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WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART — Until the Senate gets involved, at least. The House begins debate today on the Democrats’ $1.75 trillion climate and social bill, at long last. But when the two hours of debate is up, it isn’t yet clear when the House will vote for the mesure.
The House is still waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to finish their budget analysis of the Democrats’ top-priority package before moving forward with a vote. They inched closer Thursday night when CBO released its analysis of the Education and Labor Committee title of the bill, one of the big pieces that will be highly scrutinized for the costs of two big initiatives: universal preschool for three and four-year-olds and capping child care costs. The combined pricetag is lower than Democrats expected. Check out the analysis for yourself here.
Vote timing ??? House leadership aides told POLITICO that the best case scenario (aka the one that gets recess started ASAP) is if the CBO delivers the score today ahead of their anticipated Friday timeline and the House could speedily vote late tonight. But staffers cautioned that a more realistic timeline is Friday evening, possibly late. Either way, once the CBO score drops, House leaders want to move fast to the floor. Make Friday plans at your own risk.
DEM LEADERS UNCOUPLE CHINA, NDAA — If you thought that the annual defense policy bill was stuck in limbo, you logged off at an appropriate hour. But plenty has happened since then: the Senate voted 84-15 to hasten the start of debate on the massive bill, clearing its first 60-vote procedural hurdle. The vote came after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) settled a deal on separate legislation aimed at boosting U.S. competition with China, quashing Schumer’s attempt to unilaterally attach the China legislation to the must-pass defense bill… which put the Senate at a standstill. The Senate spent much of Wednesday negotiating the contours of the defense policy bill and Andrew, Marianne and Connor O’Brien followed the rollercoaster until the very end.
BOOKMARK ALERT — States are redrawing every Congressional district in the U.S. These processes take months to unfold in state capitals all around the country — and their results mold the balance of power in Congress for a decade. We’re following every update and explaining what it means in our brand-new redistricting tracker.
GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Thursday, November 18, where there’s just a few days until recess, but they might be long ones.
DEMS TASTE THE SALT — “After spending several election cycles campaigning against the GOP’s tax cuts as a boon for the wealthy, House Democrats are on the verge of passing a massive tax break for high-income earners — raising a cap on local and state tax deductions that primarily affects high-cost states,” write Heather and Burgess.
It’s relevant heading into the midterms, where Democrats in battleground states like Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia could be forced to back the priorities of Californians and Northeastern Democrats, even if they aren’t popular in their contested states and districts.
“You can’t be a political party that talks about demanding the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes and then end up with a bill that gives large tax breaks to many millionaires,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). “You can’t do that. The hypocrisy is too strong. It’s bad policy, it’s bad politics.”
HOUSE GOP GRAPPLING — Republicans love Dems in disarray, but in the House they are embroiled in their own messy internal spats that some fear are a distraction from their bid to reclaim the majority in the 2022 midterms. The GOP would rather be hammering Democrats on President Joe Biden’s poll numbers, inflation and culture war issues resonating with its base, but conservative agitators continue to stoke controversies that take up oxygen and precious messaging time.
“It's a shame these self-inflicted injuries occur. But that's all it is and we're gonna get past that because there’s far more important things to be concerned with,” said Rep. Daniel Meuser (R-Pa.). Sarah and Olivia have a Republican vibe check ahead of the Dems' high stakes spending vote. RELATED: House votes to punish Gosar for video depicting killing of AOC
‘IT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE’ — Don’t waste your holiday wishes on a government funding deal. The Dec. 3 deadline is coming up quickly and top Democrats are considering a continuing resolution further into December as their leading option. Dec. 17 or even closer to Christmas could be the target date, instead of a longer CR that punts the spending deadline into 2022. Republicans, on the other hand, are mulling a yearlong patch that would stick Democrats with funding levels set when Donald Trump was president.
“It would take a miracle to work out a deal between now and then,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the top Republican appropriator, said about striking a deal before Dec. 17. More from Caitlin Emma: Democrats weigh pre-Christmas shutdown cliff to prod dug-in Republicans
Related: Schumer-McConnell talk on debt ceiling, from Jordain Carney at The Hill
BUTTERFIELD BOWS OUT — Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), won’t seek reelection next year. The longtime leader of the Congressional Black Caucus’s decision is another blow to Democrats’ efforts to keep control of the House after the midterm elections. The official announcement is scheduled for today.
GOLD MEDAL — The Senate passed a bill Wednesday evening by voice vote to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 13 service members who died on August 26, 2021, while stationed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan during the U.S. evacuation. It passed the House under suspension of the rules on Oct. 25 and will now head to the White House for Biden’s signature.
JOB OFFER — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told Newsmax Wednesday that he hopes Kenosha, Wisc., shooting defendant Kyle Rittenhouse gets a “not guilty” verdict because he would like to hire him. “Kyle Rittenhouse would probably make a pretty good congressional intern. We may reach out to him and see if he’d be interested,” said Gaetz.
NO CARPOOL FOR YOU — Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, whose district includes part of Detroit and its suburbs, got a shoutout from Biden during his speech in the Great Lakes State. But as one of the six Democratic defectors who voted against the infrastructure bill, she wasn't invited to join him aboard Air Force One. We thought carpooling was encouraged for the environment?
QUICK LINKS
Where Rep. Pramila Jayapal got her spine, from Christa Case Bryant at the Christian Science Monitor
Pentagon inspector general raises questions about former D.C. Guard commander’s Jan. 6 account, by Dan Lamothe and Paul Sonne at The Washington Post
TODAY IN CONGRESS
The House convenes at 10 a.m. for legislative business.
The Senate convenes at 10 a.m. with votes TBD.
AROUND THE HILL
10:45 a.m. Pelosi holds her weekly news conference. (Studio A)
11 a.m. House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) holds a pen and pad on the Appropriations process. (H-144)
11 a.m. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) holds a press conference on the Beijing Olympics. (Senate TV Studio)
Noon Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) holds a press conference on rising winter heating bills. (Senate TV Studio)
1:15 p.m. Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.) holds a press conference on vaccine mandates. (House Triangle)
2:30 p.m. Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) and others hold a press conference on immigrant protections and the social spending bill. (House Triangle)
TRIVIA
WEDNESDAY'S WINNER: Jeffrey Last correctly answered that James Shields represented Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri in the Senate.
TODAY’S QUESTION from Jeffrey: Sam Houston has the distinction of being the only person elected governor of two different states. In between his time as governor of Tennessee and Texas, he was charged in D.C. with assault and demeaning a member of Congress. Who was his attorney and what song is he known for writing?
The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Huddle. Send your answers to [email protected]
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