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The Hill's E-news: January 1, 2015

The Hill's E-news
 January 1, 2015 
The Hill's E-news
Budget war looms for Obama, GOP
By Rebecca Shabad
The federal budget is almost certain to be the central battleground between President Obama and the new Republican Congress in 2015.
Democrats take cautious approach with GOP, Scalise
By Ben Kamisar
Democrats are taking a strikingly cautious approach to the controversy surrounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and his speech to a white supremacist group in 2002.
First House Dem calls for Scalise to resign from GOP leadership
By Ben Kamisar
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) called on Scalise to step down.
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Who will replace Michael Grimm?
By Jonathan Easley
Republican's resignation has set off scramble to win his competitive Staten Island seat.
Obama's big push on Guantanamo
By Kristina Wong and Jesse Byrnes
The president's efforts to close the prison camp have picked up pace.
2014's top political gaffes
By Cristina Marcos
The year's most memorable mistakes, from "shylocks" to "Bruce Bailey."
Jeb Bush won't attend Steve King summit
By Jonathan Easley
An aide said Bush appreciated the offer to speak but can't attend the conservative gathering.
Is Heitkamp eyeing a run for governor?
By Jonathan Easley
Rumors are swirling the centrist N.D. Democratic senator could try for state office in 2016.
Judiciary presses FBI on cellphone spying
By Mario Trujillo
Leahy, Grassley say FBI recently changed its legal policy on key technology.
Minimum wage to rise for 3.1 million people
By Vicki Needham
The hikes will take place in 20 different states.
The Washington Post: Jeb Bush resigns from all boards with eye on 2016
By Tom Hamburger and Lyndsey Layton
Among the positions the former Florida governor stepped down from Wednesday was a role with a for-profit education company that could muddle efforts to promote his record as an education reformer.
Reuters: Democrat tipped blogger about Republican lawmaker meeting with white nationalists
By Jonathan Kaminsky
The campaign manager of a Democrat who challenged U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana tipped off a blogger that the Republican lawmaker had spoken to a white supremacist group in 2002.
The New York Times: Duke’s ’91 campaign, now mainstream
By Jeremy Alford
David Duke, a former Klansman and white supremacist, was almost elected Louisiana governor two decades ago, and his campaign foreshadowed the state’s political and ideological shift.
Bloomberg: For the wealthiest political donors, it was a very good year
By Annie Linskey and Julie Bykowicz
*Except Sheldon Adelson.
The Associated Press: GOP legislators thwart bids to expand Medicaid
By Charles Babington
Governors across the political spectrum are hitting a roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose "Obamacare."


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