Inside banking — p.10 political column floor schedule politics — p.6 Barclays case spotlights roundup — p.12 power play — p.5 the week — p.13 Republican freshmen fight over funding Nelson, Mack are neck-and- President Obama’s Senate: Meets at 9:30 a.m. for regulators. neck; Matheson, Barrow will clean-air efforts are House: Meets at 10 a.m. extend their power energy — p.10 to new PAC. vote for Holder contempt putting Tim Kaine and for morning hour and noon transportation — p.6 How political rhetoric measure; Bob Turner goes other Virginia Democrats for legislative business. Highway, student-loan deal follows the trajectory of from fame to oblivion; Jon in a tough spot this year. appears to be at hand. prices at the pump. Gosselin campaigns for Shmuley Boteach.

Thursday, June 28, 2012 A National Journal Group Publication

health care energy GOP Pressure Led to Deal That Remade NRC

BY OLGA BELOGOLOVA On April 17, seven Senate Republican staff- ers sat in a room in the Capitol with Kris- tine Svinicki, a GOP member of the Nucle- ar Regulatory Commission whose term was set to expire at the end of June. The aides had one question for Svinicki: Do you want us to fight for your job? Her answer was a firm yes. Sketchy prospects: Supreme Court decision on The next day, Senate Minority Leader Affordable Care Act could leave gaps in the insurance system. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., gave an impas- sioned speech on the Senate floor about Sv- inicki, raising the profile of her stalled nomina- Regardless of Ruling, tion and setting off a series of events expected to culminate this week with the Senate not only confirming Svinicki to a second five-year term, but also approving a new chairwoman Gripes Are Guaranteed for the embattled commission. But the story actually began long before that pivotal meeting. popular individual mandate comes down. Svinicki’s renomination was originally sup- BY MARGOT SANGER-KATZ The Democrats want a vindication of their posed to be paired with that of William Os- Today is the day when the Supreme Court will signature Affordable Care Act, but if they tendorff, another Republican member of the make a lot of people unhappy. somehow get it, they would still be saddled NRC, but the plan went awry when Ostendorff There’s simply no ruling on the Affordable with responsibility for a law that faces fierce was confirmed to a second term just before his Care Act that will satisfy a majority of Amer- public opposition. Since the law was passed first one expired last summer. icans. Polls show that people dislike the law. in 2010, disapproval by at least 40 percent “The idea to break that pairing ... it was a But they dislike the status quo. They dislike a of the population has been unflinching— strategic blunder,” said a House GOP commit- partial solution. and recent polls rate it higher as the decision continued on page 8 They want health care reform, but not this approaches. Republicans in Congress have health care reform. vowed that they will move forward with their The interest groups, too, are divided in efforts to repeal the law if the Court doesn’t their allegiances. Some businesses would do it for them, a message that plays well with benefit from the erasure of the law. Many in both Republicans and independents. the health industry, who have reorganized “For the Republicans, it turns out to be their business strategies, would lose out. a good issue,” said Robert Blendon, a poll- The health plans, which negotiated a com- ster and professor at the Harvard School of plex deal to take cuts in exchange for new Public Health. “It motivates their base … and

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GRAPHICALLY QUICK TAKES SPEAKING Q UNDER SCRUTINY. Just two days Q LOOKS ARE DECEIVING. On the Poll: Brown Leads Big in Ohio after a federal appeals court issued a House floor Wednesday morning, Rep. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, leads Republican state strong unanimous opinion upholding , D-Ill., gave quite the Treasurer Josh Mandel by 16 points in the U.S. Senate Luis Gutierrez race in Ohio. the Environmental Protection Agency’s impassioned speech against ’s greenhouse-gas regulations, top agency “show me your papers” provision, officials will likely face criticism for slamming it as discriminatory against Sherrod Brown 50% those rules from House Republicans. nonwhites. And then he led a game of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will “Pick Out the Immigrant.” Gutierrez 34 Josh Mandel testify on Thursday before the House displayed pictures of pop stars Justin Science Committee about her agency’s Bieber and Selena Gomez, saying, “These scientific practices and how they affect young people have overcome their very regulations. On Friday, EPA Assistant different national origins and become Administrator for Air and Radiation apparently a very happy couple. I’m sure 16 Gina McCarthy will testify at a House Justin helped Gomez learn all about Other/ Energy and Commerce subcommittee American customs and feel more at home Undecided hearing on EPA’s climate rules—the in her adopted country.” Then Gutierrez

Survey of 1,237 Ohio voters conducted June 19-25; very same ones upheld in court earlier laid on the sarcasm—thick: “Oooh, wait margin of error +/- 2.8 percentage points. this week. a minute, I’m sorry. Because I’m not a Source: Quinnipiac University poll trained Arizona official, I somehow got Q SMOOTH SAILING. The House that backwards. Actually, Ms. Gomez of QUOTABLE Foreign Affairs Committee on Texas has helped Mr. Bieber of Canada to Wednesday passed H.R. 6018— learn about his adopted country.” “I’ve got an election authorizing funding for the State Department and international Q ENERGETIC OPPOSITION. coming up, like all programs—by a unanimous voice vote. Vice President Joe Biden, in Iowa on my colleagues.” This is a significant change from last Wednesday, lashed out at Mitt Romney year’s heated marathon markup, which for the second straight day, this time Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., explaining lasted for more than 30 hours, passed taking issue with the Republican’s to Dish Network’s chairman why he objects along party lines, and went nowhere. reluctance to embrace tax credits for to the company’s new “Hopper” feature wind and solar energy. allowing customers to skip past commercials— Q TEAM EFFORT. The Obama including campaign ads administration is coming under Q TIME FOR A CHANGE. As the increased pressure from Congress market for home-video services grows BY THE NUMBERS to provide lawmakers, nonprofits, increasingly competitive, House and other stakeholders with more Republicans are hinting at overhauling details about a trade agreement being 20-year-old rules that govern pay TV. negotiated by the United States and a Since the Cable Act of 1992, satellite, group of Asia-Pacific countries. The fiber-line services from Verizon and $944 latest complaints over the Trans- AT&T, and providers that work over Pacific Partnership talks come from home broadband connections, like about 130 Democratic House members. Netflix, have eroded cable’s share of million In a letter on Wednesday, they urged the pay-TV market from more than 90 U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk percent to less than 60 percent. The amount in unemployment benefits to undertake “broader and deeper paid by the Defense Department last consultations” with lawmakers on Q STEPPING UP. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, year to troops who left the military committees with jurisdiction over the R-Va., has indicated he likely will seek but were unable to secure jobs, areas covered by TPP, and to allow for the chairmanship of the House Judiciary USA Today reported on Wednesday. more input on key issues. Committee in the next Congress.

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Party loyalty: As some Cybersecurity: Flood-insurance reform: congressional Democrats opt Republican Senate House and Senate out of the Democratic committee leaders negotiators have reached a convention, others plan to reintroduced a deal on compromise legisla- vote with the GOP in citing cybersecurity bill on tion to reform the National Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday, setting the Flood Insurance Program. for contempt of Congress. stage for a showdown. nationaljournal.com national journal daily 3

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POWER PLAY

Southern Discomfort President Obama’s clean-air efforts put Tim Kaine and other Virginia Democrats in a tough spot this year.

Environmentalists were surprised in part because neither BY AMY HARDER Webb nor Warner is up for reelection, so attention was more fo- he votes of Virginia’s two Democratic senators cused on Democrats from coal-dependent states who are run- to overturn a landmark air-pollution rule offer ning this cycle, including Claire McCaskill of Missouri and a glimpse into the influence of one region in the Robert Casey of Pennsylvania. Webb is retiring, and Warner commonwealth and a portentous sign for the na- isn’t up until 2014. tional political fight over environmental regula- Still, the Virginia Democrats’ votes to overturn one of President T tion and the economy. Obama’s most significant clean-air rules are emblematic of politics Virginia’s 9th Congressional District, cover- that transcend the commonwealth. ing the state’s southwest corner, is known for its blue-collar voters, “Virginia is a bellwether state in the sense that it is a demo- coal mines, and conservative bent compared with the rest of the graphic microcosm of the country,” Webb told National Journal state—especially Northern Virginia. It’s a long way from here to Daily after his vote. Indeed, Virginia isn’t even known for being there: The state’s far western edge is closer to the Mississippi River a major coal-producing state. It ranks 12th in the country after than to the Potomac. Colorado and ahead of New Mexico, according to the National But last week, the voices of that region’s state officials and in- Mining Association. dustry lobbyists resonated with Virginia Democratic Sens. Mark “It’s coal, but Virginia has also lost a tremendous amount of man- Warner and Jim Webb more than anyone closer to Capitol Hill. ufacturing jobs,” Webb said. “The issues that are going to be rel- Warner and Webb voted on June 20 to support a disapproval reso- evant in the national campaign show up in different demographic lution sponsored by Senate Environment and Public Works ranking pockets here.” member James Inhofe, R-Okla., that would have nullified the En- And that’s why the votes cast by Webb and Warner are also a vironmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized rule controlling portentous sign both for Obama’s bid to win the state and for for- mercury and other airborne toxins from power plants. The resolution mer Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine’s efforts to beat his likely Repub- failed, but the votes of Warner and Webb to support it surprised Wash- lican opponent, former Sen. George Allen, in the race for the seat ington insiders on both sides of the fight. Webb is vacating. “I asked Senators Webb and Warner to consider supporting the “This issue is about a regulation that was put forward by a feder- resolution because it just gives us some sense of balance in what we al agency that’s under the administration of President Obama, and so think is an industry very important to not just Virginia but to the en- to some extent I’d expect there would be a conversation about that tire country,” said Phillip Puckett, a veteran Democratic Virginia state regulation within the context of his campaign,” said former Rep. Rick senator who represents the southwest part of the commonwealth. Boucher, D-Va., who lost his seat representing the 9th District in 2010 Another person key to persuading the two senators—and especial- partly because of his critical role negotiating the 2009 cap-and-trade ly Warner—to support Inhofe’s resolution was Kevin Crutchfield, CEO bill to control carbon emissions. of Alpha Natural Resources, which bills itself as the third-largest coal In other words, these votes put Obama in an awkward position if producer in the United States and fifth largest in the world. Alpha is he tries to tout his environmental record in Virginia when both the based in Bristol, deep in southwestern Virginia. state’s Democratic senators don’t support one of the biggest pillars of According to several industry and Hill sources, Crutchfield that record. called the senators in the hours before the vote and was pivotal in “As a Democratic state senator out here, I’ve not appreciated the their decision to support the resolution. position that the president has taken because I think it puts the coal Voting to overturn the EPA rule “represented an opportunity industry in jeopardy,” Puckett said. “It’s a difficult spot to be in. We’d to send a clear signal to this administration that it is overreaching like to be able to support a Democratic president.” in the regulatory arena, and the costs of that overreach will equate It’s unclear what Kaine thinks about this particular EPA rule to lost jobs and higher energy prices for Virginians and American controlling mercury pollution from power plants. On his campaign families,” said Ted Pile, vice president for corporate communica- website, Kaine says he will “resist ongoing efforts to weaken en- tions at Alpha. vironmental regulations that are needed to protect public health.” Environmental and public-health groups have successfully lob- Puckett said that while Kaine was governor from 2006 to 2010, bied most coal-state Democrats to support the EPA rule by describ- he had been supportive of the industry. “He is one who understands ing the vote to overturn it as imperiling children and babies with how important coal is to Virginia,” Puckett said. “I don’t want to mercury pollution. The votes of Webb and Warner caught environ- speak for him, but I believe if you asked him directly, he’d say he’s mentalists off guard. looking for a balance.” “Warner has often been there for us, and this was really a shock on Likely reluctant to go out on a limb over a controversial EPA rule this issue to see him go south—or southwest, as they say,” said Navin just months before November, the Obama campaign declined to Nayak, senior vice president for campaigns with the League of Conser- comment for this column and the Kaine campaign also did not re- vation Voters. spond to requests for comment.

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politics House Freshmen Extend Their Power to PAC and newbie Rep. . BY BEN TERRIS John Mica Sandy Adams The Takeaway In addition to helping fill campaign coffers, The House Republican freshman class The House’s powerful freshman the PAC will be sponsoring six regional events doesn’t agree on everything, but members Republican class is forming a PAC to help to drum up support for candidates. They are seem to be coalescing around one basic de- class members get reelected. planning to have a kickoff event on July 25. The sire: They’d like to stick around. The freshmen aren’t allowing ideological six freshmen in charge—Francisco (Quico) Six members of the class from across the differences to divide them in this effort. Canseco of Texas, Jeff Denham of Califor- country are forming a political action com- nia, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Tom Reed mittee aimed at retaining as many of the 89 conference. Because of that, the bloc has not of New York, Tim Scott of South Carolina, newest Republicans as they can. The Fresh- always acted as strongly as outsiders may have and Indiana’s Stutzman—held a freshman man Hold ’Em PAC will be asking class mem- expected or hoped. But while the group won’t meeting this week to pitch the idea. Normally, bers to donate money to help their most vul- always agree on whether to raise the debt ceil- the meetings get about 10 or 20 people; this one nerable colleagues. So far, the principals ing or extend a payroll-tax cut, they can agree had about double that, organizers said. report, about 27 freshmen are set to receive that just two years in the House has not been “We aim to make sure we continue to have support from the group. They hope to get enough time to really shake the place up. the ability to change the way Washington about 50 freshmen to donate and use that to The PAC aims to serve any new GOP mem- works, and to continue to flex our ideas and kick-start outside interest. bers of the House, regardless of where they power,” Gardner said. And while he admit- “When you’re part of a large class like this, fall on the conservative spectrum. In this ted that there are some differences, he said all you have a lot of different opinions,” Rep. utopian world of freshman camaraderie, Rep. want to “cut spending and change Congress.” Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., one of the orga- Robert Dold (a self-proclaimed centrist) is If the organizers are concerned that the nizers of the PAC, told National Journal Daily. just as deserving of some cash as Rep. Joe PAC runs the risk of making the class look like “So how can the freshman class stay unified Walsh, a fellow Illinois freshman known as just another group of career politicians, they going into an election? By coming out in sup- a tea party stalwart. The PAC won’t choose haven’t let on. port of freshmen.” sides in member-against-member primaries “It’s just part of the process,” said Stutzman. According to various analyses, including like the forthcoming one in Arizona between “We have leadership PACs and super PACs. It rankings done by National Journal, the fresh- freshman Reps. Ben Quayle and David Sch- just shows we’re willing to stick together al- man class is about as diverse as the rest of the weikert or the Florida battle between Rep. most two years after our big election.”

transportation Highway, Student-Loan Deal Appears To Be at Hand way bill. At issue were environmental riders BY DAN FRIEDMAN The Takeaway that House Republicans wanted to add to the AND NIRAJ CHOKSHI Conferees appear to have an agreement highway bill. Congressional leaders were finalizing an to pass the highway bill and prevent a hike The deal does not include language re- agreement on a combined highway and stu- in interest rates on some student loans. quiring construction of the Keystone XL dent-loan package late on Wednesday, in Passing a bill before recess would be pipeline, conferees and leadership aides what will likely be their last shot at enact- another success for the Senate, which has said. It also excludes a provision that would ing a major jobs and economic-relief pack- recently seen a number of bipartisan deals. block Environmental Protection Agency au- age before November. thority to issue regulations on coal ash (a Democrats and Republicans on the bicam- is stalemated by partisanship—particularly by-product of coal-fired electricity) that are eral transportation conference committee in an election year. expected to be finalized this year. House treated the deal as a foregone conclusion by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Republicans had pushed for inclusion of Wednesday evening, even though the text it- on Wednesday suggested a deal was in hand. both provisions. self was still being written and considered. “We’re moving, I think, towards an agree- The agreement does include another GOP “Our country needs the kind of econom- ment on a transportation bill that would also priority, aides said: streamlining environ- ic boost that this bill offers, and I am looking include a one-year fix on the student-loan rate mental review of the impacts of some trans- forward to getting it to the president’s desk,” increase,” Boehner said after meeting with portation projects. If a deal is completed on said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., the con- House Republicans. Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry ference committee chairwoman. The highway bill would authorize funding Reid, D-Nev., plans to set up floor action on If the Senate can work out an agreement of highways, bridges, and other surface-trans- the combined package Thursday. He would on a five-year plan for the National Flood In- portation programs through the end of fiscal also seek a unanimous-consent agreement surance Program, that measure will also be 2014. The $6 billion student-loan bill would to deem the package passed after a House included in the combined package, according freeze interest rates on federally subsidized vote, which is expected on Friday, a senior to informed Senate aides. Stafford loans at 3.4 percent for one year. Senate Democratic aide said. Reid would Passage of the combined package would Without legislative action, rates will double like to include the flood-insurance package be the latest in a series of recent legislative on July 1. in the bill but will withdraw it and return success stories, such as the Senate’s passage For days, lawmakers have said there was to the measure in July if its inclusion draws of the farm bill last week, belying wide- agreement on the student-loan bill and the objection during the consent agreement, spread assumptions that a divided Congress transportation-policy portion of the high- the aide said.

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health care Ruling continued from page 1

there are more independents who say they lems in our health care system that should The 26 states fighting the law want out of don’t like the law than like it.” be solved.” its massive Medicaid expansion Yet that pro- Republicans want the law wiped off the The public wants to get rid of the individ- vision, which would insure some 16 million books, but such a ruling would be likely to ual mandate, the centerpiece of the Court Americans, is actually pretty popular. Losing have unpleasant ripple effects they might challenge and, by far, the law’s least-popular that provision would create huge gaps in the not like, by creating policy turmoil and un- provision. Only about 30 percent of the pop- insurance system, leaving a law that provides doing some very popular benefits. ulation supports it, even though the law’s financial assistance to the middle class but They also wouldn’t have “Obamacare” congressional authors and the White House not the poor. to kick around anymore, meaning they describe it as a linchpin needed to keep oth- The Court might just want a way out, and would lose a base-galvanizing refrain. And er provisions in place. Losing the mandate it’s been presented with one in the way of a Americans’ fundamental disagreements could alienate the insurance and hospital legal technicality. But a ruling to postpone about the best approach to health reform industries, key constituencies that helped the case’s tough choices would likely be the means they could be the next beneficiaries get the law passed. The law offered them a most unpopular of all. Everyone wants an of public disapproval once they suggest a trade-off between pay cuts and more cus- answer now. replacement approach. tomers. If the mandate goes, they would get The unfortunate choices facing the Su- “We have shown in enough cases that only cuts. Consumers could get prices even preme Court are a reminder of why it was Republicans and opponents of the Afford- higher than those they face today and might so difficult to pass health reform in the able Care Act generally like lots of things see their local hospitals close. first place. And they are perhaps an expla- about the Affordable Care Act,” said Mol- “If the link were to be broken, that will re- nation of why so many of the justices have lyann Brodie, the director of public opin- ally mean that these market reforms could immediate travel plans. According to the ion and media research at the Kaiser Family backfire on consumers,” said Karen Ignagni, Associated Press, Chief Justice John Rob- Foundation, who has done extensive polling the president and CEO of the health insur- erts, who is widely expected to pen the ma- on the law. “And, in fact, opponents of the ance lobby, America’s Health Insurance Plans. jority opinion, will be teaching a course in Affordable Care Act do think there are prob- “Nobody wants that.” Malta by Monday.

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tee aide, explaining that without being cou- The letter led to congressional hearings broke,” a Senate GOP aide told National Jour- pled with another appointee, Svinicki’s reap- and Jaczko was on the ropes. He didn’t help nal Daily. The aide explained that Republi- pointment was at risk of getting stuck at the himself in February and March by twice cast- cans suspected Reid was planning to hold White House. ing the only dissenting votes when the NRC Svinicki’s nomination hostage in an attempt A key problem for Svinicki was her past approved new licenses for nuclear reactors in to get Jaczko another term before his current support for maintaining the controversial Georgia and South Carolina. one would have expired next year. nuclear-waste repository at Yucca Mountain Meanwhile, pressure was building among The day after the White House cleared in Nevada, the home state of Senate Majority Republicans to get Svinicki’s nomination to Svinicki’s nomination, Jaczko called an im- Leader Harry Reid, who had vowed to kill the the Senate floor in time for her to be confirmed promptu news conference at the National project. Reid got his way—partly with the help before her term expired on June 30. When Re- Press Club. Rumors circulated that he was of a former aide, NRC Chairman Gregory Jacz- publican leaders contacted the White House, stepping down, but Jaczko used the opportu- ko—when President Obama canceled the proj- they learned that Reid had been lobbying hard nity to deny the allegations against him. ect in 2009, and the Senate Democratic leader for Svinicki not to be reappointed. One month later, though, he announced wanted to make sure it was never revived. That’s when McConnell policy adviser he would resign as soon as a replacement was Last year, the White House had told Re- Neil Chatterjee convened the meeting in the confirmed by the Senate, and just three days publicans that Svinicki’s reappointment to Capitol with Svinicki to plot a strategy for after that the White House nominated George the NRC would be no problem and that her getting her confirmed. Also in attendance Mason University professor Allison Macfar- papers would be sent up to the Senate by Oc- were Svinicki Chief of Staff Jeffry Sharkey; lane to the post. tober, according to a Senate GOP aide. But the McKie Campbell, staff director for Sen. Lisa Macfarlane, a vocal critic of Yucca Moun- date kept slipping. Murkowski, R-Alaska; Brian Clifford, a leg- tain, didn’t come out of nowhere. Reid had Then all hell broke loose at the NRC. In islative aide for Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; unsuccessfully pushed for her nomination October, all four of Jaczko’s fellow commis- Jeff Wood, counsel to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R- to the NRC in 2007, and the environmental sioners, including Svinicki, made accusations Ala.; Dave Banks, deputy staff director to Sen. science professor had served on the Obama against him and wrote to then-White House James Inhofe, R-Okla.; and Karen Billups, administration’s blue-ribbon panel on nucle- Chief of Staff William Daley to tell him that minority chief counsel at the Senate Energy ar waste. Macfarlane wasn’t an ideal choice the chairman had created “a chilled work en- and Natural Resources Committee. for Republicans, but she was no Jaczko—and vironment” at the commission with his “bul- Two days after the meeting, and fol- that’s what mattered. lying” management style. Jaczko was already lowing McConnell’s fiery floor statement, “The only way to get Jaczko out was to get under fire after the NRC’s inspector general White House officials made it known that Macfarlane,” a Senate GOP aide said. “We’d had concluded in June 2011 that he had not they were snubbing Reid’s objections and rather have Svinicki for five, and they get Mac- been forthcoming with his fellow commis- renominating Svinicki. farlane for one.... She can’t possibly govern the sioners about the Yucca project’s termination. “Once her papers were sent up, the dam way that [Jaczko] does.”

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banking and finance Barclays Case Spotlights Fight Over Funding Regulators penalty to the U.K.’s Financial Services Au- BY BILLY HOUSE, The Takeaway thority. On top of the financial penalties, CATHERINE HOLLANDER, The Commodity Futures Trading Barclays will be required to implement mea- AND KATY O’DONNELL Commission, which helped uncover sures to ensure its submissions are not influ- The news on Wednesday that the British bank wrongdoing by British bank Barclays, still enced by conflicts of interest. Barclays agreed to pay a whopping $453 mil- faces the House GOP budget ax. The interest-rate manipulation and false lion in penalties to U.S. and U.K. regulators in Democrats say the case proves the need reports identified by Barclays occurred be- an international interest-rate conspiracy is a to fully fund financial watchdogs. tween 2005 and 2009. In short, the regula- wake-up call to keep the government’s finan- tors uncovered that the bank’s traders lied to cial watchdogs adequately funded, Democrats CFTC’s budget. “I wouldn’t buy a credit de- make Barclays look more secure. and others say. fault swap on their changing [their minds],” But just last week, the House Appropria- The penalties levied against Barclays in- quipped the lawmaker, who was one of the tions Committee voted down a proposed clude $200 million by the Commodity Fu- architects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re- amendment to the fiscal 2013 Agriculture tures Trading Commission, a regulatory body form and Consumer Protection Act. spending bill that would have restored funds that has been targeted by House Republicans Still, Frank argued, the settlement an- to CFTC to implement the Dodd-Frank law. for budget cuts. The amount is the biggest nounced on Wednesday “is one more strong Instead, the bill grants $180 million to CFTC, CFTC has ever imposed. But top House Re- argument against Republican efforts to de- a $25 million cut from current levels and $128 publicans, who have made undoing some cor- prive the CFTC of the funds it needs to be million less than President Obama requested . porate regulatory controls a centerpiece of effective.” He added: “In this one move, the Committee Democrats unsuccessful- their legislative jobs agenda, showed no en- CFTC is recovering more money than the Re- ly argued that now is not the time to cut thusiasm about the development. publican Congress will allow it to have for a funding, repeatedly invoking the fallout The offices of Speaker John Boehner, budget for an entire year.” over MF Global’s 2011 bankruptcy and the R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Making money for the federal government highly publicized recent losses at JPMor- R-Va., referred all comment to House Finan- is certainly not the main mission of a watch- gan Chase as they stressed the need for cial Services Committee Chairman Spen- dog regulatory agency or why it’s needed. The greater financial regulation. cer Bachus, R-Ala. In a brief interview, Ba- aim is to protect consumers. Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Minor- chus simply shrugged when asked about the In the Barclays matter, for instance, ity Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on Barclays settlement. Of the regulators’ work CFTC ordered it to pay a $200 million civil Wednesday when asked about the Barclays in the matter, Bachus said, “They probably monetary penalty for attempted manipula- settlement: “Instead of siding with taxpayers should have uncovered it a year ago.” tion of interest rates as well as making false by empowering the cop on the beat, Repub- Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the top reports to benefit its derivatives trading po- licans prefer to side with the same big banks Democrat on the Financial Services Com- sition. The bank will also pay a $160 mil- on Wall Street that profited from risky de- mittee, strongly doubted that House Repub- lion penalty as part of an agreement with rivatives bets but expected taxpayer bailouts licans would back off their efforts to slash the the Justice Department, and a $92 million when those bets went awry.”

energy How Political Rhetoric Follows Gas Prices imposed in red is a graph that tracks how of- BY SHANE GOLDMACHER ten lawmakers said the words “gas prices” on Political Rhetoric and Gas Prices As the price at the pump surged this winter the floor of Congress. Lo and behold, there are Talk of gas prices in Congress directly correlates and spring, Republicans seized the issue as a three distinct spikes: in June 2008, May 2011, with high prices at the pump. chance to attack President Obama. and earlier this year. Mitt Romney in March called on Obama to The contours of the political debate and U.S. retail gas prices, dollars per gallon fire his “gas hike trio,” three top Cabinet of- the gas-price chart match almost seamlessly. Mentions of “Gas prices” in Congress ficials he accused of helping hike fuel prices. In 2008, as the pace of price decreases leveled $5 per gallon 1,500 mentions Then-presidential candidate Newt Gingrich off for a month, so, too, did political chatter. In pledged to bring back the days of $2.50-a-gal- 2009, as prices fluctuated up and down slight- lon gas. And House Speaker John Boehner, ly, the talking points on the floor did as well. $4 1,200 R-Ohio, told his GOP troops behind closed Economists generally agree that politi- doors, “This debate is a debate we want to cians can do little about gas prices, particu- $3 900 have.” No longer. larly in the short term. But that doesn’t stop As gas prices have dipped, the issue has all lawmakers from talking about the price $2 600 but disappeared as a talking point, both on the hikes—or stop the public from blaming pols campaign trail and in the halls of Congress. when prices soar. The good news for Obama The chart accompanying this story tells the is that energy experts are predicting fuel pric- $1 300 tale. The blue line tracks the price of gasoline es will continue to drop through the fall. Of 0 0 since January 2008. Since then, there have course, the phenomenon of falling gas prices 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 been three distinct spikes in prices: in June may be a worry in and of itself. Such declines Sources: Energy Information Administration; Sunlight Foundation 2008, May 2011, and earlier this year. Super- are often a sign of a slowing economy.

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public divorce with former wife Kate, dur- contests partially stems from the preference ing which he was accused of infidelity. He of independent voters. In the Senate race, Poll: Nelson and planned to use the conference to talk about Casey has a 14-point advantage among inde- Mack Neck-and-Neck the public collapse of his relationship and pendents, 44 percent to 30 percent. But Rom- explain how it could have been saved by tax- ney leads Obama, 43 percent to 37 percent, florida — A Quinnipiac Univer- deductible counseling. Gosselin also dis- with those voters. sity poll released on Wednesday cussed the post-divorce advice he has re- Casey also outperforms Obama among morning shows Democratic Sen. ceived from Boteach. working-class whites, a key voting bloc in Bill Nelson and Republican According to a campaign press release, the state. While Obama trails Romney by 7 Rep. Connie Mack running neck-and-neck Boteach hoped to use the press conference “to points among white voters without a college in the Florida Senate campaign. Nelson steer the political conversation” away “from degree, 43 percent to 36 percent, Casey leads leads Mack, 41 percent to 40 percent, with scapegoating gay marriage” and toward “a Smith by 12 points among that group, 46 per- 17 percent undecided. more productive method for saving” marriage cent to 34 percent. The survey is the latest in a recent string as an “institution.” Smith emerged from relative obscurity of polls revealing a tight race in the Sun- He is challenging Democratic Rep. Bill to capture the Republican nomination after shine State. The previous poll, conducted Pascrell in the newly-drawn, Democratic- spending $5 million of his own money. earlier this month during a period ending leaning district. The Quinnipiac poll, which was conduct- one day before the start of the new survey, Gram Slattery ed on June 19-25, surveyed 1,252 Pennsylvania showed a similar spread, with Nelson lead- voters. It carries a margin of error of plus or ing, 43 percent to 39 percent. minus 2.8 percentage points. In the poll, Mack is significantly outper- Kevin Brennan forming presumptive Republican presidential Matheson, Barrow Will nominee Mitt Romney among Hispanic vot- Vote for Holder Measure ers. While President Obama leads Romney 56 percent to 32 percent among Hispanics, Mack Several vulnerable Democratic Bob Turner’s Path trails Nelson by only 2 percentage points, 37 House members say they will From Fame to Oblivion percent to 35 percent. Twenty-five percent of vote for a GOP-sponsored mea- Hispanics are undecided in the Senate race, sure finding Attorney General new york — Political star power compared with just 10 percent in the presi- Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on can be fleeting. Just ask Rep. Bob dential contest. Thursday. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, Turner, R-N.Y. Mack, the son of former Sen. Connie Mack was the first Democrat to say he would The Empire State freshman’s III, is the heavy favorite to win the GOP vote for the measure, and he was joined by quick ascent and equally swift fade into the Senate nomination. Former Sen. George a few others from conservative districts, background is a reminder that today’s hero LeMieux dropped out of the race last week, including Reps. John Barrow of Georgia can quickly become tomorrow’s footnote. but former Rep. Dave Weldon and retired and Nick Rahall of West Virginia. Just nine months ago, Turner was a Republi- Army Col. Mike McCalister are also running The list of Democratic “aye” voters over- can hero who picked up disgraced former Rep. in the Aug. 14 primary. laps with the growing list of members choos- Anthony Weiner’s Queens-based seat with a The Quinnipiac poll, which was conducted ing to skip the Democratic National Conven- special-election win over Democrat David on June 19-25, surveyed 1,200 Florida voters tion in Charlotte, N.C. Weprin, on turf that had been generally un- and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 The National Rifle Association is also scor- friendly to the GOP. percentage points. ing the contempt vote; Matheson, Barrow, and Today, he’s a soon-to-be former congress- Kevin Brennan Rahall were all among the Democratic candi- man with a carved-up district who just lost a dates endorsed by the NRA in 2010. race to become Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gil- Scott Bland librand’s sacrificial lamb in November. Af- ter Turner learned in March that the state’s Former Reality-TV Star new congressional map would slice and dice Campaigns for Boteach his district into seven pieces, he opted for a Poll: Casey Up 17 Points Senate bid, triggering buzz that the heavily- new jersey — In an unlikely com- pennsylvania — Sen. Robert favored Gillibrand might have to do a little bination of characters, celebrity Casey, D-Pa., is a heavy favorite campaigning before November. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the Re- to win reelection, according to a But Turner’s campaign failed to catch publican nominee for New Jer- Quinnipiac poll released on fire, and he lost the Republican primary by sey’s 9th Congressional District, appeared at a Wednesday. Casey leads Republican Tom 15 points to Wendy Long, an upstart conser- press conference on Wednesday with former Smith, 49 percent to 32 percent, according to vative attorney running her first campaign. Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Jon Gosselin. According the poll; 17 percent of Keystone State voters Turner, who was a first-time candidate to Newark’s Star-Ledger, the duo planned to said they are undecided. for the House in 2011, can appreciate an out- discuss the importance of “tax-deductible The poll shows a much more competitive sider victory, and he pledged on Tuesday marriage counseling.” presidential race in Pennsylvania, with Presi- night to work with Long “to unite all Repub- This is an issue particularly close to Gos- dent Obama leading Mitt Romney, 45 percent licans and conservatives in the effort to de- selin’s heart: In 2009, before seeking out the to 39 percent, in the traditionally blue state. feat Kirsten Gillibrand in November.” rabbi’s guidance, he went through a nasty, The difference in the results of the two Sean Sullivan

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thursday senate June 27.) JUDICIARY M 202-225-2771. Pending Business COMMERCE, SCIENCE, H 2141 RHOB, Noon AND TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE H Full committee markup of H.R.1860; Industry Self-regulation in Voluntary Workplace Revised H.R.823; H.R.316; H.R.794; H.R.357; H.R.824; Consumer Privacy Protections Protection Programs H.R.1857; H.R.3120; H.R.6019; and the 253 RSOB, 10 a.m. 2175 RHOB, 9:30 a.m. “Third Semiannual Activity Report of the Full committee hearing. Workforce Protections Subcommittee Committee on the Judiciary for the 112th 202-224-0411. hearing. Congress.” 202-225-4527. 202-225-3951. ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES H Non-Federal Financing of Energy ENERGY AND COMMERCE H NATURAL RESOURCES H Efficient Building Retrofits Fine Particulate Matter Standards Pending Legislation Revised 366 DSOB, 9:30 a.m. 2123 RHOB, 9 a.m. 1324 LHOB, 9 a.m. Full committee hearing. Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing. National Parks, Forests and Public Lands 202-224-4971. 202-225-2927. Subcommittee hearing on H.R.624; H.R.3640; H.R.4109; H.R.4334; H.R.4484; FOREIGN RELATIONS H FINANCIAL SERVICES H H.R.5319; H.R.5958; and H.R.5987. Law of the Sea Convention Appraisal Oversight 202-225-2761. Business/Industry Perspectives 2128 RHOB, 10 a.m. 216 HSOB, 9:30 a.m. Insurance, Housing and Community Witnesses: Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., Full committee hearing. Opportunity Subcommittee hearing. House Natural Resources Chairman Doc 202-224-4651. 202-225-7502. Hastings, R-Wash., and Reps. John Carney, D-Del., Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Jeff FOREIGN RELATIONS H FINANCIAL SERVICES H Denham, R-Calif., Steve Pearce, R-N.M., Africa’s Market Potential Revised Fractional Reserve Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., and Bob Turner, 419 DSOB, 2:30 p.m. Banking and the Federal Reserve R-N.Y. African Affairs Subcommittee hearing. 2128 RHOB, 2 p.m. 202-224-4651. Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology OVERSIGHT H Subcommittee hearing. AND GOVERNMENT REFORM Revised INDIAN AFFAIRS M 202-225-7502. EPA Rulemaking Practices Pending Business 2203 RHOB, 9 a.m. 628 DSOB, 2:15 p.m. HOMELAND SECURITY H Technology, Information Policy, Full committee markup of H.R.443; State-sponsored Economic Espionage Intergovernmental Relations, and H.R.1560; H.R.1272; S.134; S.1065; S.2389; 311 CHOB, 10 a.m. Procurement Reform Subcommittee and S.3193. Counterterrorism and Intelligence hearing. 202-224-2251. Subcommittee hearing. 202-225-5074. 202-226-8417. INTELLIGENCE H OVERSIGHT H Intelligence Matters Closed INTELLIGENCE M AND GOVERNMENT REFORM Revised 219 HSOB, 2:30 p.m. Pending Business Transition from Military Full committee hearing. HVC-304, Capitol, 10 a.m. to Civilian Mission in Iraq 202-224-1700. Full committee markup of H.R.5949; 2154 RHOB, 9:15 a.m. “Member Access Request”; and the National Security, Homeland Defense, and JUDICIARY M “Semiannual Committee Activity Report.” Foreign Operations Subcommittee hearing. Pending Business 202-225-4121. 202-225-5074. 226 DSOB, 10 a.m. Full committee markup of S.285; S.1744; and JUDICIARY H OVERSIGHT H to vote on pending nominations. Identity Theft and Income Revised AND GOVERNMENT REFORM Revised 202-224-7703. Tax Preparation Fraud SEC Implementation of the JOBS Act 2141 RHOB, 9:45 a.m. 2247 RHOB, 9:30 a.m. thursday house Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security TARP, Financial Services, and Bailouts of Subcommittee hearing. Public and Private Programs Subcommittee APPROPRIATIONS M 202-225-3951. hearing. Interior-Environment New 202-225-5074. Appropriations 2359 RHOB, 9 a.m. Full committee markup. (Continued from nationaljournal.com national journal daily 13 thursday, june 28, 2012

RULES MT Participants: House Minority Leader Nancy Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, Financial Services/Defense Revised Pelosi, D-Calif. which provides financial support to 179 Appropriations/Committee torture survivor rehabilitation programs Activities Report EDUCATION worldwide. H-313, Capitol, 2 p.m. House Triangle, Capitol, Noon New Olivia Lueth, 612-436-4830. Full committee meeting. News conference on H.R.4170, the “Student 202-225-9191. Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012” and to receive GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS more than 1,000,000 signatures calling Outside RHOB, SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY M on Congress to pass the bill. Students and Independence Avenue, 8 a.m. Committee Activities Report recent graduates will be in caps and gowns The Postal Workers Union and postal 2318 RHOB, 10 a.m. and holding signs that announce their debt. activists “Hunger Strike to Save the Postal Full committee markup. 202-225-2261. Service,” an effort to urge Congress to 202-225-6371. “repeal the pre-funding mandate” and Participant: Rep. Hansen Clarke, D-Mich. “refund the pension surplus.” SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY H Jamie Partridge, 503-752-5112. EPA Regulations Postponed EDUCATION and the Economy RHOB, Foyer, 6 p.m. Participants: 4 a.m., Hunger strikers 2318 RHOB, 10 a.m. The University of Maryland event titled hold a rally and attempt to “encounter the Full committee hearing. (The hearing “Terps on the Hill 2012,” a gathering Postmaster General” at Postal Service will begin immediately following the full of alumni who work on the Hill or in a headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW. committee markup.) government agency 202-225-6371. Diane Hoskins, [email protected] HEALTH On the steps of the Supreme Court, Witness: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. FINANCE 1 First Street NW, 11 a.m. 2168 RHOB, 2 p.m. The Congressional Progressive Caucus SMALL BUSINESS H U.S. PIRG and the National Association news conference immediately following the Federal Prison Industries Revised for the Advancement of Colored People Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act ruling. Competition in Contracting discussion on “Americans and Credit Card Adam Sarvana, 202-225-2435. 2360 RHOB, 10 a.m. Debt: Perspectives on the Credit Card Act Contracting and Workforce Subcommittee Three Years After Passage.” (Registration Participants: CPC Cochairs Reps. Raul hearing. required.) Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Keith Ellison, 202-225-5821. 212-633-1405. D-Minn.

Witness: Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich. Participant: Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. HEALTH HVC-Studio A, Capitol, 11:15 a.m. New TRANSPORTATION H FOREIGN AFFAIRS News conference on the Supreme Court’s AND INFRASTRUCTURE HVC-201, Capitol, 10:30 a.m. ruling of the constitutionality of the TSA Transportation Worker ID Delays Coptic Solidarity annual conference on Affordable Care Act. 2167 RHOB, 10 a.m. “Security Issues and Advancing Human and 202-226-9000. Full committee hearing. Minority Rights in Egypt.” (Media RSVP 202-225-9446. requested.) Participants: House Speaker John Cynthia Farahat, 202-695-0506. Boehner, R-Ohio, House Majority Leader VETERANS’ AFFAIRS M Eric Cantor, R-Va., House Majority Whip Pending Business Participants: 10:45 a.m., Former Rep. Fred Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Conference 334 CHOB, 10 a.m. Grandy, R-Iowa; 3:15 p.m., Reps. Trent Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Franks, R-Ariz., Frank Wolf, R-Va., and Gus Conference Vice Chairwoman Cathy markup of H.R.4115; H.R.3524; H.R.4057; Bilirakis, R-Fla. McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., H.R.4740; and H.R.5747. and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. 202-225-3527. FOREIGN AFFAIRS 2237 RHOB, 2 p.m. HEALTH thursday on the hill The Center for Victims of Torture and the Senate Radio/TV Gallery, New Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Capitol, 12:30 p.m. DEMOCRATS briefing on the United Nations Voluntary Media availability on the Supreme Court’s HVC-215, U.S. Capitol, 9 a.m. New Fund for Victims of Torture ruling on the constitutionality of the The House Democratic Caucus closed Jeanne Herrick-Stare, 202-822-0188. Affordable Care Act. meeting. (Stakeout in the HVC-210 Alcove.) Whitney Smith, 202-224-4159. 202-225-1400. FOREIGN AFFAIRS 902 HSOB, 5:30 p.m. Participant: Senate Foreign Relations DEMOCRATS The Center for Victims of Torture reception Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass. HVC Studio-A, U.S. Capitol, 12:15 p.m. New and awards ceremony in recognition of the Weekly news conference. United Nations International Day in Support Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616 of Victims of Torture—honoring the UN

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HEALTH DEFENSE Conference Center, 12:30 p.m. House Triangle, Capitol, 1 p.m. New CSIS, 1800 K Street NW, The Hudson Institute event on “What Would News conference to respond to the Supreme B-1 Conference Level, 8:30 a.m. Jefferson Do?: University of Virginia and the Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act. The Center for Strategic and International Crisis of Liberal Education.” (Registration Riva Litman, 925-963-7257. Studies Southeast Asia Program second required.) annual conference on maritime security in 202-223-7770. Participants: Reps. Cathy McMorris the South China Sea titled “The South China Rodgers, R-Wash., Marsha Blackburn, Sea and Asia Pacific in Transition: Exploring EDUCATION R-Tenn., Ann Marie Buerkle, R-N.Y., Renee Options for Managing Disputes.” (RSVP The Tabula Rasa, Ellmers, R-N.C., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., requested.) 731 Eighth Street SE, 6 p.m. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., Candice Miller, Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242. Third Way and Democrats for Education R-Mich., and Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio. Reform discussion on “Mission Possible: Participant: Senate Homeland Security How the Secrets of Success Academies Can HEALTH and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Work in Any School.” (RSVP requested.) House Triangle, Capitol, 3 p.m. New Lieberman, ID-Conn. Michael Rady, 646-894-7355. The GOP Doctors Caucus news conference to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision DEFENSE Participants: Sen. Michael Bennet, on the constitutionality of the Affordable Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts D-Colo., and Reps. George Miller, D-Calif., Care Act and to urge “full repeal” of the Avenue NW, Falk Auditorium, 10 a.m. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and Jared Polis, president’s health care law. The Brookings Institution discussion on D-Colo. Amy Larkin, 202-225-2301. “A Next Step in Nuclear Arms Control: Securing Fissile Materials.” (Registration EDUCATION Participants: Reps. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., required.) Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Tim Murphy, R-Pa., Dan Benishek, 202-797-6105. 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, R-Mich., Diane Black, R-Tenn., Paul Broun, Lower Level, Amphitheatre, 7 p.m. R-Ga., Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., Ann Marie ECONOMY The National Science Foundation and Buerkle, R-N.Y., Michael Burgess, R-Texas, Miller Library, 9421 Frederick Road, the White House Office of Science and Bill Cassidy, R-La., Scott DesJarlais, Ellicott City, Md., 6:30 p.m. Technology Policy awards ceremony for the R-Tenn., John Fleming, R-La., Paul Transition Howard County forum on the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math Gosar, R-Ariz., Andy Harris, R-Md., Nan Howard County, Md. Genuine Progress and Science Teaching. Hayworth, R-N.Y., Tom Price, R-Ga., and Indicator, an alternative to Gross Domestic Bobbie Mixon, 703-292-8485. Phil Roe, R-Tenn. Product for the measurement of economic prosperity. (RSVP requested.) Participant: Education Secretary Arne TRANSPORTATION [email protected] Duncan. B-339 RHOB, 11:30 a.m. The Center for Transportation at the Free EDUCATION ENERGY Congress Foundation briefing on “Traveling Embassy Suites DC Convention Center, Ronald Reagan Building and in Real Time: Mobility Management and 900 10th Street NW, 8:30 a.m. International Trade Center, You,” examining “mobility management The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 7:30 a.m. technology and its import for the traveling and the Association of Public and Land-grant The Association for Demand Response and public and transportation service provides.” Universities 2012 USU Annual Summer Smart Grid 2012 National Town Meeting (RSVP requested.) Meeting with the theme “Place-based on Demand Response and Smart Grid. Dan Kreske, 703-837-0483. Engagement: Defining the Future of Public (Registration required.) Higher Education.” Kelly Givan, 716-940-6130. Participants: House Transportation and 202-478-6064. Infrastructure Chairman John Mica, R-Fla., ENERGY and Reps. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., and Chuck EDUCATION Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Fleischmann, R-Tenn. WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Md., 8 a.m. Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania The Nuclear Regulatory Commission thursday off the hill Avenue NW, Sixth Floor, 9 a.m. workshop to explain its oversight process The Woodrow Wilson Center discussion for companies that support new reactor AGRICULTURE on “The Start-Up Act 2.0 and American construction. Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, Innovation,” on accelerating the Marlayna Vaaler, 301-415-3178. 600 I Street NW, 7 p.m. commercialization of university research. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue discussion on 202-691-4000. ENVIRONMENT “Change Comes to Dinner: A Discussion of BPC, 1225 I Street NW, Suite 1000, 9:30 a.m. the Positive Side of the Food Movement in Participant: Sen. Christopher Coons, The Bipartisan Policy Center discussion on D.C. and Beyond.” D-Del. “Getting Infrastructure Going: Expediting 202-408-3100. Project Delivery and Environmental EDUCATION Review.” (Registration required.) Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street NW, 202-204-2400. Sixth Floor, Betsy and Walter Stern nationaljournal.com national journal daily 15 thursday, june 28, 2012

Participant: Megan McArdle, business and 202-312-1600. to the Supreme Court’s health care ruling. economics editor at The Atlantic. (Registration required.) FOREIGN AFFAIRS Veronique Rodman, 202-862-4871. ENVIRONMENT WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Koshland Science Museum, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Participants: 9:15 a.m., Rep. Tom Price, Sixth and E Streets NW, 4 p.m. Avenue NW, Fifth Floor, Conference Room, R-Ga.; 10 a.m., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. The National Academies “Get the Scoop on 9:15 a.m. Climate Change” ice cream social event. The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Project on HEALTH (Registration required.) Leadership and Building State Capacity Georgetown University, 202-334-2138. workshop on “Multi-Track Diplomacy: 37th and O Street NW, Gaston Hall, 10 a.m. Seen Through the Eyes of the Practitioner.” Georgetown University’s Berkley Center ENVIRONMENT (Registration required.) for Religion, Peace & World Affairs forum The Newseum, 202-691-4000. on “Religious Freedom and the Health 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 6:30 p.m. and Human Services Mandate.” (RSVP Connect4Climate discussion on FOREIGN AFFAIRS requested.) “Connecting for Climate: Technology, SAIS, Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts 202-687-5119. Creativity, and Action,” celebrating the Avenue NW, Kenney Auditorium, 9:30 a.m. “Apps for Climate” competition winners and The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Participants: Reps. Jeff Fortenberry, the launch of the Connect4Climate/MTV Nitze School of Advanced International R-Neb., Diane Black, R-Tenn., Ann Marie “Voices4Climat” global photo, video, and Studies and Search for Common Ground Buerkle, R-N.Y., and Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill. music competition. (Registration required.) discussion on “Reflections on Burundi’s [email protected] Cinquantenaire,” to reflect on the past 50 HEALTH years and consider the future. In front of the Supreme Court, New FINANCE Felisa Neuringer Klubes, 202-663-5626. 1 First Street NE, 10:30 a.m. WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald The Tea Party Patriots news conference Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue FOREIGN AFFAIRS on the Supreme Court’s ruling of the NW, Sixth Floor, Conference Room, Noon National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The Woodrow Wilson Center discussion Murrow, White and Lisagor Rooms, 2 p.m. Jameson Cunningham, 703-739-5920. on “Getting by With a Little Help from Our The Potomac Institute’s Inter-University Friends: Crowdsourcing and U.S. Agency for Center for Terrorism Studies discussion on Participants: Reps. Todd Akin, R-Mo., International Development Development “Middle East Security and the Changing Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., Paul Broun, Credit Loans,” on increasing financing for Trans-Atlantic Partnership.” R-Ga., John Fleming, R-La., Phil Gingrey, creditworthy but underserved borrowers. 703-525-0770. R-Ga., Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, Steve 202-691-4000. King, R-Iowa, and Tom Price, R-Ga. FOREIGN AFFAIRS FINANCE Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts HEALTH AEI, 1150 17th Street NW, Wohlstetter Avenue NW, Falk Auditorium, 2 p.m. LOC, Jefferson Building, Conference Center, 12th Floor, 2 p.m. The Brookings Institution discussion 10 First Street SE, Kluge Center Meeting The American Enterprise Institute for Public on “South Sudan One Year After Room, First Floor, Noon Policy Research discussion on “Do Money Independence.” (RSVP requested.) The Library of Congress lecture on “Of All Market Funds Create Systemic Risk?” 202-797-6105. the Physicians is There a Physician? Irony in (Registration required.) the Practice of Medicine.” Veronique Rodman, 202-862-4871. FOREIGN AFFAIRS Donna Urschel, 202-707-1639. USIP, FOREIGN AFFAIRS 2301 Constitution Avenue NW, 6:45 p.m. HEALTH Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, 8 a.m. United States Institute of Peace fifth Heritage Foundation, Revised The National Defense Industrial Association, annual Dean Acheson Lecture on “The 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Air Force Association and Reserve Officers Practice of Partnership in the 21st Century,” Van Andel Center, 12:30 p.m. Association forum on “Next Steps in U.S.- recognizing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta The Heritage Foundation discussion on Russian Arms Control,” and “Nuclear for his involvement in public service, the “conservative response” the Supreme Deterrence Strategy.” American foreign policy and national Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the Peter Huessy, 703-247-5839. security. (Media RSVP requested.) Affordable Care Act. (RSVP requested.) Allison Sturma, 202-429-4725. 202-675-1761. 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friday off the hill Conference and Awards Banquet to SOCIAL ISSUES recognize the nation’s 100 most consumer- Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport, ECONOMY friendly hospitals. (RSVP requested.) 1739 West Nursery Road, Chinatown Garden Restaurant, Revised 703-598-1493. Linthicum Heights, Md., 8 a.m. 618 H Street NW, Noon The National Organization for Women National Economists Club luncheon JUDICIARY 2012 national conference with the theme discussion on “What Should the Winners of Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts “A Feminist Wake-Up Call.” (Registration 2012 Do in 2013?” (Rescheduled from June Avenue NE, Van Andel Center, 10 a.m. required.) 28. Registration required.) The Heritage Foundation event on “The 202-331-9002. Holly Wade, 202-314-2022. Plaintiff ’s Perspective on the ObamaCare Ruling,” including its impact on states like Participant: 2 p.m., Former Sen. Carol ENVIRONMENT Texas, small businesses and religious liberty. Moseley Braun, D-Ill. Hogan Lovells LLP, 555 13th Street NW, (RSVP requested.) Columbia Square, 9:30 a.m. 202-675-1761. monday senate The Environmental Law Institute workshop None on “United States Fish and Wildlife Service JUDICIARY Wind Energy Guidelines Implementation.” CAP, 1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor, 10 a.m. monday house (RSVP requested.) The Center for American Progress None Brett Kitchen, 202-939-3833. discussion on “Unfair Criminalization of LGBT Youth,” on current research on LGBT tuesday senate HEALTH youth in the juvenile justice system and None Georgetown University Law Campus, school disciplinary issues. (RSVP requested.) Hotung Building, 550 First Street NW, 202-682-1611. tuesday house Room 1000, 10 a.m. None The Georgetown University Law Center and SOCIAL ISSUES Health Aff airs event on “SCOTUS Speaks: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jeff erson wednesday senate What the Supreme Court’s Health Care Davis Highway, Arlington, Va., 7:30 a.m. None Decision Will Mean for Americans.” (Media National Right to Life 2012 “We the People RSVP requested.) Defending Life” convention. (Registration wednesday house Kara Tershel, 202-662-9037. required.) None Jessica Rodgers, 202-626-8825. HEALTH National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Participants: 9:30 a.m., Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Bloomberg Room, 10 a.m. R-N.H., and Rep. , R-Ariz. The American Alliance of Healthcare Providers Hospital of Choice Awards

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