| | | | | |  | | By Olivia Beavers | Presented by |  | | | With Nicholas Wu. MUSICAL CHAIRS: House Democrats are plowing forward with creating a new select committee to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, including the federal government's response. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the plans yesterday, saying there are still "many questions" about that day. Your Huddle host has many questions about what the select committee will look like and who will serve on it, on either side. Will Pelosi tap outside officials to serve on the panel? Will she consider tapping Republicans like Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) or even former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), whom Democrats previously floated before the push for a 9/11-style Jan. 6 commission combusted? Will Republicans boycott the select committee? If not, which members will House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) appoint — the close allies to Donald Trump or members like Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) who have pressed to know what happened that day? It is still early. And sources say they have very little idea of who Pelosi has in mind, but they agree she will pick members she can trust. Multiple Democrats seem to agree that Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the Homeland Security Committee, will lead the probe. - Some expect she will pick a promising freshman, a frontline member, Democrats with some background in examining extremism and someone who has firsthand experience of the day of the attack. One Democrat raised the idea of Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), a frontliner who previously served as a Senior Director on President Clinton's National Security Council as well as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. -There seems to be a general belief among many members that previous managers of the last two Trump impeachments will not play a role, though Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) told me she'd be "willing, honored to serve" on the panel. She declined to tell me if she has spoken to leadership about the possibility. On the GOP side, it is unclear if Republicans will appoint members. And a lot of GOP lawmakers told your Huddle host that they "haven't thought about it," when asked who should be on the panel. -Other GOP names that were floated to your Huddle host: Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), chair of the Republican Study Committee, told me it "sounds like the perfect job for Jim Jordan"; Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) called for Katko, who previously led negotiations for the 9/11-style Jan. 6 commission; Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.), who voted to impeach Trump, said the one name he can think of is Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). And while Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), the chair of the Democratic campaign arm, said his main concern is seeing "responsible adults from the Republican side," other lawmakers said they full expect this committee to turn into a partisan cagematch. More here from Sarah and Nick: https://politi.co/3vWTqgJ Related: Pelosi will move to create a select panel to investigate the Capitol riot, by NYT's Luke Broadwater: https://nyti.ms/35Svrod | | | | SUBSCRIBE TO "THE RECAST" TODAY: Power is shifting in Washington and in communities across the country. More people are demanding a seat at the table, insisting that politics is personal and not all policy is equitable. The Recast is a twice-weekly newsletter that explores the changing power dynamics in Washington and breaks down how race and identity are recasting politics and policy in America. Get fresh insights, scoops and dispatches on this crucial intersection from across the country and hear critical new voices that challenge business as usual. Don't miss out, SUBSCRIBE . Thank you to our sponsor, Intel. | | | | | 'GAVE SOME TO GET SOME': Even if the bipartisan agreement the White House made with a group of cross-party Senate negotiators passes the upper chamber, it remains to be seen whether it will pass with the blessing of Senate leaders as well as in the House. Pelosi is drawing this line in the sand: "Let me be really clear on this, we will not take up a bill in the House until the Senate passes the bipartisan bill and a reconciliation bill. If there is no bipartisan bill, then we'll just go when the Senate passes a reconciliation bill." President Joe Biden made a similar remark about tying the smaller infrastructure package with a bigger reconciliation package, which our friends at Playbook report turned off Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who previously had signed onto the bipartisan infrastructure package. He had some choice words to describe his thoughts. Other Republicans expressed surprise that Biden would charge forward with the second reconciliation package as well, which is a fine excuse if they had been living under a rock. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told CNN's Manu Raju he believes reconciliation is going to happen, but he — as well as other lawmakers — said they know what size it will be. And without that knowledge, some say it is hard to sign on. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) argued against Pelosi's approach: "I believe we should focus on getting this physical structure bipartisan, bicameral bill across the finish line … I don't think we should let it get hung up at all with a reconciliation package … I don't think at the end of the day that is what's best for the country." You may be asking, where are House Republicans? Many told me they are undecided and want to know more about the framework before they make a decision — including moderates on the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. Take Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), co-chair of the Problem Solver's Caucus (PSC), who told Mel that it's "troubling" Dem leaders also plan to move a massive, partisan reconciliation bill: "Kinda defeats the whole purpose" of a bipartisan bill. Or take GOP Rep. Joyce, also a PSC member, who told me it is "premature" for them to weigh in on the framework because Republicans still need to see "the mechanics" of how the bill will be funded. He shared Fitzpatrick's concerns. "If you want to be bipartisan on that but you're just gonna jam the rest of it down our throats through reconciliation, then ... it's tough to be supportive of it because you basically want to make it look bipartisan, but it isn't." Another important point I heard from Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the top Republican on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: The pay-fors don't make sense. "To be honest with you, it makes no sense at this point so we're trying to walk through it and see what we're talking about with the pay-fors," he told me, calling the framework "vague." "There's a lot of gimmickry on the papers." This point was echoed by other Republicans I talked to. -One red-line that Republicans have repeatedly raised: They are not likely to support a bill that includes raising taxes. "I think where the non starter is is you know how we're gonna, what we're gonna do with the tax code. And for the most part, Republicans have been very outspoken about not moving on it...coming out of a pandemic and it'd be detrimental to economic growth," Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), a House Ways and Means member, told me. BE SURE TO READ Burgess and Marianne's story that not only gives a tick-tock of the talks with the 20 centrist senators, but also how they made it work. Excerpt: "The question has always been, 'What do we have to do to get it done?'" said Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.). The answer? "Wine. The answer was wine. There was plenty." Lot more here: https://politi.co/3vUlGke Related: Biden is on a political ledge with transportation, crime by the National Journal's Charlie Cook: http://njour.nl/s/714173 | Biden's infrastructure win ramps up fight over economic agenda, by Bloomberg's Nancy Cook and Jennifer Epstein: https://bit.ly/3x28hIg TOP-ED: The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board writes in a new opinion piece: "Instant Bipartisan Double Cross: Biden and Pelosi hold a Senate deal hostage to the rest of their agenda": https://on.wsj.com/3A0HLR9 ON TAP: D.C. Metro Police officer Michael Fanone, who was badly injured on Jan. 6, tells CNN's Manu Raju that he has secured a meeting with McCarthy at 2 p.m. today. Fanone initially requested the meeting last month. | | A message from Comcast: In the next 10 years, Comcast is committing $1 billion to reach 50 million people from low-income families with the tools and resources they need to succeed in a digital world.
We'll do this by connecting people to low-cost $10 Internet at home, equipping community centers with free WiFi and working with thousands of nonprofit community organizations, city leaders, and business partners to create new opportunities, particularly in media, arts, technology, and entrepreneurship. Learn more. | | | GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Fri-YAY, June 25, where Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is calling them out. THURSDAY'S MOST CLICKED: Axios' story on how Sheldon Whitehouse said he belongs to an elite sailing club that lacks diversity was the big winner. FIRST IN HUDDLE: A group of House Democrats led by Reps. Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) and Ami Bera (D-Calif.) are asking the Biden administration to help a group of immigrants often known as "documented dreamers," or individuals who came to the U.S. as children of foreigners on nonimmigrant visas. Because they entered the U.S. legally, they're not currently eligible for DACA, which requires unlawful entry. But once they turn 21, many people in this category will age out of their temporary status and are forced to live in limbo in the U.S. or "self-deport" back to their birth country. The group wrote a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking him to update DACA criteria to include people who had lawful status and to direct U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to change how they calculate children's ages to prevent them from aging out when they file to adjust their status before a visa is available. "We ask that you consider these measures to protect young people who maintained status as dependents of long-term visa holders," they say. Read the full letter here: https://politi.co/2SWaWEx UPDATES: Biden extends eviction ban amid fears of 'horrific crisis', by our Katy O'Donnell: https://politi.co/3jftiuK | U.S. to keep about 650 troops in Afghanistan after withdrawal, by the AP: https://politi.co/3h57qzr | Dusty Johnson interns lead letter to open the U.S. Capitol, press release: https://bit.ly/3duYBOL BUSTING TRUSTS: The House Judiciary Committee advanced its most aggressive proposal for restraining big tech yesterday, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act, which would allow federal regulators to sue to break up companies that both operate a dominant platform and sell their own goods or services on it in a way that poses an "irreconcilable conflict of interest." But this bill wasn't passed without a marathon debate that lasted one day and five hours after the panel first began considering a series of debates and votes on six bills targeting the big kahunas: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. This antitrust push not only triggered a huge lobbying fight by the tech companies and their trade groups, but it also pitted Dems and Republicans against members of their own parties. Per my colleagues: "The break-up bill was the most controversial part of the antitrust package, drawing opposition from four of the committee's Democrats and only eking out approval on a 21-20 vote. The measure garnered yes votes from two Republicans: Reps. Ken Buck of Colorado and Matt Gaetz of Florida. Democrat Cori Bush of Missouri — who originally opted to vote present — changed her vote to push the legislation through. Three other members present for the rest of the markup didn't take part in the final vote: Democrats Lucy McBath of Georgia and Deborah Ross of North Carolina and Republican Burgess Owens of Utah, who had voted in favor of several of the other antitrust measures." More here from our Cristiano Lima and Leah Nylen: https://politi.co/3qw2yI3 Related: Pelosi puts her stamp of approval on tech antitrust overhaul, by our Emily Birnbaum: https://politi.co/3d9EGEQ | Klobuchar says 'small but mighty' group is out to bust trusts, by Bloomberg's Emily Chang and Anna Edgerton: https://bloom.bg/2U5wRsM | | | | TUNE IN TO DISPATCH+ ON APPLE PODCASTS : POLITICO Dispatch, our daily podcast that cuts through the news clutter and keeps you up to speed on the most important developments of the moment, is expanding. In collaboration with the new Apple Podcasts Subscription platform, Dispatch+ launches this week! This new podcast gives premium Dispatch+ subscribers exclusive bonus weekly reporting and analysis from POLITICO's newsroom. Don't miss out, subscribe and listen to Dispatch+ on Apple Podcasts. | | | | | KICKING THE CAN ALL OVER THE PLACE: Lawmakers negotiating a deal on police reform have punted another deadline. They are blowing past their end-of-June deadline to July, they announced yesterday. They said they still have some differences to iron out. Per my colleagues: "'After months of working in good faith, we have reached an agreement on a framework addressing the major issues for bipartisan police reform,' said Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), the top negotiators on police reform. Unlike the infrastructure compromise framework, however, the lawmakers gave no details on their agreement and said there was "more work to be done on the final bill." More here from Nick and Sarah: https://politi.co/35MAKWq Related: Police reform negotiations bog down on Capitol Hill as crime rises and midterms loom, by WaPo's Mike DeBonis: https://wapo.st/3vU7OGB CRITICAL OF THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY: Banks, the head of the Republican Study Committee, is encouraging members of the largest conservative caucus to jump into the culture war of challenging the critical race theory, aruging in a memo to members that the "backlash against Critical Race Theory is real." Mel writes: "The memo is just the latest sign that the right is hoping to capitalize on the grassroots angst over critical race theory and excite its base voters in next year's midterms. Former President Donald Trump has called for a ban on critical race theory at both the local school level and in the federal government. And several states have already approved bans on teaching critical race theory in schools or anything that can be packaged as such." More here from Mel: https://politi.co/3zPp9DE CAMPAIGN CENTRAL: Is it Max Miller time in Ohio's 16th Congressional District? by the Jewish Insider's Matthew Kassel: https://bit.ly/3wZe8xN | They seemed like Democratic activists. They were secretly conservative spies, by NYT's Mark Mazzetti and Adam Goldman in Cheyenne, Wyo.: https://nyti.ms/2SXQwLq RUBS EYES, IS THAT… BIPARTISANSHIP? The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill 92-8 yesterday that will help create a certification program through the Agriculture Department that aims to help farmers, ranchers and foresters make money by selling carbon credits, in what was a rare example of bipartisan action on climate, POLITICO's Helena Bottemiller Evich and Tatyana Monnay report. They write: Such landowners can generate the credits by changing their operations to cut emissions or pull more carbon dioxide from the air into soil or trees. The proliferation of carbon offset markets positions landowners to bring in additional revenue, as many major corporations, from Microsoft to McDonald's, are increasingly looking to buy credits to help offset their emissions as they look to meet their environmental pledges. More here from our Helena and Tatyana: https://politi.co/3qr9lTb IN CASE YOU LIKE SPOTTEDS… Senate committee approves legislation to put Supreme Court hearings on camera, our Josh Gerstein reports: https://politi.co/3jhHSSJ | | | |   | | | TRANSITIONS: Brian Kaveney is joining Allison+Partners as VP of global reputation risk and public affairs. He previously was comms director for former Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.). Kevin Gerson will be director of public affairs for SKDK. He currently is comms director for Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.). TODAY IN CONGRESS The House meets at 9 a.m. The Senate is out. AROUND THE HILL 9:15 a.m.: Pelosi is scheduled to meet with Afgan President Ashraf Ghani. (Balcony Hallway) 11:30 a.m.: McCarthy holds a weekly press conference. (HVC Studio A) TRIVIA THURSDAY'S WINNER: Theo Merkel was the first person to correctly guess that Sen. Robert Packwood (R-Ore.) was the lawmaker who Capitol police dragged in dramatic fashion onto the Senate floor feet first in response to an order from then-Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who instructed the sergeant-at-arms to arrest absent senators when he was seeking to end a Republican filibuster of campaign finance reform legislation in 1988. TODAY'S QUESTION: From Theo: Following the Buckley v. Valeo decision that struck down the $50,000 limit on campaign contributions to one's own campaign, this victorious candidate self-funded their campaign with a then record shattering $2.5 million in 1976. The record would stand until 1982 when it was broken by three candidates: Howard Metzenbaum ($3.7 million), Frank Lautenberg ($5.5 million), and Mark Dayton ($7.1 million). The following cycle the record would be shattered again by Jay Rockefeller IV ($12 million). In 2000, John Corzine would set the current record by spending $62 million of his own money. The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Huddle. Send your answers to obeavers@politico.com. GET HUDDLE emailed to your phone each morning. Follow Olivia on Twitter @Olivia_Beavers | | A message from Comcast: Over the last decade, Comcast's groundbreaking Internet Essentials program has connected more than 10 million people from low-income families to high-speed Internet at home for less than $10 a month.
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