Subject: POLITICO's Huddle: Grimm in court for sentencing - Republicans plan new abortion push - U.N. complicates Iran deal for Obama.
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GRIMM IN COURT FOR SENTENCING. From the Associated Press, "Lawyers for former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm have asked a judge to spare him a prison term at his sentencing, while prosecutors argue he deserves at least 2 years behind bars for tax evasion. The sentencing Friday in federal court in Brooklyn before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen follows Grimm&#39;s guilty plea late last year to aiding in filing a false tax return - a charge that stemmed from an investigation into the Staten Island Republican&#39;s campaign financing. Prosecutors say the tax fraud began in 2007 after Grimm retired from the FBI and began investing in a Manhattan eatery called Healthalicious. An indictment accused him
 of underreporting more than $1 million in wages and receipts to evade payroll, income and sales taxes, in part by paying immigrant workers, some of them in the country illegally, in cash." 
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REPUBLICANS PLAN NEW ABORTION PUSH. Rachael Bade and Seung Min Kim report, "Republicans on Capitol Hill are betting the secretly filmed Planned Parenthood video - depicting an executive allegedly discussing the sale of fetal organs from terminated pregnancies - will give them cover to more aggressively push abortion issues without the political ramifications that have haunted the party in the past. In recent years, Republicans have worked to soften their tone when it comes to contentious issues such as abortion, wanting to avoid a repeat of gaffes like Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comments that have turned off many female voters. But now, the GOP is going hard on abortion politics - and
 Planned Parenthood specifically - following the release of the video depicting a top official for the group casually talking about doctors collecting fetal organs for biomedical companies during abortions." 
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U.N. COMPLICATES IRAN DEAL FOR OBAMA. Burgess Everett and I report, "President Barack Obama has a new hurdle to selling his Iran deal on Capitol Hill: Bipartisan opposition to his decision to submit the nuclear accord to the United Nations before Congress votes on the agreement. Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said on Thursday afternoon that they disagreed with the U.S. pushing the agreement through the UN before Congress votes this September to approve or reject it, a troubling development for an administration still trying to win over both men. Cardin, the top Democrat on the committee, questioned Vice President Joe Biden about the matter during a closed door meeting
 with committee Democrats on Thursday. He said Biden responded with an explanation of the "differences between the executive and legislative branches." That didn't satisfy Cardin, who said Obama should put the brakes on UN consideration until Congress has 60 days to review the bill, a period that technically hasn't even started yet because the agreement has not been formally submitted to Capitol Hill." 
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TODAY IN CONGRESS - Jet fumes.

GOP EYES JEWISH VOTERS WITH IRAN DEAL. The Associated Press reports, "Republicans are trying to seize on President Barack Obama&#39;s nuclear deal with Iran and strained ties with Israel&#39;s leader to cultivate Jewish voters, reasoning that a small shift in the margins could help them in battleground states like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Democrats dismiss the effort as demagoguery from the right, saying that most Jewish voters will remain loyal to the left. The front-runner for their party&#39;s presidential nomination, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is among those supporting the agreement... The Republican Jewish Coalition&#39;s Mark McNulty said the agreement to
 restrict Iranian nuclear development in exchange for sanctions relief is 'the brainchild of Obama and Clinton, so it could be very appealing for a Jewish voter to consider a Republican in the White House.' Successful candidates, he said, will be able to tie Clinton to the deal, which she helped to initiate as secretary of state by starting secret talks with Iran." 
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DEMOCRATS ARE CONFIDENT THEY CAN SUSTAIN VETO. From your Huddle author, "House Democratic leaders are increasingly confident they have the votes necessary to sustain any presidential veto of GOP-backed legislation that would effectively scuttle the Iran nuclear deal. Despite some lingering skepticism in parts of the caucus, leadership sources pointed to the 152 Democrats already on the record supporting the earlier framework of the nuclear deal as evidence that House Democrats will likely do their part to keep President Barack Obama's landmark nonproliferation deal alive. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who wields significant influence in the caucus, on Thursday announced her "strong
 support" for the deal." 
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SENATE COMES CLOSER TO HIGHWAY BILL. Bernie Becker and Keith Laing report, 'Top senators from both parties sounded increasingly confident on Thursday that they could negotiate a long-term highway bill, just a day after the House passed the latest in a series of short-term patches. Senators were even still talking up the idea that they could finish off a $275 billion, six-year deal before the looming July 31 deadline, even as most acknowledged that any final product would likely be quite a bit shorter. Meanwhile, both supporters and opponents of the Export-Import Bank acknowledged that the bank&#39;s foes - like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) - would likely not be able to keep a reauthorization of
 the lender&#39;s charter out of any Senate highway deal, no matter how long of an extension." 
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REPUBLICANS ARE FOCUSING ON GAY MARRIAGE. Mike DeBonis for the Washington Post, "Three weeks after the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right, conservative lawmakers continue pressing to have Congress weigh in with a response - even as top Republican leaders show little stomach for putting divisive social issues on the front burner. Reversing the ruling would mean pursuing a constitutional amendment that most anti-gay-marriage lawmakers admit will be a long-term -- and uphill -- project. In the short term, they are instead pressing for a more modest measure, the 'First Amendment Defense Act,' that would protect individuals or groups who believe same-sex marriages
 are immoral from government sanction." 
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VA THREATENS CONGRESS WITH HOSPITAL CLOSURES. Lisa Rein reports for the Washington Post, "Senior lawmakers traveled from Capitol Hill on Thursday to the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters to hear firsthand why the agency is threatening to shut down some hospitals next month if Congress does not address a $2.5 billion shortfall. The visit by the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate committees that oversee veterans care was the agency's latest effort to step up pressure on Congress to fill a $3 billion hole in its budget before the August recess. The lawmakers attended a daily meeting of agency staff that is trying to manage an explosion in demand for health care. VA
 officials and congressional aides say privately they're confident they'll reach a resolution by the end of July that will avoid cutting services to veterans." 
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