| | | | |  | | By Katherine Tully-McManus | Presented by GE | CHIPS AHOY? HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES — The bill to subsidize domestic semiconductor production hasn't been finalized, but confidence is growing that the slimmed-down package could clear both chambers. The measure, dubbed "CHIPS plus" made it over its first procedural hurdle on Tuesday night in a 64-34 vote. That sets the bill up for success against the 60-vote threshold to withstand a filibuster. Last night's vote was also a signal that there is support for including science and research funding to the chips bill. Minus, not plus: The bill that is on the move now is much narrower than what was under negotiation by the large conference committee and many titles won't make the cut. Trade provisions and a sweeping strategy on China designed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee won't be in the final package. Next up: The bill still has hoops to jump through including a cloture vote and final passage before it heads to the House. That chamber is expected to bring up the bill should it pass the Senate. "I hope it's a broader bill, but if it's not, I think we'll get the votes for it," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters on Tuesday. SPEAKING OF SHRINKING BILL — Democrats are also watching their signature spending bill aimed at climate, health care and taxes get winnowed down. "As Democrats move forward into the midterms, what started on paper as a $3.5 trillion plan to reshape the government will almost surely become a health care bill that reduces the deficit and spends perhaps $40 billion," write Burgess and Marianne. Don't miss their story on the changing tide: Senate's season of Manchin starts winding down
| | | | HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ROE BEING OVERTURNED? JOIN WOMEN RULE ON 7/21: Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade , abortion policy is in the hands of the states and, ultimately, voters. Join POLITICO national political correspondent Elena Schneider for a Women Rule "ask me anything" conversation featuring a panel of reporters from our politics and health care teams who will answer your questions about how the court's decision could play out in different states, its impact on the midterms and what it means for reproductive rights in the U.S. going forward. SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS AND REGISTER HERE . | | | | | GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Wednesday, July 20, where seventeen members of congress will pay $50 fines today . GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE — House Democrats want to put an assault weapons ban on the board, showing how much further they'd be willing to go beyond the bipartisan Senate guns deal. But now they need the votes. The measure, sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), is at House Judiciary for a markup today and Democratic leaders are hoping to have enough votes in the caucus to put the bill on the floor next week. But a half-dozen Democrats told Jordain and Sarah that they are undecided or opposed. Hard nays: Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) are expected to vote against it. Softer skeptics: Dems representing rural areas are the ones to watch. Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) and Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.) have told their colleagues they are undecided. "This is a bill that destroyed the Democrats in '94. I guess, do we really have a death wish list as Democrats?" said Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), who will not be on the ballot in November as he has already lost his primary. Whip count: House leadership can only afford to lose four Democratic votes if every Republican opposes the legislation. Committee action: At 10 a.m. there is committee action in both chambers on mass shootings: The House Judiciary Committee marks up the Cicilline bill that would ban the possession, sale or manufacture of assault weapons and Senate Judiciary holds a hearing with on protecting communities from mass shootings, with testimony from Nancy R. Rotering, the mayor of Highland Park, Ill. A House Oversight hearing on gun manufacturers planned for today was rescheduled to next week.
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Rep. Ashley Hinson, right, speaks as House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, fourth from right, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, third from right, and Rep. Michael McCaul listen during a news conference at the U.S Capitol June 15, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Alex Wong/Getty Images | HINSON ON AN ELEVATOR, GOING UP? — "After less than two years in the House, Ashley Hinson's powerful allies in GOP leadership are already weighing how to elevate her — and by next year, she could be at their table," writes Olivia this morning . "The first-term Iowa Republican is hardly the first 30-something conservative woman to don the well-worn mantle of rising star in Washington. She may even take a similar path as another young House GOP leader: Two well-placed Republicans, speaking on condition of anonymity, see Hinson eyeing the conference chairmanship next year — but only if its current occupant, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), vacates the No. 3 spot for another perch."
| | | | A message from GE: GE plans for three new industry-leading companies–GE HealthCare, GE Vernova, and GE Aerospace– which will mark the beginning of something new. Building off a 130-year heritage of innovation, these planned companies will amplify elevated missions for precision health & connected care, a cleaner future, and flight & defense. This new era will transform a world that works into a future that does too. Learn more. | | | CHILDS SAILS INTO D.C. CIRCUIT — Onetime Supreme Court shortlister Michelle Childs won Senate confirmation to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Tuesday, by a vote of 64 to 34. That's an unusually high number of Republican votes for a Democratic nominee to the appeals court in this hyper partisan era of judicial politics. Childs was on President Joe Biden's shortlist of potential nominees to the Supreme Court when Justice Stephen Breyer announced his plans to retire. Childs got a home-state full-court-press from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who lobbied colleagues and the White House to back her for SCOTUS. Both Graham and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) backed Childs Tuesday. Ultimately Ketanji Brown Jackson got the associate justice gig, but Childs will still hold a seat on the second most powerful court in the country. UKRAINE'S FIRST LADY ON CAPITOL HILL — Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, will address U.S. lawmakers in the congressional auditorium at the Capitol this morning, following meetings yesterday with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and first lady Jill Biden earlier this week. Her husband received standing ovations from congress in a video address to lawmakers in the same auditorium in the early days of Ukraine's war against the Russian invasion.
| | | | INTRODUCING POWER SWITCH: The energy landscape is profoundly transforming. Power Switch is a daily newsletter that unlocks the most important stories driving the energy sector and the political forces shaping critical decisions about your energy future, from production to storage, distribution to consumption. Don't miss out on Power Switch, your guide to the politics of energy transformation in America and around the world. SUBSCRIBE TODAY . | | | | | | | | Dining workers put it on the line…Senate cafeteria workers and members of their union, Unite Here Local 23 and Local 25, are planning a civil disobedience demonstration to call attention to the ongoing labor dispute between the workers, their employer, Restaurant Associates, the Architect of the Capitol and the Senate. Fifty-six senate cafeteria workers have been given layoff notices for July 28 despite stopgap funding from the Architect of the Capitol that was supposed to last until Sept. 30. They are also in a drawn-out fight to win a union contract. A Senate Rules Committee spokesperson told Huddle Tuesday afternoon that talks on a long term solution to provide stability for the dining workers are ongoing. Restaurant Associates has not responded to multiple inquiries from your Huddle host. Arrests anticipated: Workers are prepared to be arrested. They have significantly less power and protection than the lawmakers and experienced activists who typically stage demonstrations with arrests on Capitol Hill. The demonstration, which is expected to draw labor-minded lawmakers, will begin at 3:30 p.m. at C St NE and First St NE. Union to union: The Senate dining workers issued a statement of solidarity with the Congressional Workers Union as the first slate of eight House offices begin their unionization process and invited the House workers to join them in their demonstration. "When congressional workers make gains, all Capitol workers make gains," they said. "Thank you for all your constant solidarity, and we look forward to seeing you on a future picket line." Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) shouted out the Senate dining workers' struggle at a press conference on House unionization Tuesday, directing anyone following the staff organizing process to also pay heed to the strife in the Senate cafeterias. "The Senate needs to have the kind of contract that will allow them to provide living wages and benefits to their cafeteria workers," Levin said. "So we're all gonna follow that very closely." He is expected to be at the demonstration today.
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Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.), flanked by other House Democrats and staffers, speaks during a press conference on congressional staff unionization outside the U.S. Capitol July 19, 2022. (Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO) | QUICK LINKS They worked on Watergate. Here's how they see the Jan. 6 hearings , from Christa Case Bryant at The Christian Science Monitor Black Districts Gutted as Suburban Flight Reshapes Congress Maps , by Gregory Korte at Bloomberg Amid Campaign Revamp, Herschel Walker Stumps Without a Stumble , by Maya King in Ocilla, Ga. for The New York Times
| | | | A message from GE:   | | | TODAY IN CONGRESS The House convenes at noon for continued consideration of a six-bill spending package. The Senate convenes at 10 a.m. with votes scheduled for 11:30 a.m. and more are possible. AROUND THE HILL 9 a.m. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Norma Torres (D-Calif.), Lou Correa (D-Calif.), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) and others hold a press conference to introduce the "Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929" (House Triangle). 9:30 a.m. House Homeland Security Committee hearing on threats to election officials and infrastructure (310 Cannon). 10 a.m. Senate Appropriations Agriculture-FDA Subcommittee hearing on food safety and the FDA. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf testifies (Dirksen 124). 10:30 a.m. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) hold a press conference on federal heat stress protections in the workplace (House Triangle). 12:15 p.m. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Highland Park, Ill., Officials hold a press conference on civilian access to military-style assault weapons (Hart 216). 12:15 p.m. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and other GOP Senators hold a press conference on their southern border visit (Senate TV Studio). 1 p.m. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will join Democratic women members of Congress and advocates for reproductive freedom for a press event ahead of the House passage of H.R. 8373, the Right to Contraception Act (Rayburn Room).
| | | TUESDAY'S WINNER: Jon Deuser correctly answered that an equal rights measure was the first to be called up in the 66th Congress. Rep. James Robert Mann of Illinois called up House Joint Resolution 1, known widely as the Susan B. Anthony amendment which was brief, but hefty: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." You can learn more from the House Historian's office . TODAY'S QUESTION from Jon: What recently deceased House Republican once saved a former Speaker from drowning? 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
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