The Hill Articles: February 13, 2015

Obama intends to ‘run through the tape’ Postal Service email network down Senate cyber bill author endorses Obama action GOP bill would make English official language of US AARP leads strategy session to back new financial rules House lawmakers headed to Asia-Pacific to talk trade Xenophobic political rhetoric out of touch with reality Countries adopt draft text for accord to fight climate change Medical devices are no sin Cruz mocks pixelated Obama Bush gives to early state ’16 Republicans Dem senators: Stop the sequester for two years Limiting what political donors can get, not give House GOP urges Reid to drop DHS funding filibuster GOP picks 12 vulnerable House ‘patriots’ Groundhog Day in the Senate Beer and barley: The perfect pairing USDA approves new line of genetically engineered apples ISIS attacks Iraqi base housing hundreds of US troops The irrelevance of President Obama Oregon’s Kate Brown to become first openly bisexual governor Obama pitches cybersecurity agenda to Silicon Valley Americans for Prosperity launch push for White House to sign Keystone bill Obama’s old passwords: ‘Password,’ ‘123457’ Advocates seek to protect transit subsidies Oregon governor resigns amid scandal Ukraine crisis tests the West Netanyahu’s conduct is an affront to the United States Rep. Ryan won’t run for Ohio Senate Ryan aiming for tax reform this summer Megaupload programmer sentenced to year in prison Obama’s international tax reform proposals provide a balanced approach to the lock-out problem Obama: Chapel Hill killings ‘brutal and outrageous’ Apple CEO challenges Obama During ports slowdown, fiddling as Long Beach burns IRS: Inexcusably rotten service McCarthy rallies GOP troops, as Congress departs Need to pay the government? Soon, you can use ApplePay WATCH: Obama’s ‘selfie stick’ outtakes Bill requires EPA reports on safe drinking water GOP chairmen urge Obama to retain control of Gitmo Searching for answers from Google about Google The transportation moment GOP rep’s office denies discrimination allegations in lawsuit Ryan: GOP must have O-Care ‘contingency plan’ Exiting WH aide: I missed my chance to spill UFO secrets Lawmakers introduce ‘vaccines save lives’ resolution Obama aides loving the California weather Scrutiny intensifies on Brian Williams Oregon governor on verge of resigning Lawmakers: Declassify rest of 9/11 report Labrador won’t run for Senate Future of FutureGen Privacy board head: End data collection program Obama aide to hackers: We will find you House adjourns for weeklong recess A moral moment: Time for courage Kentucky governor: Medicaid expansion will bring in $1B Republicans sign Keystone bill, will make Obama wait on veto Turkish leader calls out Obama for silence on Chapel Hill shooting Lawmakers offer bill to protect kids from laundry detergent pods House passes extension of small-business tax credits Uncle Sam isn’t good at school reform ‘cover’ Obama did not cause the child migrant crisis Civil rights group roiled over FBI chief’s ‘little bit racist’ remark Legal trouble on horizon over net neutrality Poll: Most back ground troops in ISIS fight Dems wants royalties for metal mines on federal land Pelosi blasts GOP ‘anti-immigrant grandstanding’ in DHS fight Junk science still front and center in push to weaken patents Congress blasts DC Metro over smoke death Problem solvers take the lead on transportation fix George W. Bush on ISIS: ‘Evil is evil’ Ex-Im amendment falls short Dems push to require vaccines in Head Start New regs for Tuesday: Cybersecurity, air pollution, disclosure Transgender Navy SEAL to primary Steny Hoyer Stop regulatory creep on credit unions ‘Father of the Internet’ mounts defense of hard copies Attacking fossil fuels doesn’t help the poor Approaching ObamaCare with humility GOP inks Keystone bill at ceremony Lindsey Graham heading to Iowa Cable lobby ‘highly likely’ to sue over Internet rules Bill to keep ‘federal food police’ out of schools introduced Look who’s against innovation, competition and customer savings AT&T CEO: No company should be ‘too boastful’ about cybersecurity White House brushes off tech CEO snubs of cybersecurity summit More embassies close in Yemen Friday: Tax extenders Bitcoin for city fines? NYC councilman says yes Future of No Child Left Behind hinges on bipartisanship Taliban strike mosque in Pakistan, killing 19 FCC must exempt smaller ISPs from Title II tsunami Poll: New Jersey voters turn against Christie Study: Climate change increases risk of decades-long ‘megadroughts’ All you need is Ecuador Flu season: Missing the mark Bill Gates meets with Chinese officials Proposed next steps for the House Republican energy framework Why the Jones Act matters Missiles and menaces in an Iran-Russia-North Korea alliance In us we trust Bernie Sanders for president — Really? Let’s eliminate federal budget deficits… forever Opposition to Obama war request grows O-Care fans: SCOTUS case ‘unraveling’ GOP infighting grows over DHS funding 5 ways to cut government down to size White House goal: Kill the password Let EPA protect small streams Ginsburg wasn’t ‘100 percent sober’ during State of the Union