| | | | |  | | By Katherine Tully-McManus | Presented by The American Petroleum Institute (API) | ON THE ROAD, AGAIN — Abortion, gun violence and inflation have eclipsed Ukraine's fight for survival against Russia in the top headlines in the U.S., but as nine lawmakers head to this week's NATO summit they have a goal to keep money and weapons flowing to Ukraine. There has been broad bipartisan support and public urgency for multiple tranches of aid so far, but there is substantial concern that as the war grinds on and high gas prices and other consumer goods hit Americans personally that support could wane.
- Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.): "Both here and in Europe, it's easy to lose your intensity on this issue as it goes on."
- Sen. Angus King (I-Maine): "Realistically there is a half-life to these issues."
- Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas): "The Europeans need to realize that this is their backyard and they need to step up. And they can't just continue to depend on Uncle Sam to keep writing the checks."
Even progressives, like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), are thinking about conditions for any future aid package, including tracking the money and weapons headed to the region.
The group in Madrid this week includes Sens. Blunt, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.). They can't escape the POLITICO Congress team, even in Spain. Andrew is over there, along with Paul McCleary, peppering them with questions and making them feel at home. The pair have a preview of this week's action at the NATO summit. RELATED: Five things to watch for at this week's NATO meeting, from Alex Gangitano and Morgan Chalfant from The Hill; G-7 leaders confer with Zelenskyy, prep new aid for Ukraine, from Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville and Geir Moulson at The Associated Press
| | | | STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING: What's really happening in West Wing offices? Find out who's up, who's down, and who really has the president's ear in our West Wing Playbook newsletter, the insider's guide to the Biden White House and Cabinet. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today. | | | | | GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Monday, June 27, where lawmakers are away, but they make news wherever they are. REPUBLICANS MULL ROE RAMIFICATIONS — As Republicans celebrate a victory in the Supreme Court's decision to overturn abortion rights, they're also weighing what it means for the midterm elections. Members in battleground seats are coming to grips with the tectonic shift on abortion, an issue that has rallied conservative voters for generations. While leadership and safe-seat conservatives have taken a jubilant tone, House Republicans facing tough midterm races were more subdued on Friday as the decision came down. Abortion access remains highly popular with voters, including in swing districts, and battleground GOP members weren't ready to thread the political needle and talk about the decision. "If you are talking about abortion across the board, it leans towards the pro-choice side. But the intensity is always more high on the pro-life side," said Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who sits in a Biden-leaning district but has won several close House races. "If you start talking about first trimester limits, then the polling shifts in our favor." Midterm message: Republicans want the midterms to be tightly focused on rising inflation battering working class Americans, high gas prices (plus evocative culture war issues), which they hoped to frame as failures of Democratic leadership, from Biden to Congress. But GOP candidates may now face tough questions about whether they'd support codifying a nationwide abortion ban and find themselves parsing the details of when, precisely, they believe abortion should be allowed. Sarah and Ally talked to Republicans in tough races before they left town last week: Battleground Republicans squeezed hardest on abortion after Roe falls RELATED: The Man Most Responsible for Ending Roe Worries That It Could Hurt His Party, from Maggie Haberman and Michael C. Bender at The New York Times
| | | | A message from The American Petroleum Institute (API): Last week, representatives of the natural gas and oil industry invited the administration to visit US operations and witness firsthand the benefits of producing here at home. Given global realities, it is time for Washington to support the millions of men and women in the US natural gas and oil industry working tirelessly to help close the supply the gap. The US natural gas and oil supply chain and the government at all levels need to open a new era of working together to ensure that essential energy resources are unlocked; to encourage investment opportunities and accelerate infrastructure development; and to strengthen global energy security, affordability and reliability. On June 14th, the American Petroleum Institute unveiled a 10-point plan to help America do just that. Read More. | | | ICYMI: RARE REFERRAL — The House Ethics Committee moved Friday to refer Del. Michael San Nicolas (D-Guam) to the Department of Justice after the panel determined that he broke campaign finance law. The panel, which is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, found San Nicolas accepted improper, excessive campaign contributions, tried to cover up the violation and attempted to influence a witness during its investigation. Nicholas Wu had more on Friday. The panel's move on Friday did not touch upon another allegation that Ethics was looking into, whether San Nicolas engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a member of his congressional staff. McCONAUGHEY'S TWO CENTS — Actor Matthew McConaughey weighed in on the new gun regulations signed into law by President Joe Biden over the weekend, with an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman : "America, the Land of And: While this bill isn't perfect, it is a shining example of a great American potential and political virtue: the act of compromise and validating an opposing viewpoint." He spent multiple days on Capitol Hill talking to lawmakers following the massacre in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. | | | | JOIN TUESDAY FOR WOMEN RULE TALK ON THE ECONOMY: The U.S. economy is showing signs of slowing down after a period of robust growth last year. How would an economic slowdown affect women's economic security across socioeconomic, racial, and geographic lines? Join POLITICO's Women Rule for a conversation on what's ahead for the U.S. economy and how it will impact women's livelihoods and economic well-being. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | | Novelist, novelty… Prolific author John Grisham served two terms in Mississippi's state legislature when he was 28 and weighed in on another young, southern politician: Madison Cawthorn. "Yeah. Just got beat. It shows you what happens when a 26-year-old who's off leash gets elected. He needed to be called home. You've got to be at least 30 years old and have some maturity before you get that job. I didn't do any damage in my eight years, but there's not much of a record to brag about. I didn't do a lot of good," Grisham told The New York Times Magazine. QUICK LINKS Violent Threats to Election Workers Are Common. Prosecutions are Not, from Michael Wines and Eliza Fawcett at The New York Times Her Father Fled the Nazis. She's the New U.S. Ambassador to Germany, from Katrin Bennhold at The New York Times A Refuge for Spies Opens at CIA Headquarters, from Warren P. Strobel at The Wall Street Journal MAGA Voters Send a $50 Million G.O.P. Plan Off the Rails in Illinois, from Reid J. Epstein at The New York Times TRANSITIONS Drew Willison, a former chief of staff to the late Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and former Senate sergeant at arms, has taken a job at Hikvision USA, a U.S. subsidiary of the Chinese video surveillance company accused of helping the communist government monitor Muslim minorities. | | | | A message from The American Petroleum Institute (API):   | | |
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The House and Senate are out. AROUND THE HILL 1:30 p.m. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform holds a hearing on the national drug control and the overdose crisis, with testimony from Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House's office of national drug control policy (Zoom).
| | | FRIDAY'S WINNER: Megan Porter correctly answered that former Republican Texas Rep. Will Hurd was the 55th Student Body President of Texas A&M University. TODAY'S QUESTION: Where was the first Republican National Convention held? (Bonus: Who was the nominee?) 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 American Petroleum Institute (API): Washington policymakers must confront the global mismatch between demand and supply that has driven higher fuel prices by supporting greater U.S. production. To address the growing crisis we face, Congress and the President must support energy investment, create new access and prevent regulations from unnecessarily restricting energy growth. The world is calling out for energy leadership. And the millions of men and women in the natural gas and oil industry are ready to answer that call. America can and should step up now. Read the American Petroleum Institute's 10 in 2022 Plan which outlines 10 actions Congress can take to unleash U.S. energy and drive economic recovery. Read here. | | | | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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