Subject: POLITICO Huddle: INSIDE THE RYAN-TRUMP DÉTENTE – Top Trump endorser complains -- INSIDE THE TRUMP-SENATE GOP DÉTENTE – Graham’s phone call with Trump -- THE GOP’S BIG OBAMACARE WIN – Tester unsure whether to support Garland
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Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 06:33:15 -0600

05/13/2016 08:29 AM EDT

With an assist from Jennifer Haberkorn

INSIDE THE RYAN-TRUMP DETENTE - Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan with the back story on the consequential meeting for POLITICO: "As Donald Trump and Paul Ryan approached their big meeting with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, a key detail had been worked out ahead of time: Who, besides the principals, would be in the room? It was agreed that each man would be allowed a single aide. Trump tapped Paul Manafort, his D.C. fixer, and Ryan chose Kevin Seifert, his political director."

--"But when the big session was set to begin - after Trump and Ryan had met privately with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus - the New York billionaire suddenly allowed a flock of his campaign advisers inside. So Ryan invited in several of his own top hands. The rapprochement between the GOP's presumed standard-bearer and its top elected official - assuming that's what this is - is clearly a work in progress."

--"The two are on separate planets, ideologically and temperamentally, and one much-hyped morning summit was never going to produce some magical mind-meld. But now - after a get-together that was described by sources as pleasant, productive, even interesting - Trump and Ryan are waltzing toward 'unity,' or something approaching it." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=40476afe8eae3633eb8d37261ad71c222e4d4703662c67ecd57cd0358bddc03c

--Trump endorser complains: Rachael Bade reports for POLITICO: "One of Donald Trump's top allies in Congress slammed the presumptive GOP nominee after he failed to meet with rank-and-file lawmakers backing his campaign during his ballyhooed trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) told POLITICO that Trump refused multiple requests to meet with members of Congress working to round up support for him in Washington." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=40476afe8eae36334666b31607dc9ddf85f1019e212e71bbc282408020992bb2

--Special delivery: "Trump critics deliver taco salads to GOP lawmakers," by WaPo's Ed O'Keefe: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=40476afe8eae3633141a3bcae0d37ef6ee7eead496027d2a22179a2089c8086b

@mollyesque: This is how elections are won, kids. RT @dnewhauser: Just heard activists saying they're gonna deliver taco bowls to senate republicans in tough races later today

AND INSIDE THE TRUMP-SENATE GOP DETENTE - POLITICO's Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim: "The Republican senators that met with Donald Trump on Thursday were united by a shared concern: Trump's tone and rhetoric. Several lawmakers gently told him that what he says and how he says it matters, both for Trump's general election campaign and their own chances of keeping the Senate. Trump was in 'listening mode,' attendees at the meeting told POLITICO, but gave them the answer that they wanted to hear. 'I get that,' Trump told the nearly dozen senators in attendance." 

--"[L]awmakers mixed policy with politics as Trump sat back and listened - one attendee said that Trump spoke less than half the time during the meeting with senators ... All the Senate Republicans who attended the meeting also took turns taking a photo with Trump, with the presumptive nominee giving a thumbs-up in all the pictures, another source familiar with the meeting said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf16c0c47c654b781a8b1e8658711e7339545135a320ee304a6a

--Daily YOLO Reid: POLITICO's Nolan McCaskill: "Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid ridiculed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor Thursday for embracing Donald Trump as the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee, saying the Kentucky senator must also think women are 'dogs and pigs.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf16495df6fc856c8cb66eb92ba492f1415dcfc6af04a19c7e71

--Lindsey Graham talks with Trump, praises him: Or as we like to say, hell freezes over. Emma Dumain for the Post and Courier: "The South Carolina Republican told reporters Thursday that he and the presumptive GOP presidential nominee had a 15- to 20-minute phone conversation on Wednesday, which focused largely on national security concerns. Graham described it as a 'very good talk,' but said multiple times he still had no plans to vote for Trump in the November election." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf1637024cb66913ab4a5f0a8521ef3b38d64d0b8eec79835544

TESTER UNSURE WHETHER TO BACK GARLAND - The Missoula Independent: "After a 'short meeting' this morning with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, Sen. Jon Tester remains undecided on whether he'll ultimately support Obama's choice to replace Antonin Scalia. According to Tester, the two discussed several topics including Second Amendment rights, civil liberties and the 'growing influence of money in politics.' While Tester sounds fairly optimistic about what he's heard so far, he insists he's 'not done vetting Judge Garland.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf16f01ca256dab9a2d026cab80b2010772e6bf29284535b891e

--Garland speaks! The Supreme Court nominee will deliver the commencement address at his alma mater, Niles West High School in Skokie, Ill., on May 29, per the Chicago Sun-Times: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf161935f5d8c0e92c1554ab1f10eb0097d956965116da9be797

THE GOP'S BIG OBAMACARE WIN - POLITICO's Jennifer Haberkorn reports: "A federal judge on Thursday ruled the Obama administration has been improperly funding an Obamacare subsidy program, a huge win for the House of Representatives in a lawsuit against the White House. Congress authorized the program but never actually provided the money for it, wrote U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer. The program will be allowed to continue, pending appeal. 'Congress is the only source for such an appropriation, and no public money can be spent without one,' wrote Collyer, a George W. Bush appointee." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf16b0e8a4e226745d439de20f99b7431b0e0a33d2da94391eb0

--New York Times' Carl Hulse notes that the ruling is a vindication of sorts for former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio): http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf16b0c2b930797420d72a262abce19ef0353913a2a6225aae3b

HAPPY FRIDAY, May 13, 2016 and you're reading the Huddle, where we're breathing a big sigh of relief after this long week. Burgess Everett will guide you through the wacky world of Congress via Huddle next week, so hit him up at [email-masked] and on Twitter at @burgessev.

My new followers include @SenatorLankford and @reemadodin.

TODAY IN CONGRESS - The House is in at 9 a.m. with first votes between 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and last votes from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. to finish up work on opioid legislation. It's Friday, so the Senate is out.

AROUND THE HILL - Reps. David Jolly (R-Fla.), Richard Nugent (R-Fla.), Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Pete Olson (R-Texas) on Police Week at 9 a.m. at House Triangle. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democrats will hold a news conference on the House's fetal tissue probe at 9:15 a.m. in HVC Studio A. Rep. Brad Ashford (D-Neb.) will lead a news conference on the Kerrie Orozco Act at noon at House Triangle. House Republicans will hold a news conference following the passage of opioid legislation at the second round of votes at H-207. Approximate time is 12:30 p.m.

CRUZ CROSSES CAPITOL TO THANK HOUSE TEXAS GOP - Sen. Ted Cruz went to the Texas Republican delegation's weekly lunch on Thursday to thank members for their support during his failed presidential run. Several of the Lone Star State's GOP lawmakers had endorsed the senator. He was greeted with some "Texas Republican delegation love," according to Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas). What exactly does that mean? Barton would only reveal that includes "All the Blue Bell ice cream and Collin Street Bakery pecan pie you can eat."

SENATE TO VOTE ON ZIKA NEXT WEEK - The AP's Andrew Taylor: "Top Senate negotiators announced agreement Thursday on a $1.1 billion emergency funding measure to battle the Zika virus. That's less than President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request, which has upset some senior Democrats. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told reporters that she still prefers Obama's proposal but has reached agreement with Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., on the smaller measure, which is likely to be added next week to a bill funding veterans and transportation programs. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., immediately set up a floor vote on the measure for next week." 

--"Aides to both Democrats and Republicans said the Blunt-Murray proposal is likely to pass easily in the Senate, though Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are demanding a vote on the full $1.9 billion administration request. No. 2 Sen. Republican John Cornyn of Texas is likely to offer an alternative that is financed with spending cuts elsewhere in the budget. Both of those plans are likely to fall to filibusters, however, leaving the Blunt-Murray compromise as the only option." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf16730f43b1b022d3dfd10d152a6cd7012a347cc9162eedd6a1

LAWMAKERS RENEWING AUMF PUSH - HuffPo's Jen Bendery: "A frustrated group of House lawmakers is taking another crack at forcing Congress to debate a war it has already spent billions of dollars on - without ever actually voting to authorize it. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she and a handful of other members will try to add language to a must-pass defense authorization bill that would require Congress to pass a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force for the self-described Islamic State." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf1605cfdc4daba8194a9634f6b8b8cb5e0cc5f019d4ce12d4bf

JOHN BOEHNER, UNPLUGGED (AGAIN) - The Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Ballhaus from Las Vegas: "The former speaker offered some unsolicited criticism of [Ted] Cruz, [Donald] Trump's roughest rival in the primary fight, who has frequently tangled with Republican Party leaders. 'Thank God that guy from Texas didn't win,' he said, calling the 2013 government shutdown led by Mr. Cruz the 'dumbest thing I ever saw.'"

--"Referencing his comments last month calling Mr. Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh,' Mr. Boehner joked, 'I got criticized by some Satanic organization for giving Lucifer a bad name.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=48c24a11d6dfcf161a3b02d11c11209c3b130ed48f2d461ddc87e198b30aa301

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