| | | | | |  | | By Katherine Tully-McManus | | | With Sarah Ferris. INTRANSIGENCE IS INFRASTRUCTURE — The House did not vote on the trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure package overnight. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday pushed off a planned vote on a key plank of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda amid a threat of revolt from House progressives and a failure for top Democrats to make a deal with Senate centrists. "There will be a vote today," Pelosi said, leaving the Capitol a few minutes after midnight. Timing is a technicality: The House remained in session overnight, even though members were sent home and told there would be no further votes until Friday morning. That means in the strange realm of Capitol Hill, it is still Thursday in the House, for legislative purposes. The move serves a dual purpose 1) The rule that set up floor consideration for the infrastructure bill won't expire 2) staying in Thursday's legislative day could appease moderate Democrats who hold fast to the promise from Pelosi for a Thursday vote. "Staredown" strategy: If the infrastructure bill does get a floor vote, it won't be quick. Multiple Democrats said there's a plan to hold the vote open until Pelosi can corral enough members for passage. She may be courting Republicans who support the bill or progressives from her own caucus...every vote counts. The House Democratic caucus does not currently have a meeting planned for Friday, but that could change as the day progresses. | | | | INTRODUCING CONGRESS MINUTES: Need to follow the action on Capitol Hill blow-by-blow? Check out Minutes, POLITICO's new platform that delivers the latest exclusives, twists and much more in real time. Get it on your desktop or download the POLITICO mobile app for iOS or Android. GET A FIRST LOOK AT CONGRESS MINUTES HERE. | | | | | Senate centrist situation: Democratic party leaders had hoped to convince Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to agree to a $2.1 trillion topline target for the broader social spending package, Democrats with knowledge of the discussions told Heather, Sarah and Nicholas. (Earlier Thursday Manchin declared he wouldn't support a bill that cost more than $1.5 trillion.) Negotiators, from the White House, Democratic leaders, moderates, Manchin and Sinema, are trying to come together on an in-depth outline (not even legislative text.) The goal of the "framework" is to get agreement on the Democrats' social spending bill's total cost and major policy provisions in three areas: climate change, healthcare and family issues like child care and paid leave. But Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) told the CPC last night that she was still demanding a Senate vote on the broader social spending plan — not just a framework. Expiration date: The vote delay means that there is currently a lapse in funding for surface transportation programs because authorization expired at midnight. A decision, whether on the bipartisan infrastructure package or a stripped down standalone reauthorization, needs to be made Friday to prevent several thousand workers from being furloughed. Your Huddle host stuck to what happened and what's coming, but Heather, Sarah and Nicholas really dig into the dynamics among leaders, caucus factions, what the heck a "framework" is and how the night progressed in their latest. | | A message from Freight Rail Works: U.S. companies count on American freight railroads for the efficient, reliable shipment of goods, especially now. That's why railroads are doing everything to meet that demand, from hiring more workers to increasing storage capacity to reopening rail yards. Railroads are committed to doing their part to get supply chains moving. | | | GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Friday, October 1, but the House stayed in session all night to keep the chamber in the same legislative day, so it is also Thursday, September 30. DEBT LIMIT DOOZY — The Senate is setting up to take another stab at raising the debt limit, an effort that once again looks like it will be thwarted by Republicans in the chamber, but not until next week. The Senate voted Thursday on a motion to proceed to the vehicle that will carry the debt limit legislation, which only needed a simple majority and was agreed to. It's convoluted but it gives Majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) the option to then file cloture, which would set up a procedural vote, possibly Monday. "We Democrats are not asking Republicans to vote with us. If they want to vote to stop checks going to veterans and payments to social security recipients, they can do so," said Schumer on the floor Thursday night. "But what we're saying is simply the Republicans ought to get out of the way so Democrats can suspend the debt limit" At the moment, there has not been movement from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and there are unlikely to be 10 GOP votes to carry the bill to passage. MANCHIN SELLS LEMONADE — There was some Manchin movement Thursday that could shift expectations on the path of negotiations over the Democrats massive social spending package that the centrist West Virginian has balked at for months. Burgess scooped that in late July, Manchin proposed a $1.5 trillion reconciliation topline to Schumer and that both men signed on (although Schumer noted that he'd be trying to talk Manchin down from some of his demands.) That revelation left a sour taste for some Democrats, which Marianne and Burgess also got into. For more Manchin, here is a video of Manchin talking to a protesting flotilla of kayakers from West Virginia from aboard his yacht/houseboat. Organizers of the protest see Manchin's suggestion that they call his office as an invitation, others may see it as a classic Capitol Hill brush-off. We'll see if a meeting comes to pass. | | | | BECOME A GLOBAL INSIDER: The world is more connected than ever. It has never been more essential to identify, unpack and analyze important news, trends and decisions shaping our future — and we've got you covered! Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Global Insider author Ryan Heath navigates the global news maze and connects you to power players and events changing our world. Don't miss out on this influential global community. Subscribe now. | | | | | CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? — The mystery is solved and the problem is resolved for AT&T customers struggling in the Senate. A spokesperson at AT&T told Daniel Lippman: "Issue was resolved and service was restored [Wednesday] afternoon" Asked what it was, AT&T said it was "a technical issue related to new equipment." WAY, WAY OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY — Protesters shut down the Golden Gate Bridge briefly Thursday morning, calling on Democrats in Congress to take action to protect immigrant families. Nearly 3,000 miles from the Capitol, protesters carried a banner reading "Override the Parliamentarian," a decidedly inside-the-beltway battle cry (until now, it seems.) Other signs at the demonstration, organized by the Bay Area Coalition for Economic Justice and Citizenship for All read "Citizenship for all no exceptions!!!" and "Pass the $3.5 trillion spending bill." More from the San Francisco Chronicle: Golden Gate Bridge shutdown could signal more direct activism on immingration reform False Alarm: Your Huddle host wrote in one line Thursday that an immigration, instead of infrastructure, was on the line in the House. An inadvertent word swap, made at 4:45 a.m., but honesty is the best policy. (And you knew I meant infrastructure, right?) | | | | A message from Freight Rail Works:   | | | QUICK LINKS — Eschewing Zoom, Don Young AWOL for 19 months of markups, from Jessica Wherman at CQ Roll Call — Maine, Nebraska remain Electoral College battlegrounds after redistricting, from Ally Mutnick TRANSITIONS Jess Wysocky is now a Legislative Assistant for Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.). She previously was a Legislative Correspondent for Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.). TODAY IN CONGRESS The House stayed in session all night, and is expected to reconvene from recess at 9:30 a.m. The Senate convenes at noon. AROUND THE HILL Just vibes. TRIVIA THURSDAY'S WINNER: Joe Bookman correctly answered that Happy Chandler, Morgan Bulkeley, Jim Bunning and Jacob Ruppert all served in Congress and are in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Many Huddlers who emailed about yesterday's question were, ahem, insistent that Bunning was the one and only Hall of Famer to serve in Congress, so here's some sourcing: Chandler served in the Senate from 1939 to 1945 and was inducted in 1982. Bulkeley served one term in the Senate in 1904 and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1937. Bunning served in both the House and Senate and was inducted to the HOF in 1996. Ruppert served four terms in the House from 1899-1907 and was inducted in 2013. TODAY'S QUESTION from Joe: Ninety-one individuals from 39 states have served as President pro tempore, which state had the most presidents pro tempore? 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 Freight Rail Works: A recent report from the Northwestern University Transportation Center found "that freight railroads responded well to rapid demand shifts, particularly in intermodal traffic. The sharp intermodal increase was driven in part by the rise of e-commerce, a tight trucking market, and shifts in consumer spending." As the number of intermodal shipments of electronics, clothing and other consumer goods continues to rise — and with supply chains still backed up — railroads are doing their part to get American companies the goods they need to begin growing again. They are closely coordinating with shipping partners and customers to better manage the flow of traffic, increasing storage space and collaborating with truckers to move goods as quickly as possible. American businesses working to reopen can count on freight rail as a consistent, dedicated partner. | | | | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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