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To: i-node who wrote (795291)	7/16/2014 11:23:05 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1578590

Mike Allen's morning newsletter. -------------------------------------------- BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Attendees tell us that at Lally Weymouth's exclusive summer bash in the Hamptons, Eric Cantor was working the room as if he were running for something. In fact, he was auditioning. Weymouth's party, which each year is one of the season's most coveted invites, was studded with what one attendee called "the 'Too Big to Fail' crowd," including Goldman chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein and investor Carl Icahn, ranked by Bloomberg as the world's 32nd richest person. Aides say nothing is decided about Cantor's future. But sources on Wall Street and in D.C. said they see a fairly clear path ahead. These sources say Cantor - who steps down as House majority leader July 31, and will remain in Congress through January - is expected to take a New York finance job as part of a lucrative new life. Other possible components of what a Mark Leibovich column for Sunday's New York Times Magazine calls "Eric Cantor Inc." include membership on corporate boards, a TV contract and Republican fundraising. Some top Republicans said Cantor even might be an attractive candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee, whenever Reince Priebus decides not to run again. Fund-raising is the party chairman's biggest job. And Cantor is among the best: In his SUV after an event with corporate titans, he'd shoot each of them a quick email from his political BlackBerry, saying roughly: "Great meeting you. Call me any time." One well-wired Washingtonian said: "His dream of being Speaker is dashed. But the consolation prize is pretty good." Cantor, invited to another Hamptons party early next month, has RSVP'd "yes."

To: i-node who wrote (795291)	7/16/2014 11:25:29 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578590

Mike Allen ------------------------------------- CONNECTING THE DOTS -- "Liberals and Libertarians Find Common Ground in House," by NYT's Jonathan Weisman: "From abortion to electronic privacy to background checks for gun purchases, a strange thing has been happening on the floor of the House as it debates its spending bills for the coming fiscal year: the stirrings of liberalism. The House on Thursday voted 221 to 200 to approve an amendment by one of its most vocal liberal members, Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut, to ban federal contracts for companies that set up sham headquarters in offshore tax havens like Bermuda. Thirty-four Republicans bucked their party to push it to passage. ... "Democrats have long hoped they could find common cause on at least some issues with the Republican conference's libertarian wing. That is starting to happen, fueled by rising distrust of government on the right, a willingness of Democrats to defy the Obama administration in some instances and a freewheeling amendment process on appropriations bills. ... As momentum builds, those efforts could extend ... to larger policy matters, like overhauling mandatory prison sentencing laws, reinstituting voting-rights protections stripped away by the Supreme Court, or pressing far-reaching changes to intelligence and surveillance practices." nyti.ms