The Hill Articles: January 27, 2015

Menendez, Kirk introduce new Iran sanctions bill Howard Dean apologizes to veterans for ‘Sniper’ comments, not ‘right-wing nutjobs’ Markos Moulitsas: Standing for nothing Trade chief pitches ‘fast-track’ to Congress Dick Morris: Hillary’s Iran problem Lobbying World US must help Central American neighbors Mark Mellman: The young and the newsless Give climate data another look OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Dem: Clinton willing to appear before Benghazi panel Hatch warns of waiting on trade promotion authority Potential 2016 rivals back Perry after case moves forward IRS chief heading back to Capitol Hill OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Atlantic drilling back on the auction block OVERNIGHT FINANCE: Interest rate guessing game Imprisoned blogger not on Obama agenda OVERNIGHT TECH: FTC shines spotlight on ‘smart’ devices GOP optimistic Senate will take up human trafficking bills Industry to Senate: Cyber bill ‘cannot come soon enough’ Franken presses Uber on use of ‘God View’ tool Obama scraps plan to tax college accounts American believed dead in Tripoli terror attack House lawmakers: Aid to Palestinians at risk with ICC bid Royce introduces bill to halt affordable housing funds Travel group: Flight cancellations from blizzard cost $230M OVERNIGHT REGULATION: Attorney general nominee heads to Senate Clinton willing to testify before Benghazi panel, Democrat says Criminal case against Perry moves forward Court battle set for Obama climate rule House passes second batch of human trafficking bills How to find common ground on Open Internet Cruz: McConnell should bring sanctions to floor House to vote next week on ObamaCare repeal Republicans shine spotlight on Internet management system OVERNIGHT HEALTH: ObamaCare enrollment hits new record Lawmakers grill officials on Healthcare.gov data House Judiciary Committee passes bill on rule-making reform PLU decision on faculty unions will reverberate across the country Surgeon general makes ObamaCare pitch to millennials Republican proposes ‘duplication score’ for legislation Dem whip: Congress will act on sanctions if Iran talks fail Forty-five senators ask McConnell to pass ‘clean’ Homeland funding bill McConnell foe to run for governor What to call a president’s husband? Bill Clinton has ideas Senate to vote on repealing executive actions on immigration Committee releases to-do list to help medical industry WH drone operator works for intel agency Feds issue warning against blocking Wi-Fi Dems slam Obama’s Atlantic drilling proposal Congress renews program Pentagon admits hurts small business Dem: Put Rubio under 24-hour surveillance Taylor Swift shakes off Twitter hack Oklahoma asks Supreme Court to delay three executions Advocacy groups attempt to debunk King v. Burwell case O-Care exchanges hit new enrollment record Watt defends FHFA moves on familiar ground Ryan touts trade to spur economic freedom Congress should regulate behavior, not business-models, when crafting patent legislation Dems back down from Iran sanctions fight Google Fiber expands to four additional cities Michelle Obama-inspired bra ‘flying out’ of lingerie store Scalise to meet with black leader who questioned his leadership Rand Paul: Stop feds from seizing property McCaul’s bill exacerbates the loss of freedom of border residents Man who crashed drone at White House was drinking Hoyer: GOP stuck with ‘deep divisions’ House plots new lawsuit against Obama’s immigration orders Lawmakers see momentum for data breach legislation Sen. Sanders files $1T infrastructure bill Walker launches fundraising committee Budget committee spars over debt and taxes Former Intel chairman joins DC think tank EPA seeks small business input on power plant rules Republican seeks to revive mental health bill Benghazi panel looking for a ‘unicorn,’ Dem says Boehner to Obama: Back off on college savings plans GOP shifts plans on border bill Feinstein slams report clearing CIA of spying on Senate Benghazi chairman: We’ll pick up the pace Obama’s pivot on oil draws fire from left Ensuring rural access to reasonably priced video programming US pledges $1B for global vaccination campaign McConnell asks Dems to cooperate on Keystone Bill would legalize industrial hemp EPA chief heads to Vatican to talk climate Reports: Army to charge Bergdahl with desertion ASBC asks House to throw out regulatory reform bill White House tech chief hits Hollywood for gender bias Indiana wins approval for Medicaid expansion Congress: You can’t fool the public on net neutrality Rangel, Gardner to headline Congressional Dinner Iran sanctions sponsor backs off his own bill Lawmaker unveils PAC for GOP veterans New regs for Wednesday: Used car dealers, snowmobiles, icemakers In light of ‘smart’ devices, feds call for privacy bill DOJ fears tech ‘zone of lawlessness’ Capital Magnet Fund creates ‘bang for the buck’ in affordable housing Senate Dems round out campaign team Women’s rights group calls for passage of paid leave bill Obama calls for regs on drones NYC restoring subway service after snow fizzles Facebook: Outage not result of hack 5K flights canceled Tuesday amid northeast snow Republican National Committee hires new chief Obama to open Atlantic to drilling Tuesday: Human trafficking, Keystone Time for a new Church Committee? Ex-staffers think so The New Suez Canal: A passage to economic recovery for Egypt Obama leading bipartisan delegation to Saudi Arabia India air took 6 hours off Obama’s life Froman will make case on Capitol Hill for fast-track authority Travel bans lifted in NY and NJ Time to convert trafficking awareness into action for domestic workers Obama eyes new funds to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria The real story behind Alan Gross’s work in Cuba No commitment from Obama to take up blogger’s case in visit Homeland security is back in the limelight Obama presses India on equal rights Offshore wind power means better business, better beaches Clinton looks to tighten inner circle Pelosi: I hope Romney is the GOP nominee Meet the ‘Retread Caucus’ Pelosi: With Hillary, Dems can win House Senate is speeding toward Iran showdown Iowa Republicans not seeing much of Mitt Romney lately Carson brings Muslim voice to Intel panel Senate GOP plots plan B for ObamaCare Cybersecurity savant DOT should reject Norwegian Air’s foreign air carrier application Fidel Castro says he doesn’t ‘trust’ US, but offers support for talks