Subject: POLITICO Huddle: Financial Services is battleground for battle between conservatives and GOP leadership – Republicans ready to dig in on Iran
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 05:04:17 -0600

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FINANCIAL SERVICES IS BATTLEGROUND FOR BATTLE BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND LEADERSHIP. Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer report, "Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) told members that subcommittee chairmen are expected to pay their dues to the GOP's campaign arm and to side with leaders on procedural votes that are critical to their ability to control the party's legislative agenda. Hensarling was complying with recent demands for such loyalty from Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). But his message seemed squarely aimed at one lawmaker: New Jersey Rep. Scott Garrett. A Hensarling ally who chairs a prized Financial Services subcommittee,
 Garrett has angered GOP leaders and many members of the committee. He voted against Boehner's bid for another term as speaker, bucked leadership on a critical procedural vote and has refused to pay National Republican Congressional Committee dues...The Financial Services Committee has become ground zero in the battle between Republican leaders and the energized conservative wing of the House GOP conference. Leadership's push to enforce party unity strikes at the heart of the panel, which oversees Wall Street and is one of the more powerful committees in Congress." 
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REPUBLICANS ARE DIGGING IN ON IRAN. Burgess Everett reports, "After 24 hours of blasting the Iran nuclear deal as throwing a "can of gasoline" on a fire, as one GOP critic put it, congressional Republicans are moving to the next phase of their strategy: a dispassionate assessment of the Iran deal designed to expose its flaws but avoid charges of knee-jerk partisanship from Democrats. Republicans are gearing up for an aggressive hearing schedule the rest of July, when they will try to force officials including Secretary of State John Kerry to answer pointed questions under the bright lights of Capitol Hill's hearing rooms. In the middle of it all will be Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the
 gregarious Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who's leading the GOP's 60-day review." 
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HIGHWAY CLIFF IS STRAIGHT AHEAD. Seung Min Kim and Heather Caygle report, "Funding for the nation's crumbling roads and highways is about to run out in two weeks, and Congress is in disarray on how to prevent it: House Republicans are pushing a plan that GOP senators oppose, Democrats are scrambling for a unified response, and both parties are grasping for a way out. The most likely outcome, as always, is the path of least resistance: another stopgap extension for the trust fund that would set up the same highway cliff at the end of the year. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who promised to end the constant cycle of legislative cliffs, is making a last-ditch effort to
 avoid another punt, as well as another round of election-year votes on expensive highway bills." 
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BIDEN COMES BACK TO THE HILL IN SALES MODE ON IRAN. The Hill's Jordan Fabian writes, "Vice President Joe Biden will travel to the Capitol for the second day in a row Thursday to pitch Senate Democrats on the Iran nuclear deal. Biden will meet with Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the White House announced. It comes one day after Biden&#39;s huddle with House Democrats to rally support for the deal. Support from Democrats could prove crucial for the Obama administration. Republicans are vowing to vote to disapprove the Iran agreement, so the White House must convince enough Democrats to sustain a veto from President Obama. The president can lose no more than 12 Senate
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GOOD MORNING, it's Thursday, July 16, 2015. We might technically have two days of work left but it's congressional Friday so rejoice! Welcome to The Huddle, your play-by-play guide to everything Capitol Hill. Hope you enjoyed all the baguettes and bries. Have some good gossip? Let me know at 
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TODAY IN CONGRESS - First and last votes in the House are expected between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. There would be up to 20 roll call votes in the Senate starting at 10:45 a.m.

AROUND THE HILL - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly press conference at 10:45 a.m. in Studio A. Speaker John Boehner will follow that with a press avail at 11:30 a.m. Republican Study Committee Chairman Bill Floes and Sen. Mike Lee will hold an 11 a.m. press conference on their religious liberties bill in Studio B.

CONGRESS WILL PROBE PLANNED PARENTHOOD. Reuters'Letitia Stein and Julie Steenhuysen report, "Republican U.S. congressional leaders on Wednesday launched an investigation of Planned Parenthood after a video implying it sells the organs of aborted fetuses was released on the Internet. The reproductive health group said the video is false. The secretly recorded video shows Dr. Deborah Nucatola, senior director of medical services at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, discussing harvesting body parts from aborted fetuses with actors posing as buyers from a biological company. The conversation took place over lunch and wine in a restaurant." 
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JEWISH LAWMAKERS HEAD TO WHITE HOUSE. Your Huddle author reports, "The White House has invited Jewish lawmakers to meet Thursday morning with a senior Obama administration official on the Iran nuclear deal.... The White House has already started to make its case to lawmakers on the agreement, which would curb the growth of Tehran's nuclear facilities while lifting economic sanctions against the country. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with House Democrats on Wednesday and Secretary of State John Kerry will testify on the agreement next week." 
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SHUSTER SPENDS BIG ON LAWYERS. Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer report, "House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster spent $21,000 on lawyers between April and June, seven times what he spent in the first quarter of this year. Shuster's re-election campaign, dubbed Bill Shuster for Congress, spent the money with Berke Farah, a D.C.-based firm that specializes in political work. He paid the firm $1,500 in both January and February. But in the second quarter, Shuster shelled out $10,500 in May and $9,000 in June to the firm."
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....BUT NOT AS BIG AS THE EMBATTLED AARON SCHOCK. Jake and Anna also report, "Former Rep. Aaron Schock has shelled out than $1 million to lawyers in several states and owes almost $750,000 to a single firm, according to newly released campaign reports. The quarterly Federal Election Commission report reveals new details about the broad scope of Schock's legal operation, which includes payments by the former congressman to eight law firms." 
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND HITS SENATE FOR VOTE. Jennifer C. Kerr reports for the AP, "The nation's main education law, long overdue for an overhaul, is headed for a major revision in the Senate. Lawmakers plan to vote Thursday on a bipartisan bill to rewrite the Bush-era No Child Left Behind Act, a day after voting 86-12 to limit additional debate on further changes to the bill and move forward to a vote on final passage. Senators have been considering the bill since last week. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the legislation would narrow No Child Left Behind's federal involvement in public schools by giving states and
 school districts more control over assessing the performance of schools, teachers and students." 
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WEDNESDAY'S ANSWER. Anthony Cole was the first to answer that the Marquis de Lafayette was the first foreign dignitary to address the House of Representatives.

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