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06/21/2018 07:53 AM EDT


By Nolan D. McCaskill (nmccaskill@politico.com or @NolanDMcCaskill)

GOP IMMIGRATION BILLS APPEAR LIKELY TO FAIL -- President Donald Trump and House Republican leaders have a few more hours to sway undecideds on the so-called "compromise" immigration bill before the chamber votes on two proposals today. Undecided members were bused to the White House on Wednesday to hear directly from the president, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen were both on Capitol Hill to sway lawmakers. Still, both bills could fail on the floor.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) publicly clashed on the floor over what exactly will see a vote. Meadows is accusing Ryan of putting the wrong version of a conservative bill up for a vote and says two provisions are absent from the compromise legislation he helped negotiate. "The public spat is the latest sign of how much trouble the GOP's immigration push is in," Rachael, Heather and Bres report. "The expected demise of both immigration measures suggests that the president's attempt to leverage his hotly contested family separation policy to get his border wall and curbs to legal immigration will not work." More:
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Related: "House vote on immigration to test conservatives' loyalty to Trump," by CNN's Lauren Fox: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f1243c22403418af4f632a2d20ea3dd6d68bc5972c3fe5bf5681fb12dfe82acb9129fcaf82e13fc48c3e

THE GOP'S $100B MISTAKE ON TRUMP'S WALL -- Whoops. The House Rules Committee went into emergency session late last night to fix a nearly $100 billion "drafting error" on the president's border wall funding in House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte's (R-Va.) immigration bill. The legislation mistakenly appropriates nearly $25 billion for "each" fiscal year from 2018 through 2022 instead of nearly $25 billion total over a five-year period. A proposed amendment strikes out "each of" from the legislation, meaning Republicans will have to vote to take away nearly $100 billion of border wall funding from the president.

"This is a heartless bill, and it is being brought up under a terrible process," said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the rules panel. "The only good thing about this rule, is it takes $100 billion away from Trump's ridiculous wall -- even if the Republicans gave it to him on accident because they didn't read their own bill."

ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S EO -- The president signed an executive order halting his administration's policy of separating migrant families who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Yet despite its intent, Ted Hesson reports, the document leaves "plenty of wiggle room to keep them apart." The most pressing question is what will happen to the thousands of children who have already been separated from their parents under the administration's zero-tolerance border enforcement strategy. "Under that policy ... all suspected border crossers are referred for federal prosecution, with no exceptions for parents and asylum seekers," he writes. "But the executive order contains no language addressing how
these children will be reunited with their parents." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f124681f904fc880cc819efa8cca8f7318e03bf0ec707623a025e7afa8368246072f35a3fb29e9ec08f7

The order is titled "Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation." The administration still wants Congress to act on the issue. A growing number of lawmakers have asked House GOP leaders to take up a narrow bill that would stop the separation of families. But it's unclear whether leaders would take up a standalone bill to address family separation if the compromise immigration bill, which includes a provision on family separation, fails. Much more on the EO: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f124c39da7a28d77a9d869d49ae9d678a7f47126f7bae9e4a1022d45e31ec6f3ab1a72dbb1f3181568c1

Related reads: "Trump's immigration buckle tests Democrats' resolve," from Burgess and Elana: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f1243dbe20c9e59de4f5d7c873d3701f66f0dec9303de9fa700d170235866697b8d3bbd5a2ba7cf319c4 and "GOP senators introduce legislation to stop family separation," per CNN's Daniella Diaz: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f124c0b5f4834fdb793dbd0b178ff59f320a0d2070d9dbf4cde656e375c37733f2d08df059c265dd2531

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GOOD MORNING! Thanks for reading Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Thursday, June 21.

WEDNESDAY'S MOST CLICKED: Rachael and Bres' report that both House immigration bills may fail despite the president's remarks to the GOP Conference was the winner.

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BLOOMBERG BOOSTS DEMS WITH $80M -- Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to spend at least $80 million to help Democrats gain control of the House. "Mr. Bloomberg's intervention is likely to undermine [Republicans'] financial advantage by bankrolling advertising on television, online and in the mail for Democratic candidates in a dozen or more congressional districts, chiefly in moderate suburban areas where Mr. Trump is unpopular," The New York Times' Alexander Burns reports. "Democrats need to gain 23 congressional seats to win a majority." Bloomberg hasn't decided which districts to target yet, but he's "unlikely to get involved in rural, conservative-leaning districts where his
views on guns and other issues could stir an uproar."

"Republicans in Congress have had almost two years to prove they could govern responsibly. They failed," Bloomberg said in a statement. His massive $80 million more than doubles the $30 million Sheldon Adelson is spending on the Republican side and tops Tom Steyer's spending on voter-turnout programs and impeachment ads. Much more: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f1242ac2b385880a9e84a86a9634af9b6ab2d5f200d9e6c562ac669dc4d4911766c15aaba19a3df3aa34

Related: "Steyer ad links children crying to 'lawless president,'" by Edward-Isaac Dovere: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f124683c89f1d2e0ddab82e8ce892c665655320e71ba2d4a1d8124a70f3afdfa8bb1743d841b49237a69

SENATE REJECTS VOTE ON RESCISSIONS -- Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) joined Democrats in voting against a procedural move to bring up the Trump administration's proposal to slash $15 billion from programs like the Children's Health Insurance Program. While Collins "had made clear for weeks that she had objections to the package," Sarah Ferris reports, Burr was a surprise. A Senate GOP aide said he defected because he wasn't guaranteed a vote on his amendment to protect funding for land and water conservation. "Senate GOP leaders have until Friday to pass the so-called rescissions measure with a simple majority, before their special procedural powers expire and a
60-vote threshold sets in," she warns. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f12461aa6eaffe827bd9d977f2998353d986ee20bf387b71913a61d3661d2f2dc845f9091c876bfab5e7

WHITE HOUSE LOBBIES GOP ON ZTE -- The president urged GOP lawmakers to create a solution that cracks down on Chinese telecom giant ZTE while also preserving the administration's ability to negotiate with China. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said the White House provided no specific legislative alternative, "[b]ut Cornyn came away with the impression that the administration would be fine with barring ZTE from doing business with the federal government if the firm could continue to operate in the U.S. commercial market," John Hendel reports. The meeting with House and Senate Republicans comes as both chambers reconcile their differences on ZTE and an annual defense policy bill.
Much more: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f124abb4dc69028ad0ce371ee57aa69bdfb0c6d2fc7e97b132ea90cd27c048e2433342691450f25d59ac

LAWMAKERS TEAR INTO ROSS OVER TARIFFS -- Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross found himself in the hot seat as he faced pointed and sometimes angry questioning from both parties over the president's steel and aluminum tariffs. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said he couldn't "see how the damage posed on all of these sectors could possibly advance our national security." "I wish we would stop invoking national security because that's not what this is about," Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) added. "This is about economic nationalism." Ross forcefully defended the administration's trade policies, but "lawmakers appeared unconvinced that the administration fully recognizes the
collateral damage the tariffs are causing." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f1245ca6fdda3c5930a4a2a003c66a90ed7aecb777d2b750817211f36efc582346646ff349cff8ab8ddb

CONSERVATIVE WATCHDOG SEEKS SENATE PROBE OF MCCASKILL -- The right-leaning group Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust will request the Senate Ethics Committee investigate Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), whose 2017 Senate financial disclosure reported between $0 and $201 of income from the plane her husband's company owns. In the group's request, FACT executive director Kendra Arnold alleges McCaskill's plane "traveled more than 40,000 miles" last year, noting one charter plane ride at a typical rate for the McCaskill family plane "would likely generate more than $200 in income for the aircraft owner." A spokeswoman says the disclosure forms require reporting of total net profits, meaning
McCaskill reported low income because it operated at a loss for the year. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f124bac95f7ec1ae8a3ad280e643f78eaed64a6d05a4f191f26b313ad0fc9236995db67956d50df0b3cd

FAMILY BUSINESS -- Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has paid his granddaughter, a field organizer focused on college students, more than $16,000 from his campaign account since September, making him the third major Senate candidate to have a family member on the payroll this cycle. "Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller paid his son more than $50,000 for social media and video work, and GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer once paid his wife to work as his campaign manager," HuffPost's Kevin Robillard reports. Manchin had paid his daughter almost $100,000 for fundraising for his campaigns and also paid her $8,000 from his gubernatorial inaugural fund in 2009. More:
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Related read: "GOP Senate Nominee Cramer Compares Cages For Migrant Kids To Playgrounds," from Talking Points Memo's Cameron Joseph: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f1242ac286afa45ff39c1e63330472936e6924f5b30f6262daee634e5591b7b83844283683c0d4fe13ce

LOVE INVADES LOUISIANA HOUSE RACE -- All is fair in love and campaigns. Or is it? Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, is unnerving congressional Republicans with his support for Josh Guillory, an obscure House candidate in Louisiana who is challenging incumbent Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.). As it turns out, Giuliani's girlfriend, GOP fundraiser Jennifer LeBlanc, is working for Guillory. "The former mayor's foray into the race has infuriated senior party officials, who are convinced Giuliani is acting at his girlfriend's behest," Alex Isenstadt reports. "Republican leaders worry that Giuliani will give Guillory the imprimatur of Trump's blessing, even though the president hasn't
endorsed in the race." Giuliani is set to headline a fundraiser for Guillory on Monday. Much more: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f12458ea21fc3de5730d169599dd03fddbc9385ef8603275c89a6449cc63d5b972140af6fcbcee627981

TODAY IN CONGRESS -- The House gavels in at 9 a.m. with first votes expected between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and last votes expected between 5:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Today's agenda: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=2a16d70b4852f12499d419972bc2eea550ee9fef91441d8e5be362b44e1a2fdf6634839e0420832f3ce5fcd14b022d9a The Senate meets at 9:45 a.m. to resume consideration of the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. Roll call votes are expected today.

AROUND THE HILL -- Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Reps. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Cedric Richmond (D-La.) will host the annual Black and Jewish Members of Congress Breakfast, featuring a discussion on the state of black and Jewish relations and how to increase engagement between the two communities, at 9 a.m. in HVC-200.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) delivers opening remarks at the 2018 Capitol Hill National Security Forum at 9:30 a.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will participate in a discussion on the international dimensions of securing the homeland at 9:45 a.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) and John Carter (R-Texas) will participate in a discussion on maintaining the edge in great power competition at 10:40 a.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will hold her weekly news conference at 10:45 a.m. in HVC-Studio A.

Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) will participate in a conversation with conservatives on the most important issues of the day at 11 a.m. in 2255 Rayburn.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will hold his weekly media briefing at 11:30 a.m. in HVC-Studio A.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will deliver remarks at the 2018 Capitol Hill National Security Forum at 11:40 a.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) will participate in a discussion on how support for democracy strengthens U.S. national security at 12:30 p.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) will participate in a conference call briefing to discuss the House votes on immigration bills and the role of senior White House adviser Stephen Miller and his ties to white nationalists and anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant hate groups beginning at 1 p.m. The call-in number is 785-424-1667, and the password is "MILLER'S ROLE."

Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) will participate in a discussion on Congress' role in national security and foreign policy at 1:10 p.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) will hold a news conference with Democratic leadership, physicians and nurses on long-term health effects of separating children from their parents at 1:30 p.m. in the House Triangle.

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and others will participate in a discussion on technology and innovation in the intelligence community at 2:10 p.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), Nanette Barragan (D-Calif.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Dina Titus (D-Nev.) will hold a shadow hearing on immigration and family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border at 2:30 p.m. in 2203 Rayburn.

Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) will hold a forum on building progress of the Fair Labor Standards Act at 3 p.m. in 421 Cannon.

Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) will participate in a discussion on countering ISIS 2.0 and the future of the Middle East at 3:05 p.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Jake Sullivan, former deputy assistant to President Barack Obama and former national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, participate in a discussion on the future of security in East Asia at 4 p.m. in the CVC-Auditorium.

WEDNESDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER -- Zade Alsawah was first to correctly guess that Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania was the last senator to switch party affiliations while still serving in the Senate. He was elected to the Senate as a Republican in 1980 but became a Democrat on April 30, 2009.

TODAY'S TRIVIA -- From Zade: Every presidential library and museum is located in the same city, with one exception. Whose library and museum is the exception, and in which cities are his presidential library and museum, respectively? The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Huddle. Send your best guess my way: nmccaskill@politico.com.

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