| | | | | |  | | By Marianne LeVine | With Nicholas Wu. BUILDING UP TO JULY'S SESSION: The Senate has one more week away from Washington before coming back for an intense period ahead of the August recess. Committees are drafting legislative language for the bipartisan infrastructure package. Meanwhile, Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee will continue working this week on a framework for a resolution that will encompass President Joe Biden's other priorities, like child care and climate change, according to a senior Democratic aide and a Budget Committee source. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has said that the Senate will vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package in July, as well as move forward with the so-called reconciliation process. The goal is for Democrats to have a "unity budget" that the full caucus can weigh when the Senate returns. Senate Democrats have yet to determine the exact floor schedule for when they get back next week and it's not clear what the top line number will be for the reconciliation package. Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) has pushed for $6 trillion and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is eyeing something close to $2 trillion. In an interview with your Huddle Host over the weekend, Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) said the total for physical and human infrastructure should be "at a minimum" within the ballpark of the White House's $4 trillion proposal. "We should try to get as close to that as possible," he said. Casey added that there's broad agreement within the caucus over the policies, but acknowledged that Democrats need to get to an "iron-clad agreement" on the second package. That agreement should be that "we're going to have a bold proposal that we all agree on that will be robustly funded and we'll have an agreement on pay-fors or at least a range of possibility on pay-fors," Casey said. "I think we're a long way from that and therefore I'm not going to sign on to any physical-only proposal until we have that agreement worked out." Other Senate Democrats, however, say they're less concerned about the process, as long as both bills are signed into law. "Whatever the footwork is, the important thing is that we're able to pass both and send them both to the president for signature," Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) said Monday in an interview, adding that he's concentrating on the clean energy component of the bill. "At this point, I'm focused on the contents and then the top line is secondary to the contents." Related: Bipartisan spending deal meets fresh resistance from key Democrats, from the Hill's Alexander Bolton: https://bit.ly/3xlSdB1 | | | | SUBSCRIBE TO WOMEN RULE : The Women Rule newsletter explores how women, in Washington and beyond, shape the world, and how the news — from the pandemic to the latest laws coming out of statehouses — impacts women. With expert policy analysis, incisive interviews and revelatory recommendations on what to read and whom to watch, this is a must-read for executives, professionals and rising leaders to understand how what happens today affects the future for women and girls. Subscribe to the Women Rule newsletter today. | | | | | FIRST IN HUDDLE: Speaking of infrastructure, the environmental groups Climate Power and the League of Conservation Voters are out with a new $10 million ad buy in an effort to amp up the pressure on Congress to pass legislation addressing climate change and the creation of clean energy jobs. The ad campaign, which began this past Friday, will continue into the weeks leading up to the August recess. In addition to ads going up on national cable networks, the groups will run ads focused on senators in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and New Hampshire (states with competitive Senate races), as well as ads tailored to House members in 23 congressional districts in 16 states. The Georgia ad, for example, features Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, who is up in 2022, with the narrator thanking them for their work and calling on them "to keep up the fight and get this done." Since the start of the year, the groups have spent close to $10 million in paid media. This latest ad buy will include cable, broadcast and digital ads. The ad buy comes as progressive Democrats are pushing to go big on climate in the second infrastructure package. The Wall Street Journal's Andrew Duehren reports that Democrats are looking to avoid the same mistakes on climate that they made the last time they had full control of Washington, a decade ago. "Instead of an economywide cap on carbon emissions, many Democrats are emphasizing new investments in and incentives for clean energy," Duehren writes. More here: https://on.wsj.com/3jNyRB4 GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Tuesday, July 6. Marianne LeVine here, hoping you had a better weekend than the Washington Nationals. FRIDAY'S MOST CLICKED: The Casper Star-Tribune's story on Rep. Liz Cheney's selection on the Jan. 6 select committee was the big winner. 2022 WATCH: REPUBLICANS DEBATE RED-ISTRICTING: Kentucky Republicans in Congress, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), have an usual request for their home state lawmakers: leave Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) alone, our Ally Mutnick writes this morning. The request highlights the internal debate Republicans are having over how aggressively to go after the remaining Democratic pockets in red states like Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska and Kansas. "There's an old saying: Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered," said Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.). "And when it comes to redistricting, that is, in fact, the case." Local Republicans may be eager to carve up blue cities in those states, "but others in the GOP are wary of a rapid and unpredictable political realignment that complicates the drawing of new maps — and the threat of the legal behemoth Democrats have assembled to counter them," Mutnick writes. During a presentation earlier this year at the House GOP retreat in Florida, Adam Kincaid, the top GOP redistricting strategist, highlighted the advantage Republicans have in the lead-up to 2022 but warned lawmakers against going too far. "Be smart," he said. "Just because you can doesn't mean you should." More here: https://politi.co/3AGKfEX OK GOP STATE CHAIR NOT OK WITH LANKFORD: John Bennett, the Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman, is getting involved in Republican Sen. James Lankford's 2022 race -- and backing his primary opponent, Jackson Lahmeyer. Bennett told The Oklahoman's Carmen Forman that he is not endorsing Lahmeyer in his official role as the GOP party chair, but Forman points out that "it's nearly unheard of for any party leader to get involved in primary contests, let alone to oppose an incumbent." At a recent rally tied to Lahmeyer's Senate bid, Bennett did not mention either Lankford or Lahmeyer, but he told reporters after that Lankford couldn't be relied on after January 6th. Lankford declined to challenge the certification of the 2020 election results, after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol. "I'm here for the right person for the job," Bennett said. "Just because someone has an R behind their name doesn't mean they're the right pick." In response to Bennett's comments, Lankford told a Tulsa World reporter that it's "highly unusual for a state party chair in any state in America to come out and say, 'I'm not going to at least be neutral.'" More from The Oklahoman here: https://bit.ly/3ywz8MV and Tulsa World here: https://bit.ly/3wevOo5 | | | | 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. | | | | | Related: The geriatric Senate confronts a youth movement, from our James Arkin: https://politi.co/36eWWbV; J.D. Vance says he regrets since-deleted tweets criticizing Trump, from our Maeve Sheehey: https://politi.co/3xlWKUf ; Georgia's first Black senator balances partisanship with broad pitch ahead of 2022, from the Associated Press' Bill Barrow: https://bit.ly/3xmkZ4u MEASURING CLYBURN'S CLOUT: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) has a take on how House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) is channeling his influence in the Biden administration: "Like somebody forgot to tell him." Clyburn, the No.3 House Democrat, doesn't feel like he needs to be in constant contact with President Joe Biden, personally. "I don't need to talk to Joe Biden," Clyburn said in an interview with the Daily Beast's Sam Brodey. "Talk about what? If you just talk, I can do that over a drink or on the golf course. I don't need to waste his time." Instead of publicly pressuring the Biden administration on his top priorities, Clyburn says he prefers having those conversations in private. "Most of my friends feel like I've got to make a headline," he said. "I don't think so. I make headway. Let Joe do the headlines." Some on the left, however, want Clyburn to do more to push progressive causes. "If your goal is to ensure there's Black representation in the Democratic Party establishment, you don't need much from Joe Biden," said Max Berger, who worked for Justice Democrats. "If your goal is to make sure that Joe Biden is doing everything he can to accomplish a range of progressive priorities, you've got a lot more asks of him." More here: https://bit.ly/3hjmMlh GOSAR'S TIES TO WHITE NATIONALIST GROUPS: The New York Times' Catie Edmondson is out with a deep dive looking into Rep. Paul Gosar's (R-Ariz.) ties to Nick Fuentes, the leader of a white nationalist group, as well as his connections to far-right extremist groups. Amid former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread voter fraud, Gosar has attended rallies calling President Joe Biden a "fraudulent usurper" and in a recent fundraising email, Gosar spread the baseless conspiracy theory that the FBI could have been behind the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A social media channel with ties to Fuentes recently promoted an upcoming fundraiser with the white nationalist and Gosar and earlier this year, and Gosar was the only member of Congress to participate in a conference hosted by Fuentes' group. "The statements and actions have not resulted in any punishment from House Republican leaders, who have largely declined to publicly reprimand those in their conference who espouse fringe beliefs or peddle misinformation," Edmondson writes. More here: https://nyti.ms/3qOMLEf TODAY IN CONGRESS: The House is out. The Senate is out. AROUND THE HILL Crickets. TRIVIA FRIDAY'S WINNER: Grace Segers guessed that the Rayburn subway hallway was the only one that has $12.50 (there are state quarters along the wall.) TODAY'S QUESTION: from Grace: Who is the only president born on the Fourth of July? The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Huddle. Send your answers to mlevine@politico.com GET HUDDLE emailed to your phone each morning. Follow Marianne on Twitter: @marianne_levine | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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