The Hill Articles: October 9, 2015

Clay Aiken switches support from Clinton to Biden Dems selling ‘America is already great’ hat Paul Ryan’s big decision Feds update track inspection standards after derailment Obama calls for nation to come together on gun violence Report: Julián Castro to endorse Clinton next week Kentucky nonprofit health insurer to shut down Chinese government arrests hackers on US request CNN interviews Trump’s biggest Latina fan ObamaCare website will honor Do Not Track requests Feds consider drones for firefighting Christie: Obama ‘should leave office early’ Feds taking over DC Metro oversight Hillary Clinton and the Sanders effect Delaware Dems: Clinton won’t sway Senate on TPP Most charges dropped against former Rand Paul super-PAC aide Romney encourages Paul Ryan to run for Speaker The drinking age: Won’t someone think of the children?! Carson: Congress acts like Obama’s ‘peanut gallery’ Bipartisan bill would create commission to oversee Iran deal Hillary tells Black Lives Matter she’ll end private prisons Gun-rights supporters protest Obama visit The difficulty of drafting diplomatic dispatches in the post-Clinton email era Sanders rips Clinton for inconsistencies on trade, Keystone Republican: Oil export supporters close to Senate passage Carson declares war on the press Sanders slams drug company CEO over prices Dem senator: Syria strategy ‘a joke’ Puerto Rico must wake up from its tax haven dreams Dem bill would protect state weed laws FCC plans to finish switch to new website ‘later this fall’ Preserve I-TECH to close homework gap, prepare students for success Politics won’t stop Chelsea Clinton’s friendship with Ivanka Trump Ellmers thanks colleagues for support Jane O’Meara Sanders, future first lady? Are students’ data safe? Dems push to speed up processing of Syrian refugees Key Dem: FCC shouldn’t impose ‘sweeping’ regs on streaming video Travel group protests TSA staff cuts Rubio on Trump: ‘It’s fun to watch him blow up’ Legislating as it once was: The NEH turns 50 House votes to end ban on oil exports Carson suggests he wouldn’t raise debt limit Reid: GOP blocking nominees to ‘score political points’ The real work is just beginning Biden staff reportedly met with DNC Dem bill would make student loan payments contingent on income Lew: Treasury to implement international tax recommendations Ben Bernanke and the art of central banking Conservatives cool to Ryan as Speaker Sugar group wants more time to comment on labeling rule Sanders takes stand against FDA nominee for ‘Big Pharma’ ties Team Carson puts Hillary’s ‘Hard Choices’ to use Top Iranian commander killed in Syria Technology, search costs and the standard for effective counsel Lasting impact of the papal visit Obama: Putin’s actions in Syria a sign of weakness Ex-Im backers force vote to renew bank Graham: Republicans ‘making fools’ of themselves New regs for Tuesday: Highways, pipelines, polar bears Ryan ‘still not running’ for Speaker ObamaCare repeal zips to House floor Lifting ban on crude oil exports will jumpstart a new energy era Conservatives blast Boehner for delaying Speaker vote Lawmakers push to protect trade secrets from Chinese hackers Thirty-three remain missing a week after hospital bombing Amtrak threatens partial shutdown Dingell still scrappy from hospital bed On Afghan hospital bombing, a suddenly camera-shy Obama Stop Operation Streamline O’Malley: Debates show Dems’ ‘fear about the future’ Court blocks Obama’s water rule nationwide Chaffetz: I’d step aside for Ryan White House will not force tech firms to decrypt data Ex-Sen. Landrieu inks ‘clean coal’ client House Republicans in disarray keep focus on Ryan When will we decide to hit back on cybersecurity? Dem resolution calls for ‘Children’s Bill of Rights’ GOP lawmaker: We need a Speaker who can ‘bang heads and break legs’ Amtrak restores train service in Vermont Pentagon scraps Syrian rebel train-and-equip program Reconsidering coal’s fair market value Congress shouldn’t rubber-stamp trade deals with Peru California puts email privacy law on the books Obama weighing new executive action on guns Bush: ‘Washington’ is pejorative, not ‘Redskins’ TPP and ‘dead rats’ Issa: Chaffetz stopped being a fighter Nobel Peace Prize given to Tunisian democracy dialogue group The delegate-and-forget-about-it doctrine and government’s fourth branch Global trade for the global good Trump: I’m never getting out Rep. Grijalva’s leadership recognized at Latino Eco Festival Freedom Caucus member on Boehner staying: No 1 dead, 3 injured in Ariz. college shooting Can the next Speaker be a Tip, Newt or Nancy? ExxonMobil has been open about climate change Cruz: Trump won’t get nomination Boehner’s lack of leadership doomed immigration reform A note on Cybersecurity Awareness Month On eve of election, Belarus is caught between Russia and the West Crude oil exports will strengthen the US economy and benefit all Americans Will today’s refugees become the ‘new Palestinians’? Sustainable Development Goals need information and communication technology solutions Debt ceiling madness Dems worry Clinton is showing her cards Bill to save more lives faster needs Congressional support