Subject: POLITICO Huddle, presented by the American Bankers Association: GOP split over Clinton email probe - The House that Ryan hopes to build
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Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 06:44:46 -0600

By Lauren French | 11/04/2015 07:43 AM EDT

By Lauren French ([email-masked] or @@laurennfrench)

GOP SPLIT ON CLINTON EMAIL PROBE. Rachael Bade reports, "House Republicans are divided over whether they should open a separate probe of Hillary Clinton's controversial email setup, with some conservative firebrands calling for an expanded inquiry while other GOP lawmakers would rather the Justice Department take the lead. The internal debate - which has been simmering for months - follows the resignation of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). Boehner had barred GOP committee chairmen, including House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), from investigating Clinton's email setup for fear of muddying the waters around the ongoing Benghazi Committee probe. But with Benghazi Chairman Trey
 Gowdy (R-S.C.) vowing that he won't expand his probe to include Clinton's server - and with Boehner out the door - some Republicans say the time has come to take direct aim at the former secretary of state's server setup." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2e8e281d4bc445f4e3adc30556153aa706fafd866a12a57ed582357569394386

THE HOUSE OF RYAN. Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer report, "On Thursday morning, before the House gavels out for the week, Republicans will do something they haven't done much over the past five years. All 246 of them will gather in one room to plot out a game plan for a looming spending fight - five weeks before a deadline. Speaker Paul Ryan told Republicans on Tuesday during an upbeat meeting at the Capitol Hill Club that they should expect to dig into policy debates a lot more frequently, perhaps weekly. Congress is a bulky and slow institution. It's difficult to change, and it resists reform. Ryan certainly isn't going to solve the riddle overnight, but since he was elected last week, a
 new feeling has settled over the House of Representatives: things are changing. Of course, it might not last. John Boehner was the consensus choice for speaker in 2011, and like Ryan he allowed the institution to run freely in the early days." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2e8e281d4bc445f471ebf29c0db9c0e2503c9632d0c20636a91488676c500343

CAN SASSE SAVE THE SENATE? Molly Ball reports for The Atlantic, "D.C. seemed to have Sasse (pronounced "sass") pegged as a rabble-rousing smarty-pants eager to turn the place upside down. But Sasse proceeded to defy expectations: He decided to spend the first 10 months of his term listening-without giving any speeches at all on the floor of the Senate. (This approach did not please everyone: A letter published in the Lincoln Journal Star last month accused him of "simply collecting his paycheck and having an occasional meeting with other senators.")" "I'm a historian by training," Sasse explained, perched on a chair in his Senate office, which is nearly bare save for a few generic pictures
 of Nebraska. Until a few decades ago, he said, it was traditional for new senators to wait a year to speak. That that's no longer the case, he suspects, speaks to the pathology of the modern Senate, where lawmakers deliver stale talking points for the benefit of the C-SPAN2 cameras, often with nobody else in attendance." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2e8e281d4bc445f420c576b61be9fd548f31cba42eb05b9fa6179f4995dbb5ff

THE CASH SCRAMBLE BEGINS. Darren Samuelsohn reports, "The broad budget deal signed into law Monday closed one Washington drama by taking a debt-ceiling showdown off the table. But for a host of interest groups, agency leaders, and lawmakers, another and more urgent drama now begins: Who actually gets the money? The deal will boost spending this year by $50 billion, to be divided equally between the military and domestic programs, plus another $16 billion for emergency war operations. That's not a lot to go around. It means tens of billions of dollars in new programs will go unfunded. And it sets off a six-week scramble among insiders and advocates trying to make sure they're not forgotten."
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WELCOME, it is Wednesday, November 04, 2015. Thanks for reading Huddle. This week seems oddly quiet without a speakers race so if you've meaning to meet someone for coffee - this may be the time. Just don't <3 any of their tweets beforehand or they may get the wrong idea. You can find me at [email-masked] and @laurennfrench on Twitter.

TODAY IN CONGRESS: First votes expected between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Last votes expected between 8:45 and 9:45 p.m. The Senate will hold a roll call vote at noon.

ON THE HILL: Reps. Lloyd Doggett, Elijah Cummings and members of Affordable Drug Pricing Task Force on pharmaceuticals cost will hold a press conference at 9:30 a.m. at the House Triangle. -- Rep. Maxine Waters and members of the Tri-Caucus will discuss diversity at financial services agencies in 234 CHOB at 10 a.m. -- Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick on women's health legislation at the House Triangle at 2 p.m. -- GOP Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers & Rep. Sanford Bishop host press conference with Blue Star Families at HC-8, Capitol at 4 p.m. -- Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake will discuss "paid patriotism" in the Senate Studio at 11:45 a.m. -- Senators Merkley and Sanders announce new
 climate legislation at noon in the Senate Swamp.

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FREEDOM CAUCUS GOOD WITH RYAN'S PLANNED PARENTHOOD COMMENTS. From your Huddle author, "A few dozen hard-line conservatives were ready to shut down the government last month over Planned Parenthood. But after new Speaker Paul Ryan remarked over the weekend that defunding the women's health group probably isn't going to happen, several of the conservative firebrands greeted the remark with a shrug. It was one early indication that members of the House Freedom Caucus, who prodded John Boehner into early retirement, are willing to give Ryan some running room early on in the job. The conservative lawmakers say they're still intent on stopping taxpayer money from flowing to the family planning
 organization. But they said they're satisfied that Ryan is in their camp, and he's willing to do what he can, given the reality that President Barack Obama has ruled out signing a spending bill that denies funding for Planned Parenthood." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2e8e281d4bc445f477aafd906144408f2d9e29f40842f88ad528f4b01da04cb2

MUST WATCH TV: SANDERS DOES THE HOTLINE BLING (WELL, NOT OFFICIALLY.) Jesse Byrnes for The Hill, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Tuesday released a video portraying Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a parody of Drake's colorful "Hotline Bling" music video. The 40-second spot features Sanders's face superimposed onto a body dancing like the rapper in his recently released silhouette-wiggling video. Sanders himself danced during an appearance on DeGeneres's show last month." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ee07559dbefe6fac9c622e2fa65997cd6363f0e9a938ca2515542e698293ac7c

BIBI PUTTING ON THE CHARM FOR DEMOCRATS. Nahal Toosi reports, "Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign against the nuclear deal with Iran opened a painful rift between Israel and Democrats in Washington. Next week, the Israeli prime minister returns to D.C on a charm offensive, and he has a new factor in his favor: a wave of sympathy for Israeli victims of Palestinian violence. The visit, which includes a meeting with President Barack Obama and a first-ever address at the left-leaning Center for American Progress, comes amid clashes between Israelis and Palestinians that have prompted pro-Israel resolutions on Capitol Hill....Netanyahu will have multiple chances to discuss the clashes during public
 appearances elsewhere, including at CAP, the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a gathering of Jewish leaders. Netanyahu also may meet with lawmakers on a private basis, during which the topic could come up." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ee07559dbefe6fac9f9cd1a2b26bae44edc703002578ea130865fc92c5f60b53

CONGRESS PREPARES SWEEPING DEFENSE FUNDING BILL. Reuters' Patricia Zengerle, "The U.S. House and Senate Armed Services Committees said on Tuesday a version of the National Defense Authorization Act, a sweeping defense policy bill, would go before Congress this week, with $5 billion of cuts reflecting a budget deal passed last week. The adjustments to the $600 billion measure affect more than 100 programs, the committee's Republican and Democratic leaders said in a statement. But there is no change to language related to the controversial military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the United States detains terrorism suspects from around the world. The bill contains strict limits on
 transfers from the detention center that could prevent President Barack Obama from keeping his promise to close it." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ee07559dbefe6facf327416ddff6fa23005ca41663b283fcc21c5864b7adab0f

FORMER REPUBLICAN REP. COBLE DIES AT 84. WRAL News reports, "Former 6th District Congressman Howard Coble, who served in the U.S. House longer than any other North Carolina Republican, died late Tuesday in Greensboro, his brother told WFMY News. The 84-year-old was hospitalized in September as a result of complications from skin cancer treatment...Coble retired from office in January after 30 years of service." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ee07559dbefe6fac1e36b2b00aeeb9b0615e8ff3a190b580c048d146603b314b

MCCONNELL: YOU THINK RUBIO IS BAD? DON'T YOU REMEMBER OBAMA? Burgess Everett writes, "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended Sen. Marco Rubio from Democratic demands that the presidential candidate resign over his poor attendance record, accusing the minority party of employing a double standard. Last week, in an interview with POLITICO, Minority Leader Harry Reid called on Rubio to step down, arguing that he's a "non-entity" who is fleecing Floridians by turning his back on the Senate. But McConnell said on Tuesday that Democrats weren't so quick to criticize the presidential contenders in 2008 who missed votes on the campaign trail." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=ee07559dbefe6fac3ed21a989a41cfa4af786d40712bb15f22813b3ebe228df4

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