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The Hill's E-news: February 4, 2015


The Hill's E-news
 February 4, 2015 
The Hill's E-news
Can cool Brooklyn rub off on Hillary? 
By Amie Parnes
Brooklyn is casting a wary eye at the latest hipster who might be moving in: Hillary Clinton.
GOP stalls in effort to oust Reid 
By Cameron Joseph
Senate Republicans are unlikely to land their most formidable recruit to take down Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
GOP: We’re not the ‘anti-vaxxer’ party 
By Scott Wong and Sarah Ferris
Republicans on Capitol Hill wanted to make one thing clear on Tuesday: They’re not the party of “anti-vaxxers.”
Brutal ISIS killing sows anger, political discord 
By Justin Sink and Kristina Wong
President Obama and world leaders vowed Tuesday to redouble their efforts against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) after the terror group released a video showing a Jordanian pilot being burned to death.
Pot politics: 2016 GOP hopefuls on their past marijuana use 
By Cameron Joseph
A large chunk of the Republican primary field has admitted to using marijuana at some point in their lives, a sign the old politics of pot are going up in smoke, even within the GOP primary circle.
Grayson eyes Florida Senate seat 
By Jonathan Easley
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is talking like a man who will run for Senate in 2016.
CBC head: Black America is ‘in a state of emergency’ 
By Mike Lillis
The new head of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is eyeing a criminal justice overhaul that would tap special prosecutors to oversee cases involving police shootings.
GOP seeks unity vs. Obama on DHS 
By Alexander Bolton and Rebecca Shabad
Republicans plan to force the Senate to repeatedly vote on a controversial House bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security but also overturns President Obama’s executive actions on immigration.
House votes to repeal ObamaCare 
By Cristina Marcos and Sarah Ferris
The GOP House on Tuesday voted for the fourth time to completely repeal ObamaCare, but this time with instructions for several committees to replace the healthcare law with new policies.
Divisions strain tax talks 
By Bernie Becker
House Republicans had a message for the Obama administration on Tuesday: You still haven’t done enough on tax reform.
Why Warren will run against Clinton in 2016
By John LeBoutillier, contributor
She is the only politician who is even talking about the powerlessness of the average person.
The Associated Press: Path to compromise unclear as lawmakers debate immigration
By Erica Werner
To hear congressional Republicans tell it, Democrats are so eager to grant work permits to immigrants in the U.S. illegally that they'd risk funding for the Homeland Security Department to do it.
Reuters: Obama's Pentagon nominee to brave Senate confirmation grilling
By Phil Stewart
President Barack Obama's pick for defense secretary is poised to tell Republicans in Congress on Wednesday he might eventually consider reviewing the schedule for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and would push to trim wasteful spending.
The Wall Street Journal: ‘Reformicons’ put new twist on tax debate
By Bob Davis
Young conservatives push GOP presidential candidates to back targeted breaks, not just broad-based tax-rate cuts.
The New York Times: Walker’s Wisconsin budget has a national message
By Monica Davey
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination, proposed a new spending plan for Wisconsin that relies on borrowing and spending cuts and steers clear of tax increases.
The Washington Post: On trip to London, NJ Gov. Chris Christie sidesteps foreign affairs
By Philip Rucker
The presumptive 2016 GOP hopeful gave no particular insight into how he might represent the U.S. abroad.





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