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Stefanik nod sets off Capitol Hill scramble

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THE CATCH-UP

Rep. Elise Stefanie looks on during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) prospective departure is already setting off a chain reaction among House Republicans eager to succeed her as conference chair. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

The second Trump administration is beginning to take shape.

ON THE DOMESTIC FRONT: President-elect DONALD TRUMP is set to name STEPHEN MILLER as White House deputy chief of staff for policy, CNN’s Alayna Treene scooped.

During the 2016 campaign, Miller was Trump’s chief speechwriter and later wrote Trump’s decidedly dark “American carnage” inaugural address. As a senior adviser to Trump during his first term, Miller was a central figure in crafting a hardline restrictive immigration policy — perhaps most “notably his move to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence program in 2018,” as the AP notes.

Miller is expected to take on a larger role in Trump’s second term, and has said that Trump will “seek a tenfold increase in the number of deportations to more than one million per year,” Treene writes.

In a post on X, Vice President-elect JD VANCE effectively confirmed Miller’s appointment — which, as of this writing, Trump has not yet formally announced.

More potential domestic picks … Former Border Patrol chief RODNEY SCOTT for U.S. Customs and Border Commissioner, per Washington Examiner’s Anna GiaritelliMarkwayne Mullin Under Consideration for Trump Appointment to Interior or Veterans Affairs,” by NOTUS’ Reese Gorman

ON THE GLOBAL FRONT: For his first Cabinet-level pick, the president-elect announced this morning that he will nominate House Republican Conference Chair ELISE STEFANIK (R-N.Y.) to be his ambassador to the United Nations.

What it signals to the world: “With Stefanik, Trump is elevating a fierce critic of the U.N. as his emissary to the world body — the latest sign that he plans to make good on pledges to strongly support Israel on the world stage and play hardball with international organizations and alliances,” Eric Bazail-Eimil, Connor O’Brien, Joe Gould and Meridith McGraw write.

ON CAPITOL HILL: Stefanik’s prospective departure is already setting off a chain reaction among House Republicans eager to succeed her as conference chair. Olivia Beavers has the readout on the early jockeying ahead of House leadership elections on Wednesday. The role, which focuses on House Republicans’ message, has been held by women since CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS’ (R-Wash.) election in 2013.

— In the running: Reps. LISA McCLAIN (R-Mich.), KAT CAMMACK (R-Fla.) and ERIN HOUCHIN (R-Ind.) have all announced bids for conference chair.

— Considering it: Reps. BYRON DONALDS (R-Fla.) and BLAKE MOORE (R-Utah).

— Not running: Reps. STEPHANIE BICE (R-Okla.), per Olivia, and ASHLEY HINSON (R-Iowa), per CNN’s Melanie Zanona.

Across the Capitol campus … The latest House maneuvering comes as the Senate readies itself for its own leadership vote via secret ballot on Wednesday.

Though Sen. RICK SCOTT has received major backlash from MAGA conservatives in his bid for the top job, the Florida Republican took to the airways this morning to reiterate why he’s the man for the job to get Trump’s nominees through Congress. “Whatever it takes, if it’s recess appointments, whatever it takes we gotta get these done,” Scott told Fox News this morning. “We know [current Senate Majority Leader CHUCK] SCHUMER ’s going to slow everything down. I am all on board.”

AFTERNOON READ — “Why Democrats Lost Latinos,” by Jack Herrera for POLITICO Mag

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5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

The U.S. Capitol is seen behind the Peace Monument at Capitol Hill a day after Election Day on Nov. 6, 2024.

GOP lawmakers are floating a temporary measure to fund the government into March 2025. | Jose Luis Magana/AP

1. PUNTING A FUNDING FIGHT: With funding for federal agencies set to expire on December 20, GOP lawmakers are floating a temporary measure to fund the government into March 2025 — punting a potential shutdown fight well after Trump’s inauguration, WaPo’s Jacob Bogage reports. The proposal is similar to one from House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON that Republicans previously vehemently opposed. The move will allow Congress to spend more of its time in January and February working to confirm Trump’s cabinet picks and enact his legislative priorities.

How it could play: “Democrats, who loathe government shutdowns, are expected to largely accept the proposal, though leaders say they hope to fast-track annual appropriations bills rather than another short-term one,” Bogage writes.

2. CLIMATE CORNER: U.S. climate envoy JOHN PODESTA attempted to ease fears around the Trump’s election and its impact on global climate change issues today, telling United Nations officials “the fight is bigger than one election, one political cycle in one country,” Sara Schonhardt reports from Azerbaijan.

Podesta, addressing global leaders on the first day of the U.N.’s annual climate conference: “While the United States federal government under Donald Trump may put climate change action on the back burner, the work to contain climate change is going to continue in the United States with commitment and passion and belief.”

Trump’s election has thrust China to center stage at UN climate negotiations as Beijing ramps up its renewable energy efforts and “appears more committed than ever” to the Paris accord, WSJ’s Matthew Dalton reports.

“Trump’s victory has underscored what many countries already believed: that America’s internal political divisions mean it can’t reliably lead global climate diplomacy,” Dalton writes. Meanwhile, “Beijing is using climate diplomacy to project its economic influence abroad in the developing world, finding new markets for its world-leading renewable-energy manufacturers.“

Related read: As Trump Threatens a Wider Trade War, the U.S. Confronts a Changed China,” by NYT’s Peter S. Goodman

3. DEAL OR NO DEAL: Iran Debates Whether It Could Make a Deal With Trump,” by NYT’s Farnaz Fassihi: Despite a rocky history between Iran and Trump, “many former officials, pundits and newspaper editorials in Iran have openly called for the government to engage with Mr. Trump in the week since his re-election.” But “[e]ven those who want to engage with Mr. Trump say that the country’s foreign policy for a Trump era will largely depend on how Mr. Trump approaches Iran and the Middle East, as well as who he selects for his administration.”

4. S.O.L. AT D.O.J.: “Trump transition figure warns DOJ lawyers: Get on board or get out,” by Josh Gerstein: “A conservative lawyer working on Donald Trump’s transition, MARK PAOLETTA, offered a stark warning to career Justice Department lawyers Monday that those who refuse to advance Trump’s agenda should resign or face the possibility of being fired. 

In a post on X, Paoletta wrote that if any of “these career DOJ employees won’t implement President Trump’s program in good faith, they should leave,” adding that “[t]hose employees who engage in so-called ‘resistance’ against the duly-elected President’s lawful agenda would be subverting American democracy.”

Paoletta’s post comes after Josh previously reported that many rank-and-file staff are concerned about being asked to defend or implement unethical policies under Trump.

5. SOUTH OF THE BORDER: “Round 2 in the Trump-vs-Mexico matchup looks ominous for Mexico” by AP’s Mark Stevenson and María Verza

 

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PLAYBOOKERS

Joe Biden gave his final remarks at Arlington National Cemetery as president.

Larry Householder will ask Donald Trump for clemency.

MEDIA MOVE — Max McClellan will be EP of PBS News Weekend. He previously was senior executive producer of national investigations at Scripps News.

OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at American University’s men’s basketball game versus Harvard University at at Bender Arena yesterday: Barack and Michelle Obama, Tommy Amaker, Alma Amaker, Glenn Fine, Duane Simpkins, Jonathan Alger, JM Caparro, David Marchick, Sylvia Burwell, Mike Abramowitz, Jeb Boasberg, John Rice, Tony Cameron, Gerald Bruce Lee, Alan Meltzer, Charles Lane and Amy Weiss.

ENGAGED — Paul Ancin, senior consultant at IT consulting firm Qvest, and Sophia Templin, a director at FGS Global got engaged on Friday at sunset on Pier 17. The couple met on Hinge in 2022 with a first date at Bocca Cucina followed by crashing one of her girlfriends on her own first date with her now-fiancé. Pic

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