Subject: POLITICO Huddle, Presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and FairReform.com: The liberal ‘hell no’ caucus makes a stand with Keystone vote – Murray set to discuss immigration and budget
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THE 'HELL NO' CAUCUS GETS LIBERAL RECRUITS. From Burgess Everett, "The defeat of the Keystone XL pipeline in the Senate marked a major show of muscle for next year's new hell-no caucus: liberals. Liberal Senate Democrats united to block the controversial project, even though their imperiled Democratic colleague Mary Landrieu of Louisiana begged them not to at a Democratic Caucus lunch on Tuesday afternoon. It was a remarkable move for a group that has stood behind Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) over the years, as he sought to protect vulnerable moderates, like Landrieu and some of her now-ousted colleagues, from taking tough votes on divisive environmental, health care and social
 issues. But red-state Democrats like Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mark Begich of Alaska are on their way out, and liberals like Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders and Sheldon Whitehouse - with Elizabeth Warren leading the way on messaging - may cause as many headaches for Senate Republicans as tea partyers caused Democrats in the past four years." 
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ABOUT LAST NIGHT. Ashley Parker and Coral Davenport report for the New York Times, "Senate Democrats, by a single vote, stopped legislation that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, one of the most fractious and expensive battles of the Obama presidency. The vote represented a victory for the environmental movement, but the fight had taken on larger dimensions as a proxy war between Republicans, who argued that the project was vital for job creation, and President Obama, who had delayed a decision on building it. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, who is facing a runoff election Dec. 6, had pleaded with her colleagues throughout the day to support the
 pipeline, leading to a rare suspense-filled roll call in the Senate. But she was ultimately rebuffed and fell short by one. The bill was defeated with 59 votes in favor and 41 against, and Ms. Landrieu needing 60 votes to proceed." 
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FIRST LOOK - MURRAY: TAKE THE 'BIPARTISAN PATH' WITH BUDGET. Sen. Patty Murray is set to give a speech today about immigration and the chance the government is once again shutdown if Republicans cannot forge a budget deal. Huddle has the first look at her remarks. "This is the latest example of extreme Republicans creating uncertainty and threatening to hurt our economy if they don't get their way. And it's the exact opposite of the approach Congress needs to take going forward. We know what happens when Tea Party Republicans go down this road. We saw it just last year, when we had a sixteen-day government shutdown that brought the day-to-day workings of the government, and businesses
 around the country, to a screeching halt," she will say.

HAPPY WEDNESDAY, November 19, 2014. Welcome to the Huddle, your play-by-play guide to everything Capitol Hill. You can reach me at @laurennfrench on Twitter or 
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TODAY IN CONGRESS - Rep. John Lewis will receive the Freedom Award at 6 p.m. in Statuary Hall. POLITICO's Chief Economic Correspondent Ben White will interview Rep. Patrick McHenry on the intersection of Washington and Wall Street today at 8 a.m. at the Newsuem.

PELOSI REELECTED.Bresnahan and I report, "House Democrats on Tuesday reelected Rep. Nancy Pelosi to serve as minority leader for another two years. The 74-year-old California Democrat - in power for the last dozen years - will once again try to regain the House majority in 2016. Pelosi was unopposed in the election and earned broad support from the Democratic Caucus despite grumbling from some lawmakers that Democrats needed a new message to excite voters after a devastating Election Day loss." 
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THE NEW CHIEF INQUISITOR. Jake Sherman reports, "Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz will be the House's top White House watchdog for the last two years of Barack Obama's presidency. The House Steering Committee - the secretive panel that selects committee chairs - tapped the third-term Chaffetz to lead the oversight panel during secret deliberations Tuesday. The choice must be ratified by the whole House Republican Conference - a largely symbolic step. Chaffetz bested two congressmen from Speaker John Boehner's home state of Ohio: Reps. Mike Turner and Jim Jordan. Turner is more senior than Chaffetz, but members of the steering committee thought the Utah Republican was more prepared and engaged in
 the work of the oversight committee. Boehner has five votes on the steering committee, and has the ability to sway the outcome." 
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FLORES ELECTED RSC CHAIR. Your Huddle author writes, "House Republicans elected Texas Rep. Bill Flores to lead the conservative Republican Study Committee on Tuesday. The two-term congressman campaigned against South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney as the more steady choice for the committee designed to pull Republican leadership rightward. Flores got 84 votes, while Mulvaney pulled in 57 votes on the second ballot, according to a source in the room." 
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NSA BILL BLOCKED. From the New York Times, "Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a sweeping overhaul of the once-secret National Security Agency program that collects records of Americans' phone calls in bulk. Democrats and a handful of Republicans who supported the measure failed to secure the 60 votes they needed to take up the legislation. The vote was 58 to 42 for consideration. Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who drafted the bill, blamed what he said was fear-mongering by the bill's opponents for its defeat. "Fomenting fear stifles serious debate and constructive solutions," he said. "This nation deserves more than that."" 
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THE BILL THAT COULD BRING US ALL TOGETHER. Juliet Eilperin writes for the Washington Post,"While these measures share some obvious characteristics - they all enjoy strong bipartisan support and would affect vulnerable populations - they also hint at a broader trend. After an extended period of dysfunction on Capitol Hill, weary lawmakers and administration officials are eager to show a disaffected electorate that they can make modest changes to the way government functions." 
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ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN DISCUSSES SON' COMING ON. The Florida congresswoman discussed her son, Rodrigo Lehtinen, coming out as transgender. 
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HAPPENING TODAY. PROGRESSIVES ELECT THEIR LEADERS. The Congressional Progressive Caucus will vote to elect their leaders for the 114th Congress today. Current chair Raul Grijalva will seek another term while freshman Rep. Mark Pocan is running for 1st Vice Chair.

MONDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER - Wilfred U. Codrington III was the first to correctly name George Clinton as the VP who served two presidents.

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