Subject: POLITICO Huddle: GOP PRESSES ON WITH IMMIGRATION VOTE -- Lawmakers eye vote on narrower immigration bill -- SILENCE ON RUSSIAN MEDDLING FRUSTRATES CONGRESS -- Arrington expected to fully recover from crash
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06/25/2018 07:57 AM EDT

By Nolan D. McCaskill ([email-masked] or @NolanDMcCaskill)
 
MORE MIXED MESSAGING -- House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) says President Donald Trump is "100 percent" behind the GOP effort to pass a so-called "compromise" immigration bill this week that Republican leaders negotiated with moderates and conservatives. McCaul spoke to the president over the weekend. His claim, made Sunday on Fox News, that the House and White House are in accord comes after Trump urged GOP lawmakers to "stop wasting their time on Immigration" Friday morning until more Republicans are elected. The president seemingly reiterated that position late Sunday, tweeting that "House Republicans could easily pass a Bill on Strong Border Security" but
 noting that Senate passage would require Democratic support. "Need more Republicans to WIN in November!" he wrote. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3ae18f6987627d0fdec75aaf3f6084a1eedca4cfc2c0036c843ded3da4b4505c1a4cb9e6a1e163c9bb 
 
The GOP dilemma: "If [House Speaker Paul] Ryan listens to Trump and cancels the vote, moderates will be furious," Rachael reported Friday. "But if Ryan holds the vote, the result could be catastrophic. GOP members who thought they could support the bill have already started telling leadership that they will no longer vote for it. ... That means the bill likely would fail in spectacular fashion on the House floor, which would be a huge embarrassment to leadership and an affront to the rank and file who have spent hundreds of hours in negotiations. The vote could also endanger the lame-duck speaker." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a9cccae86c5dd99a50d40723efc98ec7598cdd06488cf09c429bae2ad09ae250f3bb18b4db82212bc 
 
Related: "Trump's immigration agenda forces California GOP candidates to navigate a tricky course," by the Los Angeles Times' Christine Mai-Duc: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a08fe82254b907c17ecf8a5bdab7ba7136c5525c38059989e79aa54f80bd67e4e66608a36d4735d59 
 
THE GOP'S NEXT IMMIGRATION BILL -- House Republicans are already eyeing Plan B -- a vote on a narrower immigration bill to address family separation at the border. The legislation "would allow immigrant children to stay in detention facilities with their parents for more than 20 days," ABC News' Tara Palmeri reports. "The bill would eliminate the so-called Flores settlement that requires that children be released from detention after 20 days, fixing a flaw in President Trump's executive order that mandates that children and parents not be separated during detention." Republican leaders are expected to take up the new bill after voting on a "compromise" immigration bill this week. More: 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a053bfed1cf826be412df222c3934437ad24d2d16cdb0eeaa2f25447321e51dc814a94440ca352f2a 
 
LAWMAKERS IN THE DARK ABOUT RUSSIAN MIDTERM MEDDLING -- Senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers are out of the loop on whether the U.S. is prepared to combat Russian meddling in the midterms. "Lawmakers from both parties expressed concern that DHS and the intelligence community haven't learned from their missteps in 2016, when they failed to share information about evidence of Russian operations with other federal officials, the private sector or state election agencies," Martin Matishak reports. "The lawmakers are also questioning whether the agencies are equipped or being active enough in trying to prevent a repeat this year."
 
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) says DHS is "doing a lot" on election security. However, he continued, "from a standpoint of Russian meddling, the jury is out whether we're detecting Russian activities and, if so, to what degree and what they're targeted towards." House Intelligence Committee Democrats have petitioned for a detailed, classified briefing on Moscow's meddling threats, but Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) says their request has "gotten some pushback" from the intelligence community. "Agency chiefs across the U.S. national security apparatus have publicly testified that they fully expect Russia to make another attempt on the country's election systems,"
 Matishak adds. "But specific details have been scarce." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3ab8020fa3ee0d6b21edc76038070f674c313153e31ff69d6021dc196e5d1ebf027044b9b88d45df1f 
 
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TRUMP MOCKS ROSEN, WARREN AT NEVADA RALLY -- President Donald Trump took aim at Democratic Senate candidate "Wacky Jacky" Rosen over the weekend. "You don't want her as your senator," Trump told supporters in Las Vegas. "Now, that name didn't come from me. That's a name that people have known because people that know her, that's what they call her, Wacky Jacky." Rosen, who is challenging vulnerable incumbent Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), said the president attacked her "with lies and petty insults because I'm not afraid to stand up to him." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a7320cee5b296ebecaade873c7fef1affe8f3b86a86234f9c5484f4ec32c1500e91817fd2dfcf52b9 
 
The president also targeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), calling her "Pocahontas" over her claim of Native American heritage. Warren spoke in Reno on Saturday morning. "Look, he thinks he's going to shut me up? That's not going to happen, baby!" Warren shot back. "The fast-burning, eight-hour exchange between political rivals came about as an accident of Nevada political scheduling, but it played out far more suggestively," The New York Times' Alexander Burns reports, "as the most direct confrontation yet between Mr. Trump and one of his leading potential opponents in the 2020 election." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a2f3fc308069aff032de0671566f33d2faa987d61426c05c50938bd1993d95f55d0ae05f2646e27d1 
 
Related read: "Trump-Warren split-screen offers sneak peek at 2020 campaign," from David Siders: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a9889b55d7adc7a8d68ebaca2bba659f944623630955cde7dbb2ea3a13a66717b9b98756034bfdd56 
 
IN HIS OWN WORDS -- Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney says he will support the president's policies if he believes they're in the best interest of the state and the country. But he will also voice his disagreements. "I have and will continue to speak out when the president says or does something which is divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions," Romney writes in a Salt Lake Tribune op-ed. He says his criticism isn't "a daily commentary" but something he expresses "only when I believe it is a matter of substantial significance." Romney's take on how he would serve as a senator: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a632254384515c6dd28795d951fc2254275adde6af0d2d81b545e612ae4a826f0549aae2d43dff2cf 
 
GUTIERREZ TO MOVE TO PUERTO RICO IN 2019 -- Retiring Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) plans to move to Puerto Rico next year. "I love Chicago. Chicago and I, we have a bond there," he told the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet. "But I have to go back home. I have to go back to my other home. I have to go back there and rebuild that island." Gutierrez says he will not run for president but does intend to help Democrats win in 2018 and defeat Trump in 2020. He plans to rally Hispanic voters, particularly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida. His first priority, however, is helping his daughter win election as the 30th Ward alderman. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a21c2df11a3eb3496346ed0694502501dcbf7592f1b02d6daded2a28e0467b16dc33846e4a2e273be 
 
TRUMP ENDORSES ROBY -- Alabama primary runoffs aren't until July 17, but the president endorsed Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) on Friday anyway, "giving her a major boost in a primary battle in which she's come under attack over her past lack of allegiance to the president," Alex Isenstadt reports. "The endorsement was a surprising one for the president, who over the course of the midterm year has been promoting candidates who have demonstrated loyalty to him." Roby withdrew her support from the president after the release of the "Access Hollywood" tape. But House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) lobbied for the endorsement. Roby is facing former Rep.
 Bobby Bright, a former Democrat turned Republican, in the runoff. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3aea3e6cea0ddd7bfeabbf021df36c3d3726ce005b3c687422c8323055f93f1f00e671ac4066762676 
 
The president also endorsed Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), putting him at odds with his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Much more on that from Alex: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3ad3c95a9bd4609cd297728a20498ad03b44e4be2593ab084e5ff5cdad83dcd95beb360bce8feebe36 
 
ARRINGTON EXPECTED TO MAKE FULL RECOVERY -- South Carolina congressional candidate Katie Arrington sustained a fracture in her back and broken ribs after a fatal car accident Friday but is expected to make a full recovery. The state representative underwent two major surgeries on Sunday. Her campaign said she "will have no neurological deficits or limitations moving forward" and could be walking within a few days, though she will remain hospitalized for the next two weeks. Her family asks for continued prayers for all involved in the crash. Arrington is expected to win her race after beating incumbent Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) in a primary earlier this month. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and
 hospital staff will provide an update on Arrington's status around 11 a.m. this morning. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3ac43f1d1ef4003767308ccdc205c335f6f3a9d2f34e9d746c0f179189a3ffe0a096f6e76a80522b74 
 
TODAY IN CONGRESS -- The House gavels in at 12 p.m. with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. Today's agenda: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1e97255527196a3a71983c2104e1312b81d24e22090356f514c3ac0b98ae8074a9e3f8cc7654ccbb1cbe098ba54c1f0d The Senate meets at 3 p.m. to resume consideration of the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. At 5:30 p.m., the chamber will vote on the bill and hold a procedural vote on the motion to proceed to Agriculture and Nutrition Act.
 
AROUND THE HILL -- Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and others will hold a conference call briefing to discuss the crisis at the border, the parallels of internment and the current GOP administrative and legislative response beginning at 11 a.m. The call-in number is 877-876-9177, and the password is "FAMILY."
 
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