The Hill Articles: July 27, 2015

Senate highway bill overcomes hurdle ObamaCare push dropped after McConnell confronts Lee over email Senate votes to reauthorize Ex-Im Bank Senate sets aside short-term highway extension Dems seek answers on rural postal delivery State Dept to release 5,000 pages to Benghazi panel Cornyn: Senate to vote on defunding Planned Parenthood Hatch: Presidential politics reaching new level in Senate Boy Scouts end ban on openly gay leaders GOP senator offers deal on ObamaCare Malaysia trafficking upgrade draws heat House passes bill urging VA to change military sexual assault regulations Rubio wants Kerry to up pressure on Egypt Israeli ambassador condemns Huckabee’s Holocaust comment Jeb Bush: Huckabee remarks evoking the Holocaust ‘wrong’ House passes reform bill for the Secret Service Overnight Cybersecurity: Anti-abortion hackers target Planned Parenthood House conducts moment of silence for La. shooting victims Bottom Line Overnight Defense: Pentagon plans for ISIS-free Syrian ‘safe zones’ Overnight Tech: FCC chief headed back to Congress Overnight Healthcare: Hackers threaten to expose Planned Parenthood emails White House threatens veto of GOP regs crackdown US diplomat in Jerusalem tapped as envoy to Syria Overnight Energy: Clinton avoids Keystone Overnight Finance: House GOP rules out Senate highway bill Huckabee: Iran invoked the Holocaust first Read environmental groups’ letter opposing energy reform At fifth anniversary, time to finish a key Dodd-Frank rule Green groups come out against Senate energy reform bill ADA marks 25 years of progress Katie Pavlich: End DOD’s deadly no-gun rules John Feehery: Cruz’s relentless mendacity Bill Press: Nation of cowards on guns House members push Obama to start over on financial adviser rule GAO: More international coordination needed on insurance President Trump predictions take over Twitter Religion has no place in the debate over human trafficking New photos of Pluto to be displayed at hearing Overnight Regulation: GOP revives bill on union organizing On one issue, Elizabeth Warren gives ‘three cheers to Speaker Gingrich’ House bill would force businesses to detail anti-trafficking efforts O’Malley highlights contrast with Clinton on Keystone Planned Parenthood confirms attack from anti-abortion hackers Energy policy shifts needed to respond to changing landscape A breakthrough for Iranian fanatics Biden takes shot at Christie during LaGuardia visit Feds face blowback over Malaysia human trafficking upgrade Republicans fire new salvo at labor unions Republicans threaten contempt charges against Obama’s IRS chief Clinton spoofs GOP’s ‘mad scientists’ Boehner gets emotional in Golf Channel interview Oil exports would raise gas prices, study says Infrastructure game changers are here: Will Congress pass them by? US, Turkish plans to develop ISIS-free areas firming up Putin: FIFA chief Blatter for Nobel Prize Obama visits historic ‘Lucy’ in Ethiopia Coal group slams Clinton energy plan as a ‘dog and pony climate show’ GOP senator ‘very concerned’ about House stance on roads bill Trump sells NYC penthouse for $21M Senator blasts Obama for not blaming China over OPM hack Calif. ObamaCare rates to rise 4 percent Boxer says Senate will send highway bill to House AT&T urges FCC to walk away from planned record-high fine Congress can help put mobile apps in the hands of small business Bush says Huckabee’s Holocaust language is ‘just wrong’ House Dem extends Obama’s overtime rule to his staffers McCarthy: Defund Planned Parenthood during investigation McCarthy: House will not vote on Senate’s highway funding bill NSA promises to delete old records McConnell on roads bill: ‘We can get there’ Santorum allies hit Huckabee and Paul New York magazine hacked after Bill Cosby article published ObamaCare’s revolving door Huckabee, Clinton spar over Holocaust comments GOP senators want to scale back highway bill Facebook extends developing nations web service Dem urges DOJ probe into shooters’ gun purchases Study: School lunches now healthier at racially diverse schools Obama, African leaders huddle on South Sudan Anti-super PAC group gets new leader Ensuring the healthcare system works for all Cuba, Saudi Arabia removed from blacklist on human trafficking Bob Dole calls on US to ratify disability treaty Palin hits Planned Parenthood in Confederate flag defense Sen. Menendez slams ‘politicization’ of human trafficking report Clinton dodges Keystone question Man bets Bush tattoo on Vine views Obama aide outlines plan to close Gitmo Marijuana legalization popular with N.H. voters Senate Dems ‘positive’ on Iran deal US has spent more than $3 billion fighting ISIS The Supreme Court and the future of environmental litigation Privacy groups turn to fax machines in cyber bill fight Congress lurches toward highway deadline Key Republican: House may move immigration bills this year FCC Republican: Here comes ‘rate regulation’ Poll: Disaffected GOP largely backs Trump Spanish royals to visit White House this fall WH: Business buy-in a boost for Paris climate talks White House eyes $465M for African counterterror efforts Ex-presidents join Kiss army? 21st century cures, 20th century fears R.I. offshore wind farm starts construction New regs for Tuesday: Elephants, refrigerators, fire safety Feds fine Fiat Chrysler $105M for recall failures Monday: Highway bill, veterans US boosts Malaysia’s human rights status Huckabee won’t back down from Holocaust comments China fully lifts ban on video-game consoles Protecting communities and balancing the needs of police Anti-abortion hackers claim to have breached Planned Parenthood Energy secretary defends waiting periods in Iran deal Dem poll finds broad support for Iran deal Obama prods Ethiopia toward democratic reform Government agencies, companies should switch off Windows Server 2003 now Obama: Huckabee’s Holocaust comment ‘outrageous’ The House’s hypocrisy Businesses join White House climate push RNC chief: GOP candidates should pledge not to seek third party Imagine, a good news story on Pakistan The future of spectrum policy In the aftermath of last month’s terrorist attack in France Mr. Chairman, the president’s clemency power is beyond dispute A solution to flat wages Juan Williams: The GOP’s judicial logjam Judd Gregg: An easy vote on Iran Two weeks to go: Republicans scramble to make debate stage This week: Congress speeds toward highway funding deadline A new missile gap? Week ahead: Iran deal keeps Kerry in the hot seat Week ahead: Senate kicks off energy bill review Week ahead in tech: FCC oversight, broadband on agenda Week ahead: Reg reform bill hits House floor Time is now for VA Accountability Act