The Hill Articles: June 2, 2015

House votes to ensure gun restoration rights Obama signs NSA bill, renewing Patriot Act powers Republican Trent Kelly wins runoff for Miss. House seat Hastert questions consume Capitol Republicans aim to use DOJ funding bill to push gun riders OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY: Senate finally passes NSA reform The exploding 2016 Republican field Mark Mellman: Gay Dems and a rich GOP? Lobbying World Clinton schedules slew of donor events OVERNIGHT FINANCE: Warren takes on SEC chief WikiLeaks offers $100K bounty for trade text GOPer decries ‘regulation without representation’ OVERNIGHT HEALTHCARE: 10.2M paid for ObamaCare plans in 2015 Walker vows to compete in Florida GOP primary House restores funding for human trafficking victim services OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: House GOP targets State Dept. funds over Benghazi emails OVERNIGHT TECH: Tech groups hail NSA reform Obama hits local TV to sell wavering Democrats on trade OVERNIGHT ENERGY: GOP chairman warms to oil exports Doctor declares Kerry leg surgery a success Senate to start work on defense bill Obama budget chief criticizes Senate energy spending bill Obama lauds Senate for ‘finally’ passing NSA bill IRS chief: Tax thieves not just in Russia Markos Moulitsas: Clinton’s push to the left GOP chair hammers IRS on security design flaw Oversight chief sees ‘chilling effect’ from White House memo on records Dick Morris: Sanders gets momentum What happens when there’s no road to kick the can down? Time to discuss subsidies under Gulf Open Skies agreement Pentagon: 2,000 anti-tank weapons arrive in Iraq OVERNIGHT REGULATION: FDA rule aims to fight super bugs Reddit chief renews discrimination suit against venture capital firm Jeb Bush expects ‘elbows and knees’ in GOP primaries GOP, Obama see common ground on energy infrastructure Pentagon may have received live anthrax sample from Army lab White House: FOIA should apply to Congress FEC finds Guinta used parents’ loan for campaign Senate approves sweeping reforms to NSA spying programs Business group warns on offshore tax measures Grassley presses FBI for answers on mysterious surveillance flights Carolyn Maloney’s racist gun grab Obama: Netanyahu undermines Israeli credibility ‘as a whole’ Report: Dem rep knew of Hastert abuse claims Colleges are restricting free speech on campus, lawmakers say Benghazi chairman defends move to deny funds to State Dept. Senators push bill updating brownfields program Drifting toward nuclear irrelevance Senate rejects NSA amendments Two years later, Snowden’s name on lawmakers’ lips No mechanical failures found in Amtrak crash; engineer under scrutiny Lawmakers applaud ‘gorgeous’ Caitlyn Jenner ObamaCare sign-ups officially beat 2015 goal Nevada sticks with caucuses in blow to Jeb Obama confident in the TSA despite failure to detect explosives Who’s whose best friend? America’s Nuclear Energy Future – Continuing Conversation McCain to Obama: Holding defense bill hostage would be a ‘deliberate and cynical failure’ Clinton ‘prepared’ to deal with email controversy on campaign trail, Bayh says Parties point fingers on deadly Amtrak crash House presses Iran to release American prisoners DNC director of communications to step down Bill would ban noncompete clauses for low-wage workers Hoyer warns NSA bill could sink Shareholders push companies to change executive pay Warren assails Export-Import Bank FIFA President Sepp Blatter to resign amid scandal Exclusive: New GOP video rips Clinton over ‘old friends’ Dems push smart tech handgun rules Panel votes to repeal ObamaCare tax The Bernie Sanders surge DC civil rights organizations fail to represent education civil rights agenda Rep. Cummings’ Baltimore home catches fire Obama to deliver eulogy for Beau Biden Cruz: ‘Tom Brady was framed’ House panel advances $579 billion Pentagon funding bill GOP chairman: Oil exports ‘can be a win’ Obama awards Medal of Honor to overlooked black, Jewish WWI soldiers Sanders opposes NSA reform bill Huckabee jokes about being transgender so he can shower ‘with the girls’ Gitmo detainee details CIA sexual abuse No. 2 GOP senator: ‘Fantasy’ that House would reject changes to NSA bill A job for a lone Congress member: Speak up for a forgotten disease Watchdog: Lerner report by end of month Court rejects challenge to EPA’s ozone powers Ryan: ‘We feel pretty good’ about trade bill GOP Rep expects Ex-Im Bank to pass the House this month Iran nuclear stockpile grows 20 percent amid negotiations ‘Obama phone’ expansion takes heat at Senate hearing Real reason behind CFPB’s new payday regs House GOP looks to block funds for US embassy in Cuba Senate votes to end NSA debate House panel moves to block State funding over Benghazi emails IRS chief: Hackers seek fraudulent returns in 2016 Senator: TSA’s failure in bomb tests ‘shocking’ Mysterious surveillance flights traced to the FBI Paul joins crusade to expose secret 9/11 documents Japan reeling following hack of 1.25 million pensions FDA issues rule to curb antibiotic use in animals New regs for Wednesday: Efficiency, air pollution, immigration $51B spending bill attracts veto threat Senators push amendment to bar encryption ‘backdoors’ Obama threatens to veto GOP spending bill for transportation, housing Childhood obesity: A threat to national security Tuesday: NSA vote, appropriations Obama climate rule nearly complete Huckabee bashes campaign finance system Obama to Caitlyn Jenner: ‘It takes courage to share your story’ Bomb threat against Philadelphia aircraft deemed a hoax States secretly met to talk ObamaCare contingency plans Sen. Warren takes aim at Wall St. cop Support true competition among hospitals Greens to challenge Arctic Ocean drilling in court Acting TSA chief ousted after security test failures Clinton returning to Calif. for fundraisers Rubio holds slim lead among GOP contenders The ‘Innovation Act’ exposes American companies to foreign spies On WOTUS, EPA is taking the law into its own hands Poll: Half of Americans view Hillary unfavorably America’s Nuclear Energy Future: A Policy Briefing Michelle Obama shines a spotlight on mental illness Decline of legacy media, rise of the conservatives? Will a Palestinian return to Israel ever happen? Draft Warren groups suspending operations Article Three protectionism Rand Paul faces GOP fire on NSA Government secrecy put on trial AARP staying out of fast-track debate Former CIA spy: Obama doing ‘lousy job’ in fight against ISIS Granting Obama fast-track authority reinforces bad behavior Obama woos Dems on fast-track Bipartisan insiders White House moves to curb use of antibiotics Lautenberg chemical safety bill protects public health