| | | | |  | | By Katherine Tully-McManus | | | |  Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., often allied, are at odds over energy permitting. | AP | MOUNTAIN STATE STRAIN — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is expected to release the text, finally, of his energy permitting proposal that has tied lawmakers in knots in recent weeks. His Republican colleague from the Mountain State, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, has her own proposal that's been out for weeks. The permitting push is straining the unusually close cross-aisle relationship the West Virginians share. They both want to speed construction of critical energy projects, including a multi-billion-dollar natural gas line in their home state. But they aren't in agreement on how to do it. "My friendship with her, and her family and my family, is unconditional. They cannot strain that," Manchin told Burgess and Marianne. "Do we have political differences? Sure … I would do anything I could to help my friend Shelley Moore Capito. In any situation." Other Republicans don't like how Manchin is playing it with Capito. "Joe seems like he's desperately throwing a lifeline out there and hoping she'll grab it," said Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.). "He and [Senate Majorite Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)] cut this deal. I think it's unfair, what he's attempting to do, to try and paint Shelley into a corner." Much more on the personalities and policy feeling the permitting pressure, from Burgess and Marianne: Not quite 'Almost Heaven': The Manchin-Capito split SENATE STICKING AROUND — The Senate won't be scrapping their planned sessions in the first two weeks of October, as many lawmakers (and your Huddle host) thought they might. Often Senators use the bulk of October to campaign in their home states ahead of the midterms, but Schumer is betting that voters will appreciate seeing the Senate at work. The Senate will take up the National Defense Authorization Act in October, a must-pass bill that has been waiting in the wings since it cleared the Senate Armed Services Committee back in June. (The House passed its version in July.) Taking up the NDAA so close to the midterms is … quite a calculation. Sure, some national-security focused Democratic incumbents could benefit, but it could also force Democrats into tough votes on amendments and highlight divisions within the Democratic party. The Senate bill authorizes $45 billion more than President Joe Biden asked Congress for. HOUSE VIBE CHECK — There's a chance the House hits the road tonight and scraps Thursday's session. But it isn't because all their work is done and it's smooth sailing from here. It's actually the opposite. We're hearing that in discussions over the stopgap spending bill, not many decisions have been made. And the gap between Republicans, Democrats, the House and Senate… aren't getting narrower with any significant speed. Which means it would take a legislative miracle to get a bill on the House floor before late next week. Scheduling reminder: Both chambers are out Monday and Tuesday for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year (Shanah tovah, one and all.) That leaves three precious legislative days next week to settle what currently is a mess of unanswered questions about what the stopgap spending bill will look like, from the permitting proposal to the length of time the bill will cover.
| | | | JOIN THURSDAY FOR A GLOBAL INSIDER INTERVIEW : From climate change to public health emergencies and a gloomy global economic outlook, the world continues to deal with overlapping crises. How do we best confront all of these issues? Join POLITICO Live on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m. EDT for a virtual conversation with Global Insider author Ryan Heath, featuring World Bank President David Malpass, to explore what it will take to restore global stability and avoid a prolonged recession. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | DO YOU REMEMBER? The 21st night of September? Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Wednesday, September 21, where it's looking like another last-minute spending scramble is shaping up. MCCARTHY'S TOP PRIZE — Can House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unite the House Republican Conference behind a fresh new GOP agenda that's modeled after Newt Gingrich's Contract With America? Olivia explores that question ahead of Friday's rollout of the GOP leader's four-part agenda. "From the first day I became leader, the whole job was: You got to unite before you can win. Unite the conference. And then, it's much better to unite in the minority before you get there, so we've talked about the tough issues," McCarthy told Olivia in an interview. "It is so you're prepared on Day 1. This is the product of work in a conference for the last year and a half." McCarthy was meticulous in including all corners of his fractious conference in crafting the agenda, hoping to get buy-in from the House Freedom Caucus, as well as his own allies and all the rank-and-file Republicans in between. Don't miss this deep preview of both the agenda rollout and what's at stake: McCarthy reaches for the GOP's brass ring: A unifying agenda CHENEY IS THE POISON PILL, FOR REPUBLICANS — House Democrats are focused on the MAGA of it all when it comes to modernizing the 135-year-old law that former President Donald Trump and his allies schemed to use to their advantage to subvert the 2020 election. Unlike the Senate proposal to overhaul the Electoral Count Act, the House bill up for a vote today includes a whole section of "findings" describing the basis for the proposal as rooted in Trump's efforts on Jan. 6. What is seen by Republicans as an attack on Trump, paired with the blight of Rep. Liz Cheney's (R-Wyo.) endorsement, has House Republicans happily whipping against it. Some have left open the possibility of supporting the Senate's version. Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said he's "always been open" to clarifying the 19th-century election law but the Republican Study Committee Chair opposes the House bill and Cheney's involvement means he takes it "a lot less seriously." Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) "[With] the Senate version you've got Republicans and Democrats working together. I know Liz is a Republican, but the fact is they just foist it on us," said Bacon, a moderate Republican running in a Biden district. "It's typical Pelosi: Shove it down your throat." More from Jordain and Nicholas on what to expect on today's Electoral Count Act action.
| | A message from Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l: The pilot shortage isn't real, but the threat to passenger safety is. Some airlines are threatening service reductions unless the FAA agrees to reduced pilot training. They claim there aren't enough pilots so they want to lower the bar on safety. But we have more than enough pilots - 1.5 certified pilots for every one we need on the job. Learn why there's no pilot shortage and no excuse for airlines to cut passenger safety. | | | OUT OF THE ARCHIVES, INTO THE FIRE — Once an under-the-radar job, today's Senate hearing on the nomination of Colleen Shogan to be the next archivist of the U.S. could get heated. The Senate Homeland Security Committee will question Shogan, but the whole exercise will be carried out in the shadow of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. The National Archives and Records Administration has been trying to recover presidential records stored at Trump's Florida home — and the search uncovered more than 700 pages of classified material. We'll see if Shogan's side gig comes up at the hearing: She is a prolific author of a series murder mystery novels starring congressional staffer Kit Marshall. SERVICE FOR THE QUEEN — Buses of lawmakers from Capitol Hill will head to Washington National Cathedral this morning for "a Service of Thanksgiving of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II." All members of Congress have been invited by the U.K Ambassador Karen E. Pierce. CAPITOL POLICE KEEP THEIR SECRETS — District of Columbia District Judge Beryl Howell has dismissed a lawsuit brought by BuzzFeed News against the U.S. Capitol Police, aiming to obtain records related to USCP's written directives for the agency on Jan. 6, permits issued for demonstrations, financial records for the department and USCP inspector general audits. "Plaintiffs have no right to demand disclosure" of the requested documents, according to Howell. Reminder that as part of the Legislative Branch, the Capitol Police are not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests. Read the decision APPROACHING: REVOLVING DOOR — Now that the Democrats' climate, tax and health care bill is out the door, key staff who made it happen could also be heading for the exits. It is one of the biggest pieces of climate legislation to ever be signed into law and implementation will take lots of know-how. "I think you'll see a lot of the smarter firms making strategic investments in staff who are intimately familiar with the ins and outs of those historic pieces of legislation," Blake Androff, a managing director at Signal Group and former Democratic Capitol Hill and Interior Department staffer, told Timothy Cama from E&E News. Climate bill's passage could spark Hill staff exodus We've seen it before: Demand for experts on massive legislation like the Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law drew top aides away from Capitol Hill. (But if Democrats sustain major losses in the midterms, there will be plenty of folks looking for jobs anyways.)
| | | | DON'T MISS - MILKEN INSTITUTE ASIA SUMMIT : Go inside the 9th annual Milken Institute Asia Summit, taking place from September 28-30, with a special edition of POLITICO's Global Insider newsletter, featuring exclusive coverage and insights from this important gathering. Stay up to speed with daily updates from the summit, which brings together more than 1,200 of the world's most influential leaders from business, government, finance, technology, and academia. Don't miss out, subscribe today. | | | | | CALL ME, MAYBE?— Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) wants to talk. He encouraged folks to call their elected officials about bills they should support and lamented on Tuesday that his office phones were quiet all day. "I don't think you'll get lost in the paper shuffle. In my office today, I received zero calls and zero voicemails from constituents," he tweeted with a picture of his office call log.
| | | BIPARTISAN BREWS… Anheuser-Busch hosts a brewing competition tonight for members of Congress at National Park. Members spent part of their summer collaborating on beer recipes and names "to create a nonpartisan brew using local ingredients from their districts and states," per Anheuser-Busch. Last year Reps. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) took home the 2021 Brew Democracy Cup. Who will win this year? The contenders are:
- "Emerald Palmer," brewed by Reps. Young Kim (R-Calif.) and Lou Correa (D-Calif.)
- "Legen-Dairy Stout," brewed by Reps. GT Thompson (R-Pa.) and Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.)
- "Paw-Paw Bear," brewed by Reps. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) and Norma Torres (D-Calif.)
- "Reaching Across the Ale," brewed by Reps. Ben Cline (R-Va.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine)
- "Seventeen Finger Select," brewed by Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)
- "Sugarhouse Ale," brewed by Reps. Chris Pappas (D-NH) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX)
DISTRICT STAFF MEET-UP… The Modernization Staff Association is hosting a virtual meetup for district staff today from 3 to 5 p.m. EDT. RSVP here. MORE SPORTS… The Congressional Football Game, where Democrats and Republicans face off against the Capitol Police is tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Audi Field. The game raises money for the Capitol Police Memorial Fund, Our Military Kids and A Advantage for Kids. Pre-game read: One more football game for Rep. Rodney Davis, from Jim Saksa at CQ Roll Call
| | | | A message from Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l:   | | | QUICK LINKS 'Can I play my saxophone?': Husband to Jackie Walorski performs at lawmakers' memorial, from Chris Cioffi at CQ Roll Call Cafe Meeting Turns Into Tense Car Chase for U.S. Senate Aides in Zimbabwe, from Robbie Gramer at Foreign Policy Magazine For first time in 233 years, Native American, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian all in U.S. House, from Natalie Neysa Alund at USA Today Justice Dept. Charges 48 in Brazen Pandemic Aid Fraud in Minnesota, from David A. Fahrenthold at The New York Times Trump's 'big lie' fueled a new generation of social media influencers, from Elizabeth Dwoskin and Jeremy B. Merrill at The Washington Post TODAY IN CONGRESS The House convenes at 10 a.m. for morning hour debate and noon for legislative business. Last votes today are marked as "???" The Senate convenes at 10 a.m. and will resume consideration of the resolution of ratification with respect to the "Kigali Amendment" to the Montreal Protocol. AROUND THE HILL 10 a.m. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Susan Wild (D-Pa.), Susie Lee (D-Nev.) and Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) and health care advocates join a press conference hosted by Protect Our Care on the Inflation Reduction Act's health care cost provisions. (House Triangle) 10 a.m. House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on oversight of the nations' largest consumer-facing banks with testimony from several witnesses, including JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon . (2128 Rayburn) 2 p.m. House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on how the recommendations of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military have been implemented and on the establishment of the Office of Special Trial Counsel. (2118 Rayburn) 3 p.m. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on ensuring veterans' timely access to care in VA and the community. VA Secretary Denis McDonough testifies. (418 Russell) 3 p.m. Reps. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) hold a press conference to announce the launch of Congressional Ghana Caucus. (House Triangle)
| | | TUESDAY'S WINNER: Ben Howard correctly answered that the White House putting green was first installed in 1954 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. TODAY'S QUESTION from Ben: Who was the first president to fly in a helicopter and to where did they fly? 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 Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l: Airline efforts to reduce pilot training undermine Congress' intent to improve passenger safety. Regional airlines are threatening to cut service to smaller cities unless they can reduce the number of hours pilots spend training and gaining experience. But pilot training and experience is essential to passenger safety. Air travel fatalities have dropped 99.8% since Congress established these standards in 2010. Carriers like Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines that say higher safety standards are just too costly and slow the pipeline of potential pilots have their priorities wrong. We can't compromise passenger safety to increase airline profits. Get the facts about pilot supply and learn why passenger safety is at risk. | | | | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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