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The Hill Articles: November 19, 2015
November 19
Paul’s refugee visa bill fast-tracked
Trump: I would ‘absolutely’ use database to track Muslims
Trump: ‘I feel totally bad’ for Syrian refugees
Trump not worried about pro-Kasich super-PAC ads
GOP senator: HHS answers on ObamaCare co-ops not enough
Overnight Cybersecurity: Clinton, tech at odds on encryption
Overnight Defense: House votes to block Syrian refugees
Rubio: Eventual ‘grand, big-scale’ terrorist attack likely in US
McConnell turns Senate toward refugee fight
Overnight Healthcare: Major insurer may leave ObamaCare
O’Malley takes public funding for presidential bid
Overnight Finance: Hillary jabs GOP on trade
FBI: No credible terror threat, despite ISIS videos
Senators weigh criminal contempt charge after CEO skips hearing
Paul takes aim at Washington gun law restrictions
New Hampshire SEIU branch backs Sanders
McCain steps up cyber pressure on Obama administration
Dems push GOP to get on board with climate talks
Cruz endorsed by California rep
Overnight Campaign: Islamic faith a focus for 2016 Republicans
Overnight Energy: Senators push back against Paris climate talks
The medically indigent get mistreated again
Overnight Tech: FCC vows to enforce robocall provision
Truck companies vow to continue pushing for longer rigs
Tech group rejects push to let feds into encrypted data
Ex-Homeland Security chiefs defend refugee vetting process
Adios, Senor Trump?
Treasury moves to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance
Late lobbying against refugee bill backfires on the White House
Menendez urges Obama to press Malaysia on human rights
Overnight Regulation: Critics assail FDA for approving ‘frankenfish’
Kerry urges patience in fight against ISIS
Don’t turn your backs on the refugees
WATCH LIVE: Trump holds rally in Iowa
Senators push resolution against UN climate talks
Dems block McCain on exempting defense from budget cuts
Former SEAL lawmaker hails passage of refugee bill
Actor Kal Penn rips Dems for refugee vote
Lessons from the sage-grouse: Collaboration is key to rare species recovery
Big liberal donors want to hear how money is corrupting politics
Ex-CIA director: Snowden should be ‘hanged’ for Paris
China building its own uncrackable smartphone
Carson backs away from top adviser
H-1B reform right on time
Trump reveals weight loss secret
Ryan: Wrong to assume Paris attacks a ‘one-time event’
Carson leads Trump, Rubio in Wisconsin poll
Corporate wrongdoing isn’t just happening on Wall Street
Pentagon nominee under fire for work on Senate ‘torture report’
Sanders calls for new NATO that includes Russia
Jeff Goldblum mocks ‘selfish, reptilian’ opponents of Obama climate rule
Rubio pledges to undo Obama’s Cuba thaw
Rand Paul: ‘Bull—-‘ to ramp up NSA surveillance post-Paris
Oklahoma looks to defund Planned Parenthood for ‘billing errors’
Hope for victims of brain injury and PTSD is right in front of us
Ethics panel opens probe into Rep. Pittenger
Embracing fear
McCain calls for 10,000 troops in Syria
Sanders: Democratic socialism builds on FDR, MLK causes
Dems push Volkswagen to buy back faulty cars
This Thanksgiving, what traditions do we value?
House defies Obama, approves bill halting Syrian refugees
Lenny Kravitz: Paris attacks ‘could happen anywhere’
Carson uses ‘rabid dog’ analogy discussing Syrian refugees
Health group sues e-cigarette makers
Those government alerts on your phone could get longer
Work authorization memo no attempt to circumvent Fifth Circuit decision in DACA/DAPA
Study: More Mexicans leaving than entering US
Rand Paul demands vote on blocking welfare for refugees
Senate sends two-week highway patch to Obama
Senate Dems vow to block refugee bill
A sea change in consumer video
Clinton jabs Republicans on trade deal
Hillary to Silicon Valley: Government isn’t your ‘adversary’
FCC says it will keep an eye on T-Mobile program
Trump’s children dish on dad’s hair
Puerto Rico: Blame it on ‘commonwealth’
The Hill’s 12:30 Report
Republican: ‘2017 is the year for tax reform’
Senate sets up ObamaCare repeal bill
Palin: Jesus would fight for the Second Amendment
Dems call for ouster of Obama’s drug chief
Mia Love endorses Marco Rubio for president
Will this year’s Thanksgiving turkey pardon be different?
Obama, French president discuss Paris probe
Clinton blasts Congress, GOP on refugees
Time for US to lead on international tax policy
US reports ‘non-battle-related’ casualty in ISIS war
White House struggling to sell refugee argument to wary Dems
GOP chairman ratchets up fight against global warming study
YouTube to back some video creators’ court cases
House passes bill to overhaul the Fed
What should Social Security do?
Dems block Cruz refugee legislation
Trump: Alleged Paris terror ringleader ‘garbage’
Major insurer may leave ObamaCare
Top coal exec slams ‘destroyer’ Obama, power plant rules
UnitedHealthcare may exit ObamaCare exchanges
Sanders campaign ‘honored’ by $500K support from super-PAC
Clinton on wig question: ‘Would I have paid for this?’
Cruz hits ‘silliness’ of Rubio attack
Economists: Don’t slash funding for jobs reports
Clinton calls for more aggressive fight against ISIS
The Safe Motherhood Project
East Coast leaders tell Obama to reject offshore drilling in Atlantic
House GOP approves overhaul of powerful Steering panel
Reid ‘disgusted’ by GOP ‘bigotry’ toward refugees
Kasich backs away from agency to promote Judeo-Christian values
Ford CEO: Self-driving cars may be on the road within four years
New regs for Friday: Transgender, presidential debates, trains
Gowdy: Obama foreign policy ‘creates more widows and orphans’
Brokered Republican convention? Not going to happen
Dems seek to boost annual road spending
Trump tweets that George Will should be ‘thrown off’ Fox News
Anonymous calls on Web firm to stop protecting pro-ISIS sites
LIVE: Hillary speaks on national security
FDA deems new genetically engineered salmon safe to eat
Thursday: Refugees, highway funding
Poll: Trump leads by 7 over Carson nationally
Treasury is right about Puerto Rico debt
How to heal the House
NIH quietly shuts down chimp research program
Clinton to attend fundraiser with NFL’s ‘Deflategate’ firm
Counterintelligence head: Pact hasn’t stopped Chinese hacking
Trump: Obama a ‘threat to our country’
Paul Ryan represents the best of American values
House Dems probe oil, coal companies on climate research
Trump won’t rule out database, special ID for Muslims in US
Senators get classified briefing on threats to undersea Internet cables
Pentagon chief eyes rules of engagement in fight against ISIS
Play all our cards on climate, including biodiesel
Obama: ISIS using Gitmo to rationalize ‘demented, sick’ violence
Kicking those who are down
Support Tunisia, the Arab Spring’s sole success
French officials: Suspected Paris attack mastermind killed in raid
Congress must speak up for the world’s most vulnerable
Learning from the energy lessons of history
French PM: ISIS could strike with chemical, biological weapons
Patent office sides with innovation, yet Apple double-downs on fool’s good patents
Schedule House votes in real time
Frame the questions, make the candidates really debate
Should the FDA oversee all lab-developed tests?
SEIU hits GOP field on immigration
NCLB agreement would overhaul Uncle Sam’s role in schooling
ISIS fight shifts to French rules of engagement
Hawks emboldened after Paris
Grassley, Reid battle over mysterious leak on Huma Abedin
Trump rises in wake of Paris attacks
Obama’s consumer watchdogs cash in
Republican senator vows to block nominees over ObamaCare co-ops
Funding wildfire suppression to combat effects of climate change