Influence Alley

--Republican Rep. Richard Hanna of New York tells the local Syracuse paper that he's "frustrated" with how much deference the Republican Party gives its most extreme members, singling out Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota for her suggestion that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin might have ties to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. 

Democrats wonder if Nancy Pelosi leaves Congress after November's elections, Roll Call reports.  

Philadelphia Magazine finds conservative Republican Sen. Pat Toomey "surprisingly moderate."

House and Senate negotiators back tough new Iran sanctions, the AP reports. 

And Capitol Hill cops are hot and blaming their department for yanking their shade, The Hill reports.