponent than Clinton
Trump on debate: ‘I don’t want to attack anybody’
A bitter brew, toxic politics
Senators take OPM fight to cyber bill
Trump dominates Google searches
Kerry: Rejecting Iran deal ‘the ultimate screwing’ of ayatollah
The New Suez Canal: The next step for Egypt
Why are hearing disabilities not covered by insurance and Medicare?
Nine targets in Iran summer lobbying blitz
Clinton blasts Bush over women’s health comment
‘Dynamic’ impact of tax cut bill: $10.4B
In debates, can Trump the outsider act presidential?
FBI issues alert about military families
Fixing the FDA’s broken combination products policies
Why the Meadows fight matters
Sanders can’t beat Clinton, but Biden can
Stage set for Fox’s ‘happy hour debate’
Debating the nanny state
Game on: How each candidate can win first GOP debate
New Dem rulebook: Don’t criticize Hillary
Obama spurns natural gas in climate rule
Aviation funding bill up in the air
Jimmy Carter’s partial diagnosis of our ailing political system