Cantor Says Farewell, House GOP Border Bill Collapses, Wis. Restrictions on Public Unions Upheld: P.M. Links

• Soon-to-be-former
  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who lost his
  primary, gave his farewell address to Congress today. Rep. Kevin
  McCarthy (R-Calif.) will take over following the August
  recess.
• House Republicans couldn’t agree on how to address the
  border crisis and thus a bill that was scheduled for vote today
  was abandoned.
• Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has
  upheld the 2011 law that ended collective bargaining for most
  public employees, a victory for Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
• Regardless of any truces or cease-fires, Israel Prime Minister
  Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy all of
  Hamas’ secret tunnels.
• One single cop in Seattle has been responsible for
  80 percent of marijuana tickets in the city this year since it
  has been legalized. He has been reassigned.
• Edward Snowden’s one-year asylum in
  Russia is expiring and it’s not clear yet whether it will be
  extended, though his lawyer believes it’s likely he’ll stay put for
  now.

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