| | | | | |  | | By Katherine Tully-McManus | | | With Nicholas Wu, Heather Caygle, Marianne LeVine. MARKUP MADNESS — Reconciliation is rocking and rolling with five House committees scheduled to mark up their portions of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill today including Ways and Means launching the first of a multi-day markup on its crucial sections. Ways and Means proposals include universal paid family and medical leave, as well as expanding Medicare coverage to include dental, hearing and vision benefits, but the legislation unveiled this week was solely a product of the House, not legislation that Senate Democrats or the White House had consulted on. Heather and Miranda Ollstein have more on that complicated political calculation here: https://politi.co/3zYLzlI What the tax-writing committee has yet to tackle is the most fraught issue on the table: how to pay for as much as $3.5 trillion in news spending. Pressure is mounting on committee chairs to have their portions of the reconciliation package finished drafting by Sept. 15. Also on tap today is the House Education and Labor Committee markup of a roughly $450 billion plan that aims to improve child care programs and includes policies that would grant millions of Americans access to paid leave and improve aging schools. | | | | 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. | | | | | FENCES MAKE GOOD… NEVERMIND — The massive metal fence that encircled the Capitol following the Jan. 6 attack is expected to return ahead of next week's rally to defend those arrested following the insurrection. The move is sure to spark strong feelings among lawmakers, staff and residents of Capitol Hill. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger has made the recommendation that the fence be reinstalled and the Capitol Police Board is expected to approve the fencing, according to a source familiar with the department's planning. Congressional officials are gearing up ahead of the so-called "Justice for J6" rally on Sept. 18, with briefings Wednesday and more ahead. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) invited members of congressional leadership to her office for a briefing next Monday on the security preparations. Nicholas and Heather has the latest on the Capitol fence: https://politi.co/3ndpJY4 Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) expect to skip the rally, according to the GOP duo's spokespeople. The organizer, former Trump campaign official Matthew Braynard, has invited all lawmakers, but Cawthorn and Greene would have been VIP attendees as two well-known House conservatives who have called some of the insurrectionists as "political prisoners" aren't planning on being there. The state of play, from Olivia, Nick, and Kyle: https://politi.co/3tvBcmP RELATED: Capitol Hill Neighbors Brace For Sept. 18th Rally After 'Dystopian' Year from WAMU, As Sept. 18 rally approaches, violent language ramps up online, from Chris Marquette at Roll Call | | | | A message from AT&T: Accessible, affordable broadband helps communities reach their American Dream. That's why we're making a $2 billion, 3-year commitment toward helping close the digital divide, so more low-income families have the ability to succeed. Learn more. | | | GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Thursday, September 9, where there's limited time to frolic around in fenceless freedom. WEDNESDAY'S MOST CLICKED: Two staffers who opened their Capitol Hill homes to colleagues on 9/11, from Niels Lesniewski and Herb Jackson at CQ Roll Call. IMMIGRATION REFORM TAKES CENTER STAGE — The Senate parliamentarian is set to hear arguments on Friday about whether Democrats can include a pathway for legal status for certain undocumented immigrants, two sources familiar with the plan tell Marianne. A final decision isn't expected imminently. But with bipartisan talks stalled, Democrats largely view their $3.5 trillion social spending plan as their best chance to fulfill their promise to enact immigration reform this Congress. Democrats are discussing including a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients, as well as Temporary Protected Status holders, farmworkers and potentially other immigrants deemed essential workers in the pandemic. More from Marianne here: https://politi.co/3DUUKWJ THIRD TIME'S THE [FINE] — Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Chip Roy (R-Texas) have each been fined for going maskless on the House floor in violation of rules put in place during the pandemic, the House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday. Both Greene and Roy were fined by the House Sergeant-at-Arms for going maskless in the House chamber on August 2. They did not file appeals. Not first timers: Greene was previously fined $500 in May for violating the mask mandate a second time, which was upheld on appeal by the Ethics Committee, meaning she will be hit with a $2,500 fine for her third offense. Roy, who received a first-offense warning in May, now faces a $500 fine. TOPLINE TUMULT — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) isn't wavering in the face of Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W. Va.) call for a "strategic pause" on Democrats' spending agenda and opposition to the $3.5 trillion price tag for the reconciliation bill. | | | | Be a Policy Pro. POLITICO Pro has a free policy resource center filled with our best practices on building relationships with state and federal representatives, demonstrating ROI, and influencing policy through digital storytelling. Read our free guides today . | | | | | "We're moving full speed ahead," Schumer told reporters Wednesday. "We want to keep going forward. We think getting this done is so important for the American people." Looking ahead, the soft target of Sept. 15 for unveiling draft text will put pressure on Senate Democrats to ramp up discussions about what, if anything, Democrats are willing to excise from their plan to satisfy Manchin and other moderates. But Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) is resisting further tinkering with the topline: "That $3.5 trillion is already the result of a major, major compromise," he said. Prayers from Kentucky: "I pray for them every night. I wish them well. We give them lots of love," McConnell said of Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.). More on the Senate dynamics from Burgess: https://politi.co/3nmslmF WELCOME TO THE PAUSE — Don't expect Manchin to get any sympathy from the House side for his push to pump the brakes. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) was quick to dismiss Manchin's demand, saying if anything, it's time to speed up when Congress returns from summer recess this month. "I would say to Joe Manchin: welcome to the pause. That's what Nancy Pelosi was doing when we went home," Clyburn told Heather in an interview. When we get back it's time to unpause this stuff. That's where we are now. ...We don't need two pauses." INTERN-A-PALOOZA — It's better than vote-a-rama. (One can only hope!) If you're a Hill intern, or have interns to wrangle, this seems like a cool thing to check out. Full disclosure: your Huddle host is a panelist for the "Comms and Press 101" session. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3zWyDN9 | | | |   | | | QUICK LINKS — Netflix seeks DC extras to play 1960s civil rights activists in new film 'Rustin' from WTOP — Justice Department planning to sue Texas over abortion law, from POLITICO's Myah Ward and Josh Gerstein TRANSITIONS The Congressional Hispanic Staff Association announced a series of new job moves: Alex Ascencio is the administrative and special projects coordinator for Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.). Monica Garay is now legislative director for Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), Alex Molina is now legislative aide to Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Francisco Sabate is doing double duty as a staff assistant and legislative correspondent for Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) Peter Oppenheim is now Vice President at Van Scoyoc Associates. He was most previously General Counsel of the HELP Committee under Ranking Member Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) TODAY IN CONGRESS The House is not in session. The Senate is not in session. AROUND THE HILL Markups or bust, not much else. TRIVIA WEDNESDAY'S WINNER: Jack Howard correctly answered that John Quincy Adams was the first U.S. ambassador to serve overseas and THEN come back to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. TODAY'S QUESTION from Jack: Who was the only U.S. senator preceded by both his parents? The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Huddle. Send your answers to ktm@politico.com. GET HUDDLE emailed to your phone each morning. Follow Katherine on Twitter @ktullymcmanus | | | | A message from AT&T: Kamal Bell is the proud owner of Sankofa Farms, a thriving family farm that employs his community. He knows food insecurity impacts minority groups in his area. But with help from accessible and affordable broadband, he can provide a food source to local food deserts, and teach Black youth about agriculture and STEM. He also uses new tech to collect data, run beekeeping operations, and monitor his farm with drones. Thanks to Access from AT&T, we can connect low-income households like the ones Kamal works with, and more communities in areas we serve with their American Dream. Learn more. | | | | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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