Subject: POLITICO Huddle, presented by the Center for Audit Quality: Intel committee reviews the spies’ money trail - Latino group hits Hagan, Pryor could be next – Obama weighs overturning congressional ban on Gitmo
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INTEL COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE SPIES' MONEY TRAIL. By Eli Lake for the Daily Beast, "Congress has quietly begun reviewing every U.S. government intelligence collection program. It's got the potential to trigger the next big fight between The Hill and Obama's spies. The $80 billion U.S. intelligence community is a notoriously hard target for the congressional committees charged with overseeing them. Because the programs they check are shrouded in state secrecy, Congress rarely comprehensively digs into the U.S. government's human espionage, cyber snooping, satellite imagery and wiretapping."

"That may be changing. In April, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence assigned staff to a review of all U.S. intelligence programs, according to staffers on the committee. The staffers have already sent information requests to U.S. spy agencies and they expect to complete the review by next September, according to these staffers." 
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LATINO GROUP HITS HAGAN, PRYOR NEXT? Latinos' furor with red-state Senate Dems escalated this week when the grassroots advocacy group Presente Action began running radio ads against Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.), targeting her push against executive action on immigration. The Spanish-language ads will air for a week on two stations and tells listeners: "Senator Hagan voted with the most anti-immigrant senators in Congress in support of the continued deportations of our community." Hagan, locked in one of the most competitive Senate races this cycle, has for months publicly resisted Obama moving unilaterally on immigration and that has earned her the wrath of groups like Presente - which is
 encouraging Latinos to vote against Democratic senators who have spoken out against executive action.

But the problem for Presente Action is money. The size of the ad buy against Hagan is paltry - it clocks in somewhere in the four figures, the group said - and they're trying to raise more cash to run ads. "If we're able to raise more money, we'll focus on other states too," Presente's managing director, Mariana Ruiz Firmat, said. Their next target would be Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), who has also publicly opposed executive action.

OBAMA WEIGHING OVERTURNING CONGRESSIONAL BAN ON GITMO. Carol Lee and Jess Bravin for the Wall Street Journal, "The White House is drafting options that would allow President Barack Obama to close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by overriding a congressional ban on bringing detainees to the U.S., senior administration officials said. Such a move would be the latest and potentially most dramatic use of executive power by the president in his second term. It would likely provoke a sharp reaction from lawmakers, who have repeatedly barred the transfer of detainees to the U.S. The discussions underscore the president's determination to follow through on an early campaign promise
 before he leaves the White House, officials said, despite the formidable domestic and international obstacles in the way." 
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ON THE HILL: Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, Congressman George Miller (D-Calif.) will hold a press call on the minimum wage at 10:30 a.m.

TODAY IN WASHINGTON. Friends and family of the late Jim Brady will honor his life during an event with Vice President Joe Biden at the Newseum at 10 a.m.

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SIX SENATORS ASK FOR INCREASED WARNINGS FOR E-CIGS. Matt Richtel writes in The New York Times, "In a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, the senators said labels should warn consumers of 'the known dangers of nicotine use,' including risks to adolescent brain development. The F.D.A. has proposed rules governing e-cigarettes, a product that has shot up to nearly $3 billion in annual sales. E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices used to heat nicotine for inhalation, but they do not burn tobacco, as do cigarettes.... According to the senators' letter, the F.D.A.'s proposed regulations, which are not final, would include a warning that says: 'This product contains nicotine derived
 from tobacco. Nicotine is an addictive chemical.' The senators say the warnings should be more extensive." 
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REPUBLICANS HIT OBAMA OVER IMMIGRATION ACTIONS. Seung Min Kim reports, "Top House Republicans are hitting President Barack Obama over his impending executive action on immigration - again. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) warned Thursday that unilateral moves from Obama will "inject serious constitutional questions" into the broader immigration debate....What sparked Thursday's remarks from the two powerful House Republicans were comments earlier this week from White House press secretary Josh Earnest, who said the administration was concerned that if Obama had gone ahead with his planned executive action, immigration could become a
 casualty of election-year politics." 
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OILES QUESTION LANDRIEU ALLEGIANCES. From Darren Goode and Alex Guillen, "Endangered Senate Energy chairwoman Mary Landrieu has a new problem to worry about - the risk that her longtime supporters in the oil and gas industry would abandon her in a December runoff against Republican challenger Bill Cassidy. Even before Wednesday's news of a personnel shakeup in the Louisiana Democrat's campaign, people in the industry were grappling with a tough decision: whether to stick with one of their staunchest champions on the Hill or embrace Cassidy in hopes of putting Republicans in charge of the Senate. Some of them say the choice has become especially acute in recent months, with polls indicating
 the likelihood of a Dec. 6 runoff that could decide which party controls the chamber." 
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THURSDAY'S WINNER: Martin Flax was first to correctly answer that Rep.Pete Gallego represents Texas -23, the nation's largest not at-large congressional district. Martin was also correct in guessing that Gallego's scheduler has a tough job because the district spans two time zones.

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