The Hill Articles: February 5, 2015

Looking to 2016, Perry road tests message Obama calls Patriots coach Belichick Christie facing new criminal probe Black Caucus slams Rand Paul for opposing AG nominee Lynch OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Vets slam Brian Williams over false Iraq claims Suspicion falls on Chinese hackers in breach of Anthem OVERNIGHT ENERGY: The Keystone crescendo Jeb Bush takes New Hampshire lead OVERNIGHT HEALTHCARE: Insurance giant to brief Congress on cyber hack OVERNIGHT REGULATION: Reg relief bill faces uncertain path Anthem hack raises ObamaCare concerns Tillis: Hand-washing controversy ‘hogwash’ Senators receptive to changes in military benefits Obama to speak in Indiana Friday OVERNIGHT TECH: House, Senate on same page over ‘patent trolls’ Energy considers stricter standards for oil, gas-fired furnaces Senate Democratic campaign chairman: Majority or bust in 2016 Air Force urged to remove officer over A-10 ‘treason’ comments Perry: Voters want ‘radical shift’ from Obama in 2016 Nigeria calls for a re-think of the Leahy law Business wants all aboard in tax reform OVERNIGHT FINANCE: Paul taking Fed fight to Iowa IRS rehires reprimanded ex-staffers Payday for musicians, writers on tap? Competing beer bills pour into Congress Lawmakers call for ‘virtual Congress’ Medicare to pay for lung cancer screenings Congress should hit the brakes on higher gas taxes Vets assail Brian Williams over ‘reprehensible’ false claims House GOP chairman: Cyberattacks now threaten ‘every business’ Bill aims to improve federal land access for hunters Obama: ‘No god condones terror’ Walker: I’m not worried about ‘peaking’ too soon Thad Cochran needs to pay it forward Jindal blasts ‘Democrat-lite’ GOP leadership as he eyes 2016 GOP rep: White House hypocritical over Netanyahu ‘protocol’ Top Black Dems to skip Netanyahu speech Brian Williams should be punished Top Rand Paul aide working on Bibi’s reelection House Dem wants wider eligibility for ObamaCare tax credit House Dem seeks to save overnight delivery Dems: Millions would lose coverage under GOP healthcare plan White House mum on report that Putin has Asperger’s syndrome A process for creating a path forward on patent reform Dem says ObamaCare doesn’t need a SCOTUS backup plan Schock staffer resigns after comparing blacks to zoo animals in Facebook post GOP senator to House: Send us new DHS funding bill How will Obama work with Congress? Michigan Gov. Snyder admitted to hospital House to vote on tax extenders, Keystone next week Study links Monsanto herbicide to monarch decline Senate panel to take up Gitmo bill next week Pelosi going to Bibi speech ‘as of now’ Feds to auction 41M acres of Gulf of Mexico drilling rights Netanyahu’s coming to town Dem uses Capitol threat in push for ammo limits Republicans hit ‘corporate welfare’ in airwave sales Senate panel approves bill to boost disclosure of government docs Mayors urge Senate to pass ‘clean’ DHS bill Pilot cited ‘engine flameout’ before TransAsia crash McCain expects Defense nominee Carter to be confirmed next week Boehner to Kerry: Stop the Keystone secrecy Sony exec to step down following hack Army vet arrested after alleged U.S. Capitol shooting threat Lawmakers to Obama: Arm Ukraine now House members renew ‘patent troll’ bill New trade deal must protect American ingenuity Official: Anthem breach didn’t expose O-Care site White House stresses treatment in new $133M fight against drugs But other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Clinton? Warren, Cummings: What is the Fed doing about leaks? Deregulating big business in the name of small business House passes small-business bill GNC pulls dietary supplements from NY stores Democrats blast SEC for not banning bad-acting firm Pelosi wants more aid for Jordan Senate Dems block immigration bill for third day in a row Walker hires two conservative operatives Pope Francis will address Congress Cyber sanctions after Sony GOP: Labor board finding would ‘destroy’ small businesses Brian Williams under fire — from Twitter Dem bill would give troops free birth control Green group scores senators on Keystone votes Defense official: Obama closer to closing Gitmo than people realize GOP bill hits ObamaCare risk corridors DOT chief: 30-year transport analysis a ‘wake-up call’ Bill aims to stop sue-and-settle regulation Senator says Gitmo detainees can ‘rot in hell’ White House cyber czar: Anthem breach ‘disturbing’ Five ways to save money at the Pentagon Cantor, Bush teaming up on fundraiser Texas Democrat: Congressman had a right to call Texas a ‘crazy state’ GOP senator pushes for more nuclear power, Yucca waste site ‘Mind-bending’ health insurer hack prompts new cyber concern Liberal group files complaint against Bush FDA Commissioner Hamburg to step down Investigative journalists think US spies on them New regs for Friday: Offshore drilling, poultry standards, fruits and vegetables Obama praises Dalai Lama as ‘good friend’ Obama’s misguided ‘middle-class economics’ Civilian leaders need to lead on women in combat Obama joins bipartisan push on student privacy New bill in California would require parents to vaccinate their children Dem may leave Congress for local office Oil falls again amid supply surge FCC chairman: Internet rules will define congressional debate Foxx: NY Metro-North crash ‘horrifying’ Thursday: DHS spending, regulations Telecommunications Act is showing its age Graham: President Obama about to ‘unleash hell on the Mideast’ Business leaders call for net-zero emissions goal Health insurance giant Anthem hit with major data breach Perry brings on more than 80 major donors GOP picks politics over governance Congress: Reauthorize CHIP funding for vulnerable children’s dental care Kerry arrives in Ukraine for new push in talks The FTC report on the ‘Internet of Things’ In Cuba, the importance of listening Common Core opens the door to school choice ‘Schock value’ at Congressional Dinner Vaccines and the meaning of freedom Candidates: Just be yourself GOP wants White House’s O-Care plan B Unity for Senate Republicans cracks on immigration response GOP gives thumbs down to IRS chief How K St. helped push terror insurance bill over the goal line Fed fires back at Rand Paul On capital gains, Obama is no Reagan Report: Health costs for Alzheimer’s to skyrocket