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The Hill's E-news: February 5, 2015


The Hill's E-news
 February 5, 2015 
The Hill's E-news
GOP wants White House's plan B on ObamaCare 
By Sarah Ferris
Administration officials are refusing to say whether they have an ObamaCare backup plan if the Supreme Court torpedoes the law.
Republicans unveil new ObamaCare alternative with tax credits for poor 
By Sarah Ferris
Three top Republicans are pushing an alternative to ObamaCare that would scrap the law’s mandates while keeping the tax credits that help low-income people buy private insurance coverage.
Fed fires back at Rand Paul
By Kevin Cirilli
The Federal Reserve is lashing out at Sen. Rand Paul’s plan to give Congress more oversight over the central bank, a proposal that could gain traction in the new Republican-led Congress.
IRS chief hits a wall 
By Bernie Becker and Peter Schroeder
John Koskinen took over the IRS vowing to restore trust, mend fences and win back federal funding. He hasn’t gotten very far.
Obama readies war powers pitch 
By Kristina Wong and Scott Wong
The White House is poised to send a formal request to Congress asking for a new authorization to use military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Unity for Senate Republicans cracks on immigration response 
By Alexander Bolton
Cracks emerged Wednesday in the Senate GOP conference over how to fight President Obama on immigration but still fund the Department of Homeland Security.
FCC goes aggressive on net neutrality 
By Julian Hattem
Federal officials are moving to regulate Internet service like a public utility, heeding President Obama’s call for an aggressive approach to net neutrality that gives the government more power over the industry.
Dems complain to Israel about Netanyahu visit to Congress 
By Mike Lillis and Scott Wong
Top House Democrats huddled with Israeli officials on Wednesday to push back against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coming speech before Congress.
How K St. helped push terror insurance bill over the goal line 
By Megan R. Wilson
Proponents of the government’s terrorism insurance program mobilized a massive lobbying effort to get the program reauthorized, as Congress weighed contentious extension legislation approved last month, the end of a protracted battle.
Candidates: Just be yourself 
By Jessica Taylor
Sometimes the best thing in politics is to just be yourself.
'Schock value' at Congressional Dinner
By Judy Kurtz
Jokes centered on Rep. Aaron Schock's new office decor at the annual dinner.
Vaccines and the meaning of freedom
By John Stoehr, contributor
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) must feel like they've been thrown under the bus.
On capital gains, Obama is no Reagan
By Mark Bloomfield, contributor
Although he suggested otherwise in the State of the Union when proposing his top rate.
Obama finds bipartisan support for first 'Big Data' privacy plan
By Roberta Rampton
The White House is working with bipartisan sponsors on a bill to protect data collected from students through educational apps - the first of President Barack Obama's "Big Data" privacy plans to gain traction in the Republican-controlled Congress.
The Associated Press: Republicans, Democrats jockey on changing education law
By Kimberly Hefling
Outnumbered by Republicans, Democratic lawmakers are jockeying to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned No Child Left Behind education law.
The Wall Street Journal: Best intentions aside, a budget compromise is a heavy lift
By Nick Timiraos
President Barack Obama‘s opening bid for the coming round of budget negotiations appeared designed to find a couple areas of potential compromise with Republicans.
The New York Times: Jeb Bush, evangelicals and the pandering question
By Nate Cohn
For all of his support among party elites, there is new evidence of his weakness with the Republicans’ evangelical base.
The Washington Post: Rand Paul’s rude awakening on the national stage
By David A. Fahrenthold and Tom Hamburger
Paul’s ideas put him at the middle of a controversy when he applied his trademark libertarian thinking to the question of vaccines.





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