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SANDERS HAS COMPLICATED RECORD ON IMMIGRATION. Seung Min Kim reports, "Sanders' history on immigration that year is complicated. But his overall record has come under renewed attention after criticism that the senator was being too quiet on the issue during his long-shot campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. He plans to address immigration when he appears before a conference of Latino officials on Friday in Las Vegas...Sanders, more comfortable speaking in the language of income inequality and economic populism, has largely skipped over immigration while campaigning - a silence that prompted Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) to muse in a television interview last week: 'I don't
know if he likes immigrants because he doesn't seem to talk about immigrants.'"
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YOUNG ASKS FOR PUERTO RICAN CASH AHEAD OF HEARING. Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer and John Bresnahan report, "Alaska Republican Don Young is holding a fundraiser in Puerto Rico Friday, just days before he chairs a controversial hearing on the territory's political and economic status. The close proximity of the hearing and the fundraising event has sparked ethical concerns among some of Young's colleagues on a Natural Resources subcommittee, but committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) told POLITICO that Young is free to set his own schedule...Young's fundraiser at a San Juan restaurant is hosted by Igualdad Futuro Seguro, a pro-statehood political action committee."
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TRADE BILLS HEAD BACK TO THE SENATE. Jake Sherman and Manu Raju report, "President Barack Obama's trade agenda was jolted back to life Thursday, as the House voted narrowly to grant him fast-track authority to finalize a sweeping accord with 11 other Pacific Rim nations. Now, in order to score a major victory on a centerpiece of his economic agenda, he has to convince a handful of key Senate Democrats to take a leap of faith ahead of a crucial procedural vote Tuesday. So far, several are holding back.. The House vote puts new pressure on pro-trade Senate Democrats, who have demanded the fast-track trade bill move alongside a separate package to aid workers hurt by the effects of
globalization. On Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) began the process of taking up the House's fast-track bill on Tuesday, which would be followed by a procedural vote as late as Wednesday on a bill that will include the aid package."
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GOOD MORNING, it's Friday, June 19, 2015 and welcome to The Huddle, your play-by-play guide to everything Capitol Hill. I know I don't speak for just me when I say TGIF. Rachael Bade will be your host next week. Let me know what's going on at
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TODAY IN CONGRESS - Jet fumes

SANDERS GAINS MOMENTUM. Ken Thomas with the AP writes, "Bernie Sanders likes to call it "practicing democracy." He doesn't take the stage to a blaring soundtrack. He doesn't have a teleprompter or a phalanx of Secret Service agents surrounding him. But when his Brooklyn accent booms out at a campaign stop in rural Iowa, heads nod along in approval....In a race for the Democratic presidential nomination with Hillary Rodham Clinton, the blunt talk about the economy and the gap between the rich and poor is working for Sanders. The independent senator from Vermont is an unconventional messenger at a time when many politicians test-drive what they want to say in polls and with focus groups.
Sanders is drawing sizable crowds in the early voting states. He's also gaining against Clinton in very early polls, particularly in New Hampshire, a factor that impresses the political class even though opinion surveys at this point are limited in predicting who will win."
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PROGRESSIVES PLAN NEXT STEP ON TRADE VOTE. Your Huddle author reports, "They experienced the thrill of an unexpected victory, thwarting President Barack Obama's trade agenda in a dramatic showdown on the House floor. A week later, House Democrats appear to be on the verge of an agonizing defeat. But facing that sudden reversal of fortune, lawmakers at the center of last week's insurrection said they're not done yet - regardless of how confident House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are that they've devised an end run around their opposition. The liberal lawmakers said Thursday they're already rounding up votes to again thwart Obama's trade
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PEARCE EXPLAINS 'NO' VOTE ON RULE. The Daily Signal's Kelsey Harkness reports, "After being punished for defying House Republican leadership on a botched trade deal last week, Rep. Steve Pearce spoke exclusively with The Daily Signal about the "uncomfortable" situation that led to him being booted from the GOP whip team....Pearce said that while he's in favor of free trade, the president's plan "leaves us in the small states out of the picture...Pearce says his day-to-day life won't change much without being on the whip team, but that he won't be privy to the "inside baseball" knowledge that being a member of the team affords."
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CORNYN SLAMS DEMS AFTER DEFENSE VOTE. The Senate majority whip will release a video this morning criticizing Senate Democrats for filibustering the Defense appropriations bill. "We ask a lot of our men and women in uniform. The very least we can do is pass legislation that provides for their training and equipment that they need in order to accomplish their mission and to ensure them the quality of life that they and their families so richly have earned," Sen. John Cornyn said.
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CONGRESS SUDDENLY GOT WAY MORE FAMOUS. Actress Jessica Alba caused a stir in the Senate on Thursday when she showed up to "lobby lawmakers for stronger chemical protections. The "Fantastic Four" star and co-founder of The Honest Company, which sells nontoxic household products, met with more than a half-dozen lawmakers, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)."
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THURSDAY'S ANSWER -Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was the first to correctly answer that it was FDR who was given the first iteration of is today known as fast track authority.

TODAY'S TRIVIA -McConnell has today's question. Who was Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager at the GOP Convention in Chicago in 1860 and what appointment did Abe give him as a reward?The first person to email
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