Subject: POLITICO Huddle: FREEDOM CAUCUS MAKING IMPEACHMENT PUSH – Murphy launches new gun control group – RNC SPEAKERS RELEASED – Hillary’s here today – McCONNELL’S JUDGE BLOCKADE
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 05:52:56 -0600

07/14/2016 07:50 AM EDT

By Heather Caygle ([email-masked] or @heatherscope)
 
With assistance from Rachael Bade and Jennifer Haberkorn

HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS RATTLES CAGE ON IRS-Members of the House Freedom Caucus are expected to head to the floor this morning, following up on a plan they set in motion Wednesday to force a vote to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. As soon as the House gavels in, Rep. John Fleming is expected to make a motion and set the clock for the countdown to the vote, with several Freedom Caucus members likely to join him to second and third the privileged motion. The move goes against GOP leaders, who worry it will lower the bar for such extreme actions in the future, report Rachael and Bres. 

See ya later: This is the last day the House will be in session until September so a vote on the motion likely won't happen until the fall. House GOP leaders nixed a planned Republican conference meeting this morning but Speaker Paul Ryan will still hold his weekly press briefing later this morning.

What's the big deal: "The move is the Freedom Caucus' most outward act of defiance against Ryan since he took the gavel last fall - and a repeat of the tactics conservatives used against ex-Speaker John Boehner of Ohio before he resigned." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f14e540a596bc94efa38c4a5a6fab59e3666dcf24993d8b6e 

MURPHY LAUNCHES NEW GUN CONTROL GROUP- Seung Min brings you the exclusive details, hot out of the scoops oven this morning: "Sen. Chris Murphy, backed by other Democratic lawmakers who led headline-grabbing filibusters and sit-ins demanding action on guns, is launching a new fundraising initiative aimed at raising cash for congressional candidates who pledge to make gun control a marquee priority. The new effort, called the 'Fund to End Gun Violence,' will be directed through the Connecticut Democrat's campaign operation."

Sens. Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker and Reps. Katherine Clark and Robin Kelly are also jumping on board, reports SMK. "We can sit in, filibuster, call for the vote," Kelly said. "But unless we have the right people in place for the vote when the vote is called for these measures, we're not gonna get anywhere fast." The story: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132fb0d59e52e4c885a24b4ccb4dbf9906a50e7fa0b550428cd5 

RNC SPEAKERS RELEASED THIS A.M.-The RNC has released its list of speakers at the Republican Convention next week and in addition to Speaker Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, several lawmakers will be stepping up to the podium. The lineup includes Reps. Mike McCaul, Marsha Blackburn, Chris Collins, Ryan Zinke, Sean Duffy, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Sens. Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Shelley Moore Capito and Joni Ernst. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132fb9e5cad5194a268c4ba3e49b31cf2bb3800f9b73934a69dc 

YOU DOWN WITH TPP? NO. If there's one thing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree on, it's how to sink trade deals. Burgess Everett and Doug Palmer with the story: "In a striking divergence from typical Capitol Hill fingerpointing, Democrats and Republicans alike are declining to blame each other for the dimming prospects of passing the sweeping free trade deal with 11 Pacific Rim countries. Instead, there's bipartisan agreement that it's all the fault of Trump and Clinton, both of whom strongly oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f4dbab0f74bdb8fa8468cccd0b63b7220f34f69a5c5aac7c2

HILLARY'S HERE TODAY: Hillary Clinton is back on the Hill today to lunch with Senate Democrats, their last caucus meeting before summer recess. And this time she comes equipped with Sen. Bernie Sanders' endorsement, something she didn't have when huddling with House Democrats a few weeks ago. 

WE'RE SO CLOSE TO RECESS, it's Thursday, July 14. You're reading POLITICO's Huddle, your play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill. If you click one thing today, make it this video of a corgi going down a waterslide in slo mo: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f50ce89cf90c7bb086d75e8ddcd2e40941f8a89a1aa72eb15 You're welcome. 

TODAY IN CONGRESS - The House meets at 9 a.m. with the last votes until September expected around 12:30 p.m. The House gavels in at 9:30 a.m. with multiple roll call votes starting at 11:30 a.m. on NDAA and defense appropriations and another vote on Zika funding, which is expected to fail, at 1:45 p.m.

AROUND THE HILL-- Senate Democrats host a Latino issues summit starting at 9 a.m. in 216 Hart. HUD Secretary Julian Castro and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez will also attend. 

Majority Whip Steve Scalise holds a 9:30 a.m. press conference in HVC Studio A, updating the status of a House select committee launched after the Planned Parenthood controversy last year. House Speaker Paul Ryan holds his weekly press briefing at 11:30 a.m. in HVC Studio A. 

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer and several other Democrats roll out the caucus' new security agenda at 12 p.m. in H-207 (the Rayburn Room). Reps. Patrick Murphy and Curt Clawson hold a 1 p.m. press conference in the House triangle on "Lagoon Gulf Action Day." 

 Rep. Seth Moulton holds a press conference on gun violence at 3:30 p.m. in the House triangle. Starting at 7:30 p.m. Democrats led by Reps. John Lewis and James Clyburn will hold a speak out on gun violence on the West lawn of the Capitol. 

OFF THE HILL-- Rep. Darrell Issa will celebrate the launch of his new book, Watchdog, at the CTA Innovation House starting at 5 p.m. 

HOUSE DEMS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY-House Democrats today are rolling out a new messaging agenda they plan to carry into the election and it all centers around security. The multi-pronged plan comes after a wave of gun violence in recent months and aims to sharpen the contrast between Democrats and Republicans, whose efforts to bring a gun control bill to the floor have stalled. 

"Military security, first and foremost, but also people are concerned about the security of their jobs, paychecks and security of their own voice in this democracy," Rep. Steve Israel told Huddle in an interview. "We're tying those three things together in one disciplined message." The roll-out doesn't come until noon but we've got the details for you now: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132ff09b56866cd8f0e103332603d3d97a166b6e1cae41558bb6 

McCONNELL'S JUDGE BLOCKADE-Sen. Mitch McConnell is making history as majority leader, but not for something he wants to brag about. Seung Min with the story: "Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland may be the most prominent casualty of the GOP-controlled Senate's election-year resistance on the federal judiciary - but the pace of overall judicial confirmations under Mitch McConnell is on track to become the slowest in more than 60 years. Under the McConnell-led Senate, just 20 district and circuit court judges have been confirmed at a time when the vacancies are hampering the federal bench nationwide, according to the Congressional Research Service." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f031d5f5986e4937444e7a765f1817560fc4a5f0886764144 

PORTMAN TAKES LEAD IN NEW POLL-The Cincinnati Enquirer: "Sen. Rob Portman has taken the lead in Ohio's hotly contested U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll released Thursday. The poll conducted by Quinnipiac University shows Portman 7 percentage points ahead of his Democratic challenger, former Gov. Ted Strickland. It's a significant shift in Portman's favor, coming after previous polls showing Portman behind or locked in a virtual tie with Strickland." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f4bf090ffb21150e205bc42d1e74dc6d292d5d84dc825a117 

OPIOID BILL GOING TO THE PRESIDENT-Bipartisanship, it happens sometimes. House Speaker Paul Ryan will sign bipartisan legislation to fight opioid addiction today at 10:30 a.m., sending the bill to the president's desk. You can tune in here: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132fa21cda1848743012eb9051fd5e122ccce0f72b93051b40a9 

MUST WATCH-- Sen. Tim Scott delivered a moving speech on the Senate floor Wednesday detailing his experiences with police as a black American, including being stopped seven times in one year, even as an elected official. Watch: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f4bf18db42ddbfc3c489ebe482a590fa1dffd76cf00611b4e 

AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A (RB)G THING-- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may be catching flak from the left and right for her comments about Donald Trump but House Democratic leaders are firmly in camp RBG and think the controversy is much ado about nothing. "I think what the sitting justice said was obvious to every American," Rep. Joe Crowley, vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, told reporters Thursday. Dem Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra also weighed in: "Just because you become a Supreme Court justice, you don't lose your First Amendment rights." 

FROM POLITICO PULSE: SELECT PANEL RELEASES MIDYEAR UPDATE-- The House select committee launched in the wake of the Center for Medical Progress videos plans to release an interim update today, the one year anniversary of the first video targeting Planned Parenthood. The nearly 100-page report outlines what the committee says are profit motives by abortion providers and the impact that could have on services. 

BOEHNER SUCCESSOR TAPS HERITAGE LOBBYIST- Rep. Warren Davidson, the man who took former Speaker John Boehner's Ohio seat, has nabbed a Heritage Action lobbyist as his chief of staff. The Washington Examiner: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132fe0552423ecdff02cc3163a7d007e24ac74c2d444ded39965 

AND THE WINNER IS... Team Donnelly has secured bragging rights for the next year after beating Team Heitkamp-Tester in a rematch Wednesday night. The final score was 9-4. Either way, it looked like a great night for softball (courtesy of Sen. Heitkamp's office): http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132fcf79f2fcc8495441ad2df3ef5af59d6563562f879caeb4bc 

SENATE COMES TOGETHER-The Senate confirmed Dr. Carla Hayden as the next librarian of Congress on Wednesday, the first black American and first woman to hold that position. Fine Books and Collections Magazine with the deets: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f6c488af3034c1880518b75ff4bf9ffcf382bccec30738e26 

WELL THAT WAS FAST-- The ink is barely dry on Rep. Corrine Brown's indictment for federal corruption but Rep. Mark Takano has already updated the House Veterans' Affairs website to let folks know he's the temporary ranking member: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f60f6b96f4bf443d8806efefb8627e84ba36dffff335e2c50 And Rep. Tim Walz sent out a Dear Colleague letter Wednesday asking for support to serve as the committee's top Democrat in 2017. Read it: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132fe97300a37c04d4b198f84f300cd90f37de997163ba08b6cf 

AL FRANKEN WANTS TO TAKE YOUR FUN AWAY-- Just kidding. But the Minnesota Democrat does have some serious privacy concerns about the new Pokemon Go game all the kids are playing these days. Roll Call: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=c611ee5640f7132f82778a4efe583bb6641e1916a256eacb40897182f679d4f9 

WEDNESDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER - Eli Schechner was the first to guess that Sen. John Barrasso is the rodeo doctor turned lawmaker from Wyoming, the state with two escalators. 

TODAY'S TRIVIA - Eli with today's question: In 2001, a world leader attempted to ban in his country a TV show and cultural phenomenon that has recently regained popularity. Who was the leader, what was the show, and what was the reason?

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