| | | | |  | | By Katherine Tully-McManus | Presented by the Alzheimer's Association | With help from Marianne LeVine and Nicholas Wu RAND TAKES A STAND (what else is new?)— Republicans on Capitol Hill are quick to say that President Joe Biden has acted too slowly in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but right now the holdup is a familiar colleague: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Paul is single-handedly delaying a revocation of normal trade relations with Russia, undermining his party's otherwise unified message that Biden has been ineffective and slow in responding to Russia. Congress only has a narrow set of options to impact the situation in Ukraine and the trade rebuke is part of a larger effort to destabilize the Russian economy. Passage of the trade bill could be pushed until late April at this point, write Burgess and Andrew. Republicans say that the delay is more a result of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) floor scheduling. Schumer wanted to move the Russia trade bill through an expedited process, which can be derailed by just a single objection. Last week, Schumer offered to have the Senate vote on a Paul-authored amendment in exchange for moving it quickly, but Paul rejected that offer. On Monday, Paul said Senate leaders "haven't been too interested in a compromise." HAIL TO THE DEAN — After 49 years of service in the House, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) will be honored today with a lying in state ceremony in Statuary Hall. First there will be an arrival ceremony on the East Front House steps at 10:30 a.m. and a Congressional tribute in Statuary Hall at 11 a.m. The viewing will be open from noon to 2 p.m. for members of congress, staff and escorted groups of up to 15 guests to pay their respects. President Joe Biden will head to the Capitol this afternoon to pay his respects to Young. Young's staff are organizing a special tribute for their late boss, rallying current and former aides from both parties to line both sides of Constitution Avenue near Upper Senate Park at 10:15 a.m. to welcome the motorcade carrying Young and his family to the Capitol for the laying in state. "This invitation is happily extended to congressional staff from both parties. We encourage you to distribute far and wide," said the email that went out to staff on Monday. "Let's send off the King of the North in style!" | 
Members of the public look up at the top of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on the first day that public tours returned since the Capitol closed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images | | | | | DON'T MISS CONGRESS MINUTES: Need to follow the action on Capitol Hill blow-by-blow? Check out Minutes, POLITICO's new platform that delivers the latest exclusives, twists and much more in real time. Get it on your desktop or download the POLITICO mobile app for iOS or Android. CHECK OUT CONGRESS MINUTES HERE. | | | | | GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this March, 29 2022, where it is actually colder than Alaska today. IMPEACHMENT? — House Democrats are outraged that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife pressed top White House officials to overturn the 2020 election. Yet most are not ready to talk about taking the ultimate step they can take: impeachment. Multiple Democrats said Ginni Thomas' conspiracy-laden text barrage to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows — and potentially others in the West Wing — warrant serious alarm about Thomas' involvement in cases related to the 2020 election. Sarah, Nicholas, and Kyle asked House Democrats what should be done. Several insisted Thomas should resign or recuse himself from anything to do with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and other litigation that may reach the high court in the coming months. One progressive, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), cracked open the door to impeaching Thomas: "I think what we know, if investigated further, could absolutely be grounds for potential impeachment," she said. RELATED: 6 questions about Clarence Thomas and Supreme Court conflict of interest , from Josh Gerstein MONDAY NIGHT CONTEMPT — Catch up on the late-night action from the Jan. 6 committee: 'Do your job': Jan. 6 committee presses DOJ as push for Meadows contempt charge languishes PROXY4EVER? The House will continue to allow proxy voting through at least May 14, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced last night, even as the Capitol has begun lifting other pandemic protocols and public tours return to the building. The House's mask mandate was lifted in late February by the Capitol's attending physician PREDICTABLE PUNT — As predicted, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding over Judge Katanji Brown Jackson's nomination until next week. That sets up a timeline that could look like this:
- April 4: Judiciary votes and reports out Jackson's nomination, if tied, Schumer moves a discharge petition
- April 5: Schumer files cloture
- April 6: Intervening day
- April 7: Cloture vote and 30 hours of post-cloture debate
- April 8: Final confirmation vote on Jackson
Keep an eye out for mechanisms to speed things up, which require bipartisan agreement. Sure, most Republicans won't be voting for Jackson, but they may want to head home for recess or catch a CODEL and not drag out the process.
IT'S SEN. COLLINS CALLING — Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), widely seen as the most likely Republican to back Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court, will speak with judge this week. Collins told reporters Monday that she wants "to clarify some of the issues that were raised at the hearing." She added: "At this point, over the weekend, I had the opportunity to go through all of the excerpts from the hearing, which was very helpful, and I have a few questions." Collins backed Jackson last year for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and met with the nominee before her hearing for more than 90 minutes.
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All Greek to me…The food folks in Rayburn are putting in the work. In addition to the daily sushi and Wednesday Mission BBQ, there's a new offering: Greek on the Street . The pop-up will be available Tuesdays when the House is in session. "Local, family-owned restaurant, Greek on the Street, will open in the Rayburn Cafeteria, starting [today]. Stop by each Tuesday when the House is in session for gyro, pita wraps, Greek salad, and baklava!"
It's a House feeding frenzy … The District Doughnuts pop-up in Longworth will be back this Thursday and ready with more treats. "We've more than quadrupled our order to make sure we have plenty of artisan doughnuts for you," writes the House Chief Administrative Officer. There's also a bulk discount, so find something for your whole office to celebrate. Today show treatment… There's no Capitol tours today, so as to not interrupt the lying in state of Don Young, but they'll be back tomorrow. One staff tour guide had Garrett Haake and a TV crew tag along (that's pressure!)
| | | | SUBSCRIBE TO NATIONAL SECURITY DAILY : Keep up with the latest critical developments from Ukraine and across Europe in our daily newsletter, National Security Daily. The Russian invasion of Ukraine could disrupt the established world order and result in a refugee crisis, increased cyberattacks, rising energy costs and additional disruption to global supply chains. Go inside the top national security and foreign-policymaking shops for insight on the global threats faced by the U.S. and its allies and what actions world leaders are taking to address them. Subscribe today. | | | | | QUICK LINKS A former congressman and a lobbyist look for work in Kremlin-allied Belarus, from Hailey Fuchs The Revenge of the Normal Republicans, from Tim Alberta at The Atlantic Anita Dunn and SKDK: Power and influence in Biden's Washington, from Tyler Pager, Sean Sullivan and Michael Scherer at The Washington Post TRANSITIONS Who's on the move? TODAY IN CONGRESS The House convenes at 3 p.m. and will take up the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act The Senate convenes at 10 a.m. with votes at 11:45 a.m., 2:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. | | | | A message from the Alzheimer's Association:   | | |
AROUND THE HILL
9 a.m. House Democratic Caucus Meeting (HC-5). 9:15 a.m. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) meets with Jackson (Russell 142). 10 a.m. House Budget Committee hearing on the Biden administration's fiscal 2023 budget. Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young testifies (Cannon 210). 10:15 a.m. House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Vice Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) will hold their weekly news conference (Studio A). 11 a.m. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) meets with Jackson (Russell 428). 3 p.m. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) holds a roundtable on China and Human Rights (Russell 325). 3:15 p.m. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) meets with Judge Jackson (Russell 354). 3:30 p.m. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) holds a press conference on the introduction of the bipartisan Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act (House Triangle). | | |
MONDAY'S WINNER: Hannah Anderson correctly answered that Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri ascended to his state executive role without a college degree. Parson joined the Army out of high school and had a career in law enforcement.
(Multiple people guessed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, but she got her BA from South Dakota State University in 2012.)
TODAY'S QUESTION from Hannah: What United States president is in a wrestling hall of fame? The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Huddle. Send your answers to ktm@politico.com. GET HUDDLE emailed to your phone each morning. Follow Katherine on Twitter @ktullymcmanus | | | | A message from the Alzheimer's Association: More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, and 11 million more are providing unpaid care to them. In 2022, Alzheimer's and other dementias will cost taxpayers $321 billion and, without medical breakthroughs, these costs will rise to nearly $1 trillion by 2050. Federal funding has grown thanks to bipartisan Congressional champions, but a sustained investment by the federal government is needed to continue the momentum. And while Alzheimer's disproportionately affects older Black and Hispanic Americans, much of the Alzheimer's research to date has not included sufficient participation to be representative of the U.S. population. The Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer's Clinical Trials (ENACT) Act (S. 1548 / H.R. 3085), would increase the participation of underrepresented populations in Alzheimer's clinical trials, while researchers work toward treatments for all. Congress must act now. Learn more here. | | | | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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