The Hill Articles: November 14, 2017

House panel sets up floor debate on GOP tax reform bill Modified Senate tax bill would make individual cuts temporary, leave lower corporate rate permanent Trump admin to reveal rules on cyber vulnerabilities: report Moore issues letter to Alabama news outlet calling for retraction Hannity: Moore ‘has 24 hours’ to explain allegations or else he must exit race Trump expected to travel to Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving Sessions denies lying to Congress about Russia contacts NY GOP official quits position over Republican tax bill: report Poll: Majority of Americans think Trump’s policies favor the wealthy House Intel panel interviews co-founder of firm tied to Trump dossier Papa John’s apologizes for ‘divisive’ comments that NFL protests hurt sales Pentagon will pay for transgender soldier’s reassignment surgery State Dept urges US citizens in Zimbabwe to shelter in place amid coup fears Nevada GOP candidate criticizes ‘rush to judgment’ against Moore Dem lawmaker says House paid out $15M in harassment settlements GOP rep rushes down stairs as reporter asks about Roy Moore’s accusers Ryan: DACA fix will be separate from spending bill Study finds enrollment of new international students in US declining McConnell: Moore will face Senate ethics probe if he wins election Fox’s Cavuto: I won’t have Trump on my show Grassley: Trump Jr.’s exchanges with WikiLeaks ‘very innocuous’ Overnight Regulation: Senate tax bill to include ObamaCare mandate repeal | Sessions sidesteps questions on WH influence on AT&T merger | Dems seek more transparency on student borrower rule Lawmaker proposes tax bill amendment to combat sexual assault in Hollywood Poll: Moore leads Jones by 6 points in Alabama Senate race House moves to mandate sexual harassment training AT&T wants to probe Trump’s role in Time Warner merger: report Overnight Tech: Sessions won’t say if WH intervened in AT&T merger talks | Dems want hearing on Trump’s involvement in merger | YouTube expands crackdown on extremist videos Australia votes in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage Lobbying world Fox News analyst steps down from management role at law firm after ‘Hannity’ appearance Overnight Health Care: Senate tax bill to include ObamaCare mandate repeal | Dems seize on new ObamaCare fight | CBO warns tax bill could spur $25B in Medicare cuts Do Trump’s liberal critics seem increasingly unhinged? GOP targets health mandate in tax reform WaPo ‘shocked and appalled’ by robocall in Alabama Senate race Congress can’t dodge Puerto Rico’s status in tax debate Overnight Defense: House passes $692B compromise defense bill | McCain threatens to block nominees over Army waivers | Senators weigh Trump’s nuclear strike authority | Air Force faces serious pilot shortage Social media reacts to Gohmert chart on Obama-era Uranium One deal RNC cuts fundraising ties with Roy Moore Dems push for hearing on Trump’s involvement in AT&T-Time Warner merger Linking the prioritization of children to prevent mass shootings is dangerous How my apprenticeship shaped my future Fox News’s Shepard Smith hits Trump for ‘inaccurate’ claims on Uranium One deal Sessions resists GOP pressure on Clinton probe Overnight Energy: Puerto Rico officials defend Whitefish deal before Congress | US wants level playing field at UN climate summit | House passes flood insurance overhaul Dems to launch new impeachment push on Wednesday Senate panel approves Trump Homeland Security pick Overnight Finance: Senate tax bill will include ObamaCare mandate repeal | Stock surge raises pressure for GOP to deliver tax reform | Ryan hints at short-term spending bill | House votes to overhaul federal flood insurance House passes bill to renew, overhaul federal flood insurance House passes $692B defense policy bill Senate confirms ‘torture memo’ author to lead Transportation Dept legal office GOP chairman cites ‘credibility gap’ in Puerto Rico recovery McCaskill avoided elevators as congressional intern to evade harassment Jeffrey Toobin to pen book on ‘Mueller and other Trump investigations’ Senate may ditch Roosevelt’s conservation legacy for oil WATCH: GOP Alabama rep: ‘No reason to doubt’ Moore’s accusers Dem demands documents from TSA after scathing security report Sandy Hook families launch plea to save gun suit Maxine Waters leads crowd in ‘impeach him’ chant Democrats seize on renewed ObamaCare fight Comedy Central to debut new special: ‘The Fake News with Ted Nelms’ Moore: McConnell’s days as majority leader ‘are coming to an end very soon’ NTSB blames poor safety culture for deadly Amtrak crash Limbaugh: Moore was a Democrat at time of sexual misconduct allegations Time for Congress to end the abusive ‘blue slipping’ process Health groups urge Congress not to repeal ObamaCare mandate Ryan: House to mandate anti-sexual harassment training Defeating Iran will require the US to go global McCaskill: I was sexually harassed as a congressional intern Ted Lieu grills Sessions in hearing: ‘You’re lying’ to either the House or the Senate Biden and Lady Gaga to create abuse trauma centers Trade storms brewing after Trump’s Asia trip McConnell dodges on if he believes women who accused Trump of sexual harassment Congress needs to get to work and reauthorize children’s health insurance Tax plan gives Big Business a big handout at expense of small firms Sessions defends Lynch’s use of an email pseudonym: ‘I have a pseudonym’ McConnell says final decision on Moore awaits Trump Hannity giving away hundreds of Keurig machines Trump adviser: No easy path for poor countries in Paris climate pact Senate GOP tax bill will include repeal of ObamaCare mandate Dems dismiss Hispanic Caucus feud with Republican as ‘noise’ Lawmakers describe pervasive sexual harassment on Capitol Hill Poll: Large majority believes Moore should drop out New poll: Majority disapproves of media’s coverage of Trump Trump’s job approval inches downward Sessions: DOJ investigating 27 classified leaks Sessions refuses to say whether WH intervened in AT&T merger discussions Senate push for small bank relief laudable but daunting Trump taps Thomas Homan as ICE director NBC News fires exec after sexual harassment investigation With Trump’s HHS pick Big Pharma takes over our health system At least 5 dead in Calif. elementary school shooting FBI scrutinizing Russian embassy payments ‘to finance election campaign of 2016’ ‘America First:’ Rethinking the meaning of self-interest McCain threatens to block nominees over Army waiver report YouTube broadens effort to remove extremist videos House Dems seek answers on NIH funding and gun violence GOP senator: Congress may ‘stumble’ on paying for Trump’s infrastructure plan Miranda Cosgrove heads to Capitol Hill to advocate for marine mammals Sessions dodges questions on potential Trump pardons Brazile: Dem primary was not rigged because no votes were overturned Cafe Milano marks 25 years as Georgetown VIP spot Trump’s task of balancing diplomacy in Asia with interests of his voters is no easy task GOP tax bill could spur $25 billion in Medicare cuts: CBO Puerto Rico officials defend Whitefish contract before Congress California lawmaker says she was harassed by congressional colleague State Department hires security company with KGB ties Senate GOP nearing decision on repeal of ObamaCare mandate The Republican tax bill would hurt underserved communities Congress is willing to risk lives of dwindling whales and dolphins Retired general says officers can refuse nuclear strike order, but process murky The Hill’s 12:30 Report Moore allegations put conservative Republicans at a crossroads Woman jailed in England for falsely claiming access to Clinton Trump adviser: White House relationship with tech better than appears Schumer: Trump’s Asia trip a ‘colossal flop’ Sessions pushes back on calls for Clinton special counsel WikiLeaks to Trump Jr.: ‘Our offer of being ambassador to the US still stands’ The Republican tax bill benefits the establishment and corporate allies More than 94 percent of federal agencies on schedule with Kaspersky purge Rand Paul to offer ObamaCare mandate repeal in Senate tax bill Pence NFL trip cost Indianapolis police dept more than $14K: ethics watchdog Sessions: ‘I have no reason to doubt’ Moore’s accusers Trump should be wary of Putin’s ‘truth’-telling Reports: Judge who sentenced Meek Mill being investigated by FBI Read Sessions’s opening statement to House Judiciary Committee Dems call on DeVos to make rewrite of student protection rule public States should do more to participate in FBI database for firearm checks Ryan hints at short-term spending bill Female Dem says at least two current members engaged in sexual harassment Former Pentagon chief: Defense secretary couldn’t stop Trump if he wants nuclear war Sessions: Trump campaign ‘a form of chaos every day’ Sessions: ‘No clear recollection of the details’ in Papadopoulos meeting Start North Korean talks with nuclear test ban Poll: Majority disapprove of NFL commissioner’s handling of protests Seth Meyers compares Trump to Cartman from ‘South Park’ New York Times board: Trump ‘turns to mush’ around strongmen Ryan calls for Moore to step aside: These allegations ‘are credible’ Shared interests — not friendship — key to working US-Russia relations Colbert jokes that he finally agrees with McConnell: ‘Is this a dream?’ Judiciary chairman hints at dissatisfaction with Sessions Lewandowski: ‘Not for me to say’ whether Trump Jr. should’ve communicated with WikiLeaks Senate Democrats want watchdog to launch probe into Wilbur Ross Jones highlights Alabamians disapproving of Moore in new ad Trump missed key session in Asia summit because it was delayed Alabama secretary of State still backs Moore: Accusers could be ‘making it up’ Leave drug safety to the FDA, not the assistant secretary of defense How the House tax plan could kill Trump’s infrastructure plans Lawyers warned Puerto Rico utility against Whitefish contract New Wisconsin law allows children of any age to hunt with guns Top evangelical leader tears into Roy Moore’s defenders House tax bill harms path to economic opportunity for all Trump wrongly claims Obama’s plane didn’t land in Philippines Scarborough: Moore-Bannon alliance ‘one of the gravest threats thus far to Trumpism’ ‘Creep list’ of men known for inappropriate behavior circulates in Congress: report GOP rep: Sessions had a ‘come to Jesus moment’ on Clinton special counsel Jason Aldean speaks out in first interview since Las Vegas shooting Russia uses video game footage to accuse US of aiding ISIS Bad laws, trial lawyers hover over California fire victims Colbert jokes about North Korea’s ‘old lunatic’ attack on Trump Sessions grilled by lawmakers from both parties Trudeau says he raised human rights issues with Duterte after Trump didn’t GOP risks losing national security message to Trump agenda Trevor Noah: GOP made sexual assault a partisan issue Breitbart editor on pro-Moore coverage: ‘We admit our biases’ Fox News host tore into Sessions in private meeting with Trump: report Pockmarked tax reform bills move us in right direction Ryan to appear at Fox News town hall on tax reform GOP lawmaker backing Moore: Conservative agenda ‘more important than contested sexual allegations’ Where the ACLU went wrong on religious freedom Trump won’t meet with American Nobel Prize winners Biden: Trump response to Charlottesville ‘reprehensible’ Russia-type meddling found in 18 nations’ elections last year: report Trump: ‘Hopefully, everything is going to work out’ with UCLA players arrested in China Trump judicial nominee wrote about paranormal activities: report The Budget Control Act buys time, but don’t repeal it without a replacement We can – and should – reduce poverty through tax reform Politics is purple in North Carolina Trump touts Rasmussen poll showing 46 percent approval rating Pence aide: VP didn’t know about communications between Trump Jr., WikiLeaks The most ‘underrated’ founder’s influence on America’s Constitution Taking back renewable energy’s taxpayer-funded honeypot Trump labels Asia trip ‘tremendously successful’ Gingrich on Roy Moore: Amazing how fast ‘lynch mob’ can form National poll: Majority says Moore should drop out Top Alabama news site: Moore ‘grossly unfit’ for office Housing groups: GOP tax plan could hurt hurricane rebuilding efforts Give Maine voters what they want and expand Medicaid in the state Trump faces big choice on Moore’s fate Air Force faces serious 2,000-pilot shortage Dem Jones avoids Moore attacks as allegations mount Senate GOP moves forward on taxes Dems find an unlikely attack dog on Russia Stock surge raises pressure on GOP to deliver Promoting tourism under Trump America has seen enough tragedies result from its open borders