Subject: POLITICO Huddle, presented by the American Academy of Dermatology: GOP FEELS BETRAYED BY DREAMER DEAL – Pelosi, Schumer face ire from left – RYAN FORMS DACA WORKING GROUP – Schumer on Trump: ‘He likes me’
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 06:05:50 -0600
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09/15/2017 08:04 AM EDT

By Heather Caygle ([email-masked] or @heatherscope)
 
GOP FEELS BETRAYED AFTER DREAMER DEAL - President Donald Trump's decision to deal with Democrats on an agreement to protect Dreamers has Republicans in a "state of confusion and outrage that far surpasses the frustration with his debt ceiling deal with the minority last week," Burgess, Rachael and Josh Dawsey report. GOP leaders spent Thursday publicly and privately playing clean up duty and reminding folks that they - not House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) - run Congress. 
 
The GOP playbook: "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell icily dismissed the Trump-Schumer-Pelosi talks, saying he looks 'forward to receiving the Trump administration's legislative proposal.' House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) stressed there 'was a discussion, not an agreement.'"
 
Real talk: "That Republicans are being forced to deny a deal that Democrats said they cut with Trump is remarkable in and of itself. The majority party, made up of dozens of Republicans that have stood by Trump this year despite being plagued with controversy, should in theory be working hand-in-glove with the president on moving legislative priorities," Burgess, Rachael and Josh note. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=084d90a059b2e76def332948ef3cd7f8dc4ed4889100dfb2cbb7ed78d03bff8b6d7631a0d5fea258f23b9bf509e790f2b386bd9a6661bf68 
 
DEMS FACE IRE FROM THE LEFT - Schumer and Pelosi are having to put out their own fires on the left with Hispanic lawmakers and immigration advocates who felt blindsided by Democratic leaders' announcement of a deal with Trump. "I remember when issues of immigration were first filtered through, checked in with us. And I don't see that," said Rep. Luis Guti&eacute;rrez (D-Ill.), one of the most outspoken members of the CHC. 
 
Several CHC members were particularly irked about how they found out about the deal: Many members were at the CHC Institute's annual gala Wednesday night - the first time in nearly 40 years the group hasn't invited the president - when the news broke. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), CHCI chairman, was delivering a speech about why the group decided to snub Trump as members' phones started buzzing with news alerts about the deal Democratic leaders made with the president. Elana and yours truly with more: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=084d90a059b2e76dda9ca9146cce765d526e30b1f1c230b21fb45d4d509a90d41cbbde6f82bbbddc5d973c448dfbdaa9d77978c2797876f6 
 
RYAN'S WORKING GROUP - Ryan is creating an informal working group of moderate Republicans and immigration hard-liners to find a Dreamer solution that a majority of the House GOP conference can support, Rachael reports. "Sources close to leadership say House Republicans plan to ask Trump to push for the wall as part of any DACA fix." Democrats have said they won't support any bill that includes wall funding and Trump has already agreed not to demand the border wall as part of a deal to protect Dreamers. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=084d90a059b2e76dca2b6cf49a497e1cbbfed73470f631a2b8b350e62c5da760a7cff4547a6af9ca09978f09ee714aab6a5ff84a3f49b89f 
 
MEANWHILE, the Department of Homeland Security is considering delaying the Oct. 5 deadline some DACA recipients face to renew their permits before the program is scheduled to end early next year. "Word of the possible delay came as a federal judge signaled that he might postpone the cut-off date unless the Trump administration acted first, attendees at a Thursday court hearing said," Josh Gerstein reports. 
 
Why this matters: Many Democrats have been pushing for action on DACA in the next two weeks - an idea Republicans said was unrealistic - citing the fast-approaching renewal deadline, which impacts about 150,000 Dreamers. More from Josh: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=084d90a059b2e76d23b928b2fb6c526ef050a8df6e5db3adb749ce5cc7d50194503447bb1b89a7452f40d2ac6827498df4a4709b1b057fa0 
 
BEHIND THE SCENES: TRUMP'S DANCE WITH DEMS - Trump's continued outreach to Democrats may have as much to do with personality as anything else. "A senior administration official said the only Republican in leadership with whom Trump has a personal connection is House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a back-slapping Californian whose penchant for schmoozing mirrors the president's," Rachael and Josh report. 
 
"'Schumer just talks to him. You get Mitch and Paul in here, and they're trying to explain this or that, and there is no personal connection,' a White House source said. ...One attendee of a recent meeting of NY/NJ lawmakers with Trump said the president grinned so much at Schumer that it was 'almost uncomfortable.'" Lots of good nuggets in here: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=084d90a059b2e76dc2d5eec63aa95fb428eef4eb147520c0908f925fe1e62f4cd6537e57a0e8112a2cea810464b524f53075030abd96774e 
 
MARGARITAS FOR ME (AND YOU)! Welcome to Friday, Sept. 15 and thanks for tuning in to POLITICO's Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill. 
 
FRIDAY FOOTBALL FORECAST: Alabama plays the Colorado State Rams tomorrow, kickoff 7 p.m. Prediction: Bama win. Tailgate item of the week: loaded potato skins. 
 
THURSDAY'S MOST CLICKED: The video Lin Manuel-Miranda singing showtunes while cruising along on the "secret Congress train" was the big winner. I mean, yeah, of course. 
 
HE LIKES ME, HE REALLY LIKES ME - Schumer was caught on a hot mic Thursday on the Senate floor candidly describing Democratic leaders' dinner with Trump: "He likes us," Schumer can be heard saying on the video. "He likes me, anyway." He also offered Trump a little advice: "Here's what I told him: I said, 'Mr. President, you're much better off if you can sometimes step right and sometimes step left. If you have to step just in one direction, you're boxed [in]," Schumer said. The most interesting part? The AP's Erica Werner reports Schumer was relaying all of this to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. What a world! 
 
HARRIS BACKS FEINSTEIN REELECTION - Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a progressive favorite, is offering "100 percent" support should Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) decide to run for reelection. "I am a strong supporter of Dianne, and if she decides to run again, I will be front and center in supporting her - and for lots of good reasons,'' Harris told Carla Marinucci Thursday. Harris' support is important -- Feinstein is still a powerhouse in California but her centrist politics have come under fire by progressives back home who are threatening a primary challenge on the left. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=084d90a059b2e76d08bc78031ab1fa096ba9cbde07a8d5f7be90909b49518562d6dac14d9e5995f5cd6fe9434572ea1ceda773f1f568fcb0 
 
COMING ATTRACTIONS - The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing in the next two weeks on two bills aimed at protecting special counsel Robert Mueller, CNN's Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb report. "At the same time, the Senate panel is weighing whether to compel the appearance of Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, along with two senior FBI officials, all of whom have yet to agree to be interviewed despite the demands of committee leaders." 
 
** A message from the American Academy of Dermatology: American Academy of Dermatology Association members are on Capitol Hill this week discussing findings from the Academy's Burden of Skin Disease report, which examined the prevalence, economic burdens and mortality for skin disease in the United States. For more information, visit www.aad.org/BSD. **
 
Separately, Roger Stone will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Sept. 26. "Stone said in a statement that he would testify in a closed session, though he had requested a public hearing," Manu and Jeremy report.
 
DEMOCRATS HAVE NO WORD FOR IMPOSSIBLE - Democrats think they may have found the (near impossible) path to taking back the Senate in 2018: win Tennessee. The red-state seat is particularly attractive to Democrats after news that Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is considering retirement and facing a primary challenge. "In conversations with other senators - in which he refuses to rule out winning back the Senate - Schumer often brings up Corker's seat, which Senate operatives regard as the white whale of 2018," Kevin Robillard and Gabriel Debenedetti report. 
 
But the math, well it's tough: Remember, Democrats are defending 25 Senate seats next year, including 10 in states that Trump won. In order to take back the Senate, Democrats would need to hold onto those seats and pick up three more. Republicans are only defending eight seats and they're mostly in red states. "They would have to successfully pick off Sens. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), the only two battleground-state Republicans up for reelection... Then, Democrats would have to pull off a major upset in a state like Alabama, Texas or Tennessee." More on the 2018 map: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=084d90a059b2e76d7ffce5a950a7c6796424620f14b2bb7a1e7ac901fec9f96ee90803df82d6163101bf3a77af5a37b308f41911c0b7bc9c 
 
Speaking of Corker, he's meeting with Trump today at the White House at 1 p.m. 
 
TRUMP SIGNS CHARLOTTESVILLE RESOLUTION - Trump signed a joint resolution on Thursday condemning white supremacists and the violence in Charlottesville last month. The congressional resolution quickly moved through the House and Senate earlier this week. The president's signature comes despite his equivocating on the matter - echoing the "both sides" language that triggered backlash last month - earlier Thursday. Cristiano Lima: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=084d90a059b2e76de98a6b5038271218136c71047d2eb5155eb73c501cb700f47fed1befe5a28f4397435895780132a29385c7273b34ee45 
 
TODAY IN CONGRESS - The House is out until September 25. The Senate will be back in session at 3 p.m. Monday. 
 
AROUND THE HILL - It's all quiet at the Capitol today. Weather: mostly sunny with a high around 80 degrees. Enjoy it guys, winter isn't too far away! 
 
THURSDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER - Paul Curran was first to guess that a debate between George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis during the 1988 presidential election helped make the pledge of allegiance a daily routine in the House. 
 
TODAY'S TRIVIA - Paul with today's question: Who was the first person to depose a sitting president under oath inside the White House as part of a special counsel investigation? Who was the president deposed under oath? Send your best guess my way: [email-masked]. The first person to correctly answer gets a mention in the next edition of Huddle. 
 
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