| | | | | |  | | By Rachael Bade, Ryan Lizza, Eugene Daniels and Tara Palmeri | Presented by |  | | | | | | |  | DRIVING THE DAY | | FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Former President BARACK OBAMA, Speaker NANCY PELOSI and former A.G. ERIC HOLDER will headline a virtual fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee on June 28. It'll be Obama's first post-2020 fundraiser. The invite INFRASTRUCTURE BREAKDOWN — President JOE BIDEN'S entire agenda appears to be in jeopardy amid Democratic infighting over how to proceed on infrastructure. That's a sweeping statement, and it's possible this all gets sorted out for Democrats after a frenzied Monday in the Senate. But the party ended the day with things looking pret-ty grim. In short, Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER is getting squeezed by both ends of his conference. Schumer has argued to his members that they can do an infrastructure two-step, first passing a more modest bipartisan infrastructure bill to satisfy Sens. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) and KYRSTEN SINEMA (D-Ariz.) — then going big with Democrats-only to tackle climate, expanded social welfare programs and corporate tax reforms via reconciliation. A couple of glaring problems surfaced with this strategy, however. Manchin and Sinema studiously avoided committing to Part 2. "You have Schumer and [BERNIE] SANDERS trying to extract an ironclad guarantee that they will be with the Dems on the second reconciliation package," said a senior Senate GOP aide. In fairness to them, it's asking a lot to pledge support to a presumably massive bill that hasn't been written yet. Sinema's office alluded to this in a statement to Playbook. On the other side of the ledger, Sanders (I-Vt.) announced he's a hard "no" on the tentative bipartisan deal. This has major implications not only in the Senate, where Democrats would then need an additional Republican to back the bill in his stead, but in the House, where Pelosi's margin is razor thin. It's not hard to imagine members of the "Squad" and the Congressional Progressive Caucus following Sanders' lead, sinking the bill entirely even if it clears the upper chamber. MEANWHILE … the GOP is happily saying the quiet part out loud. Senate Minority Whip JOHN THUNE (R-S.D.) mused to reporters Monday that a bipartisan package would likely include all the politically popular items for moderate Democrats, who may not want to support a Democrats-only reconciliation bill that includes tax hikes. "The stars are kind of lining up for an infrastructure bill," he said. "And if you do do something bipartisan on that, then I think doing something partisan on reconciliation — in some ways, with certain Democrats — it gets a lot harder." Related: Marianne Levine and Burgess Everett reported Monday night that this is part of an intentional GOP strategy to kill the Biden agenda. They, like their progressive colleagues, seem to think Manchin and Sinema will be a "no" on a larger reconciliation bill if they take the deal. | | A message from Amazon: A recent study from the University of California-Berkeley and Brandeis University found that when Amazon raised their wage to $15/hr, the average hourly wage in the surrounding area rose by 4.7% as other employers followed their lead. Learn more about what else the research found . | | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING FOR NEXT: — Will Sinema and Manchin say no to reconciliation if Democrats reject this proposal? Schumer needs every Democrat, so if the party ditches this bipartisan agreement and moves for the fast-tracking budget tool, the pair could enact revenge and sink the entire shebang. People who know them both, however, are skeptical that they would. The bill will be packed with money for their states. — Could Republicans deliver enough votes to save this deal? In theory, even if Sanders is a no — along with a handful of progressives who would likely follow him — Republicans could try to deliver the votes to make up the difference. Notably, Sanders voted against the massive China bill that just cleared the Senate with 68 votes and to which White House officials have pointed as a model for an infrastructure deal. GOP senators will be briefed on the plan at their weekly lunch today. Listen carefully to what they say upon exiting. — Could Sinema try to win back Sanders? Seems pretty clear to us she doesn't want to. Otherwise she and Manchin would be calming everybody down saying they'll support this second, Democratic bill. "If this gets off the ground," said the senior GOP aide, "it's either 10-ish Republicans and almost all Democrats or it's 20 to 25 Republicans and 10 or 15 Democrats voting against it." The view from the West Wing on all of this, per a senior Biden official: "We know that people are staking out positions. In the end, the fundamentals are unchanged: The bipartisan group is rounding up votes, and Schumer is moving forward on budget/reconciliation on other key pieces. You can't judge this thing on daily comments. We have many paths forward here and we are working all of them." HAPPENING TODAY: House Democrats are expected to discuss this predicament in a conference meeting this morning at 9 a.m. Counselor to the president STEVE RICCHETTI, who has been an advocate for striking a deal, will brief members alongside SHALANDA YOUNG, deputy director (and acting director) of OMB. Good Tuesday morning. Thanks for reading Playbook, where it REALLY IS infrastructure month. Drop us a line: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza, Tara Palmeri. | | A message from Amazon: Amazon saw the need to do more. That's why they raised their starting wage to $15 an hour in 2018 and offer comprehensive benefits to employees, including paid time off, parental leave, and health care. | | | BIDEN'S TUESDAY: — 9:30 a.m. Central European Summer Time: The president will receive the President's Daily Brief. — 11 a.m.: Biden will greet Belgian King PHILIPPE and PM ALEXANDER DE CROO at the Royal Palace of Brussels. — 11:15 a.m.: The president, King Philippe and de Croo will hold a bilateral meeting. — 12:15 p.m.: Biden will greet European Council President CHARLES MICHEL and European Commission President URSULA VON DER LEYEN at the Europa Building in Brussels. — 12:25 p.m.: Biden, Michel and von der Leyen will hold a bilateral meeting. — 12:50 p.m.: Biden will participate in the U.S.-EU Summit. — 2:40 p.m.: The president will depart Brussels en route to Geneva, Switzerland, where he is scheduled to arrive at 4:15 p.m. — 4:25 p.m.: Biden will greet Swiss President Guy Parmelin at the Geneva Airport. — 5:30 p.m.: Biden and Parmelin will hold a bilateral meeting. VP KAMALA HARRIS' TUESDAY: — 8:35-8:45 a.m.: Harris will open the general session of the Brussels Forum with remarks. We're told a big part of the speech will be about corruption and "its corrosive effect on democracy." Notable excerpt from her prepared remarks: "Corruption can keep people from going to the doctor, sending their children to school, opening a small business, getting a fair trial. Corruption corrodes public trust and drives away investment. It compels migration. It causes violence. And it cannot stand." — 1 p.m.: Harris and Treasury Secretary JANET YELLEN will speak about giving small businesses access to capital. — 4 p.m.: Harris will meet with female immigrant care economy workers to mark the ninth anniversary of DACA. — 6:30 p.m.: Harris will host female senators from both parties for dinner at the Naval Observatory. THE SENATE will meet at 10 a.m. Agriculture Secretary TOM VILSACK and NASA Administrator BILL NELSON will testify before Appropriations subcommittees at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively. Energy Secretary JENNIFER GRANHOLM will testify before the Energy and Natural Resources Committee at 10 a.m. Of note: Senate Democrats are lunching in person, back in the Mansfield Room for the first time in a while. Schumer has invited members of the Texas Legislature to brief the caucus to discuss GOP efforts to curb voting access. THE HOUSE will meet at 10 a.m. There will be two hearings at 2 p.m. on the Jan. 6 insurrection. Among those testifying: Capitol Police IG MICHAEL BOLTON before the Administration Committee, and FBI Director CHRISTOPHER WRAY before the Oversight Committee. Acting Capitol Police Chief YOGANANDA PITTMAN was supposed to go before Oversight too, but she backed out, saying she had to watch Bolton instead (which didn't sit well with ranking member JAMES COMER of Kentucky). NBC4's Scott MacFarlane previewed the timeline of Capitol Police begging for backup from the National Guard, which the committee is releasing this morning. It starts at 1:34 p.m. on Jan. 6, when D.C. Mayor MURIEL BOWSER requested "additional forces." Full thread here | | | | DON'T MISS THE MILKEN INSTITUTE FUTURE OF HEALTH SUMMIT: POLITICO will feature a special edition of our Future Pulse newsletter at the 2021 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit. The newsletter takes readers inside one of the most influential gatherings of global health industry leaders and innovators who are turning lessons learned from the past year into a healthier, more resilient and more equitable future. Covid-19 threatened our health and well-being, while simultaneously leading to extraordinary coordination to improve pandemic preparedness, disease prevention, diversity in clinical trials, mental health resources, food access and more. 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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak after members of Congress held a moment of silence for the 600,000 American lives lost to Covid-19 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, June 14. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images | THE WHITE HOUSE POTUS ABROAD — "Biden rallies NATO support ahead of confrontation with Putin," by AP's Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire and Lorne Cook … "Ukrainian tweet scrambles Biden's press conference," by Anita Kumar WaPo's @AshleyRParker: "Biden is abroad doing a big push on democracy v autocracy. BUT the U.S. press — a key part of any functioning democracy — has gotten less access than under previous administrations. And is now forced to resort to updates [from]...the Turkish government Twitter account." LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON — "Biden advisor Steve Ricchetti's son lands job at the Treasury Department a year out of college," by CNBC's Brian Schwartz: "The Treasury Department said Monday that J.J. RICCHETTI, the son of White House counselor and longtime Biden confidant STEVE RICCHETTI, would be a special assistant in the office of legislative affairs. … A Biden White House official, who declined to be named in order to speak on the matter, said the administration hired Ricchetti's son after he volunteered on the campaign. Because the post is an entry level position at the Treasury, the official stressed that it would not involve collaborating with senior White House officials." POLITICS WATCH POMPEO 2024 WATCH — Alex Isenstadt scoops this morning: "Former Secretary of State MIKE POMPEO is launching an organization to support Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections and build his national political profile, as the GOP ponders its future after the Trump administration. Pompeo told POLITICO in a telephone interview that he was starting a political action committee that will allow him to travel the country and campaign, fundraise and donate to GOP office-seekers. The vehicle, dubbed the Champion American Values PAC or CAVPAC, will be able to raise unlimited amounts of money and help candidates running for federal, state and local offices. "The move comes as Pompeo prepares an aggressive summertime campaign schedule that will take him from Miami later this week to Southern California late next month. Pompeo is also planning a July visit to the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa, an appearance in an early voting state that is bound to heighten speculation that Pompeo is considering a 2024 presidential bid." DISINFO WARS — Florida was ground zero for Democrats' rude awakening nationwide in 2020 that the Hispanic vote is neither monolithic nor as woke as those who insist on using the word "Latinx." At the same time, Latinos were the targets of Spanish-language disinformation and conspiracy theories that went largely unchecked. One South Florida Democratic consultant, EVELYN PEREZ-VERDIA, sounded the alarm early but was ignored by her party until POLITICO first reported the phenomenon. But by then it was too late for the party. Now Perez-Verdia has been hired by Florida Agriculture Commissioner NIKKI FRIED to advise her gubernatorial race against Gov. RON DESANTIS on issues that affect Latino voters (notably, the press release didn't say "Latinx" voters). She's already had to clean up one mess on her first day on the job … (h/t Marc Caputo) LINCOLN LOGS — L.A. Times' Seema Mehta: "I thought Steve Schmidt had stepped back from the Lincoln Project but he and Rick Wilson are headlining a fundraiser for the group on 6/26 in Bolinas where they will discuss plans for the midterms. Tix cost up to $10K." | | | | A message from Amazon:   Watch what happened when Amazon raised their starting wage to $15/hr in 2018. | | | CONGRESS THE DAILY MARJORIE — "Greene apologizes for 'offensive' Holocaust comparison after visiting Holocaust museum," CNN: "Rep. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE on Monday apologized for her 'offensive' comments comparing Capitol Hill mask-wearing rules to the Holocaust after visiting the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. "'There are words that I have said, remarks that I've made that I know are offensive, and for that I'd like to apologize,' the Georgia Republican said Monday, adding that she had taken a lesson from her father, who died in April, about owning up to mistakes. 'So I should own it,' she said. 'I made a mistake.'" — This has House Minority Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY written all over it. It comes as Democrats have threatened to hold her in contempt for these remarks if the GOP goes after Rep. ILHAN OMAR (D-Minn.) this week — call it a contempt tit-for-tat. Leaders in both parties have tried to avoid this situation for years. Clearly McCarthy is trying to minimize the damage if we do arrive at dueling contempt measures — ensure his members stay as united as possible as they go after Omar. — After her apology tour, reporter Ben Jacobs asked MTG if she also regretted likening Democrats and Nazis. She declined to retract that statement. — Meanwhile, FRANK LUNTZ (McCarthy's onetime roomie) tweeted this: "Kudos to her for recognizing that being asked to wear a mask when indoors is not comparable to the systematic targeting and murder of 6 million Jews." AN APOLOGY FROM SCHUMER, TOO — "Schumer Apologizes for 'Outdated and Hurtful' Term for Developmentally Disabled Children," by The Wrap's Loree Seitz: "While speaking on the One NYCHA podcast, Schumer used the word 'retarded' while speaking about his experiences with communities resisting attempts to house the homeless and described an example during his work as a state assemblyman. 'For decades, Sen. Schumer has been an ardent champion for enlightened policy and full funding of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities,' Schumer's spokesperson said in a statement Monday afternoon. 'He is sincerely sorry for his use of the outdated and hurtful language.'" BIRTHDAY BASH — During House votes Monday night, birthday party invites for Rep. BILL PASCRELL (D-N.J.) were being handed out. One House Democrat said, "He doesn't look a day over 94!" Pascrell is actually 84. h/t our Melanie Zanona NEW JUDGE ON THE BLOCK — "Senate confirms D.C. Circuit nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Merrick Garland," WaPo — And our Marianne LeVine writes this morning that confirming judges is the "one Biden priority Democrats are confident they can get done." "While Democrats acknowledge that it's unlikely Biden will near the same number of approved judges as his predecessor — especially on the circuit courts, where 30 percent of judges are Trump appointees — they say they're pleased with their pace and are just as excited about who Biden is nominating, citing the president's uniquely diverse slate of picks," LeVine writes. "Underscoring Democrats' emphasis on quality — including diversity — as equal to quantity in Biden's judicial slate, his first 19 judicial picks include zero white men. In addition to Jackson, whose eventual selection would make good on Biden's campaign pledge to tap a Black woman for the Supreme Court, the president has tapped the first Muslim judge confirmed to the federal bench in ZAHID QURAISHI, confirmed last week." The story BEYOND THE BELTWAY AN IMPORTANT VOTING BLOC — "G.O.P. Bills Rattle Disabled Voters: 'We Don't Have a Voice Anymore,'" by NYT's Maggie Astor: "The Texas legislation, which Democrats blocked but Republicans plan to revive in a special session, is one of a series of Republican voting bills that would disproportionately affect people with disabilities. The Wisconsin Senate approved three last week with more to come, though unlike in Texas, the governor there is a Democrat and is expected to veto them. Georgia and Florida have enacted similar measures. "For years, advocates have worked to mobilize Americans with disabilities — more than 38 million of whom are eligible to vote, according to researchers at Rutgers University — into a voting bloc powerful enough to demand that politicians address their needs. Now, after an election in which mail-in voting helped them turn out in large numbers, the restrictive proposals are simultaneously threatening their rights and testing their nascent political influence." TRUMP CARDS NO DEAL? — "Trump says he's gotten major book offers. Publishing insiders say, no way," by Daniel Lippman and Meridith McGraw: "Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller. Their reluctance is driven by several factors, though the underlying fear is that whatever Trump would write wouldn't be truthful. "It's unheard of for a former U.S. president to struggle to score a major book deal after leaving office. And the absence of Trump's own words from the literary world is made even more pronounced by the fact that several of his top aides and former Cabinet officials are writing books of their own." | | | | JOIN TODAY FOR A CONVERSATION ON REOPENING THE U.S.-CANADA BORDER : It's been more than one year since the border between the U.S. and Canada first closed to non-essential travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The unprecedented and ongoing closure imposed economic and social costs in border communities and across both countries. Join POLITICO for an urgent conversation on what's at stake in the border closure, what it will take to reopen safely, and how the pandemic will change the border in the long term. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | PLAYBOOKERS | | SPOTTED: Cory Gardner and Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) having dinner Monday night at Bistro Cacao. … House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) meeting with big donors in a private room at the Hay-Adams midday Monday. … Bret Baier in the Domingo Room at Cafe Milano on Monday night. Pic SPOTTED at the first post-pandemic dinner of Dine 'n Dish, a bipartisan group of women who meet monthly, at i Ricchi in honor of Christianne Ricchi: Kandie Stroud, Virginia Coyne, Nikki Schwab, Susan Tolson, Janet Donovan, Kathy O'Hearn, Tamara Buchwald, Anita McBride, Barbara Harrison, JoAnn Mason, Amy Nathan, Judy Kurtz, Susan Blumenthal, Gloria Dittus and Marie Royce. Pic MEDIAWATCH — CNN's Christiane Amanpour announced she's been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She said she's already had successful surgery and is now undergoing chemotherapy, "and I'm confident." Her on-air announcement — Laura Smitherman will join CNN as supervising producer for the justice beat. She most recently has been deputy national editor at NPR. BASKIN IN THE D.C. JUNGLE: Hey all you cool cats and kittens, our quarantine queen Carole Baskin of "Tiger King" fame will be in town next week — in person — for the D.C. premiere of "The Conservation Game." She and her husband Howard of Big Cat Rescue will sit on a panel following the screening with producer and director Michael Webber at the Eaton Hotel Theater on June 24. Rogerebert.com wrote that the film has "something for the Tiger King crowd but delivers much more bite." — "Monica Lewinsky Inks Producing Deal With 20th TV," by The Hollywood Reporter's Lacey Rose: "The news comes as Lewinsky is prepping the latest installment of the American Crime Story anthology series, Impeachment: American Crime Story, for which she serves as a hands-on producer." From her statement: "Having had my own story hijacked for many years, I'm very interested in the voices or perspectives we historically don't hear from or see." TRANSITIONS — Yardena Wolf will be chief of staff for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). She previously was VP of the New York office of Berger Hirschberg Strategies. Current chief of staff Michael Reed will become senior adviser to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. … Christian McMullen is now comms director for Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas). He most recently was comms coordinator for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). … … Richard Hahn is now a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center, where he'll head the criminal justice department's research program. He previously was executive director of the Crime & Justice Program at NYU's Marron Institute of Urban Management. … Matthew Gallagher is joining BCW as an EVP heading its North America corporate practice. He previously spent nearly a decade in various roles at APCO Worldwide. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Reps. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) … Chinese President Xi Jinping … CNN's Dana Bash, Bianna Golodryga and Karl de Vries … AP's Evan Vucci … NYT's Clifford Levy … Nick Luna … MSNBC's Will Rabbe … PBS NewsHour's Ali Rogin … Sophie Vaughan … Marie Harf (4-0) … POLITICO's Brian Faler and Claire Crawford … Eva Bandola … Joseph Brazauskas … Richard Edelman … S-3 Group's Reagan Lawn … Susan Toffler … Jana Plat … Wells Griffith … Jeff Green of J.A. Green & Company … former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine … Brandon Holt … former Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) … former House Majority Whip Tony Coelho (D-Calif.) … Alyssa Farah … former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Send Playbookers tips to playbook@politico.com. Playbook couldn't happen without our editor Mike Zapler, deputy editor Zack Stanton and producers Allie Bice, Eli Okun and Garrett Ross. | | A message from Amazon: Since 2009:
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