Subject: POLITICO Huddle: HOUSE LOOKS FOR PATH ON GUN CONTROL – Senate turns to Zika funding, again – TILLIS, GARDNER CONSIDER TOP NRSC GIG—Bucking Trump for down-ballot races – KIRK’S PALTRY FUNDRAISING
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 05:51:56 -0600

07/11/2016 07:49 AM EDT

By Heather Caygle ([email-masked] or @heatherscope)

RUNNING FOR THE DOORS- We're in the home stretch Huddle readers, the last week of Hill action before lawmakers take a nearly two month break ahead of the election. There's a lot of things congressional leaders would like to get done this week, some of which will fall off the priority list as jet fumes start to make the rank-and-file antsy near week's end. Seung Min, Rachael and I tell you what's ahead: 

Gun control: House Speaker Paul Ryan is still juggling calls from Democrats on gun votes, especially after last week's spate of violence in Baton Rouge, Minnesota and Dallas. But his hands have been tied by conservatives, whose opposition to an anti-terrorism package derailed expected votes last week. House Freedom Caucus member Mark Meadows said Friday they were still trying negotiate a deal with leadership that conservative hard-liners could agree to, meeting at weird hours and "with 24-hour deadlines" to find a solution. 

But: Democrats have been opposed to the anti-terrorism package from the start, saying the gun control proposal is a NRA-backed plan that actually does nothing to curb gun violence. The Congressional Black Caucus held an emotional press conference Friday calling for votes on gun control bills Democrats support. "If we fail to act, this will be a long, hot summer," CBC Chairman G.K. Butterfield said. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e4a7a573c0406a2e015a552a8188c4ef5618fcb621d6e58fba 

What's next: Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy invited former county sheriff-turned-lawmaker Dave Reichert, a point person in the House for law enforcement matters, to meet with him early this week to discuss potentially passing some kind of police safety measure this week. And Reichert is also working with Rep. John Lewis on some kind of bipartisan show of togetherness, possibly an op-ed, to come out this week. 

LET'S ALL JUST SETTLE DOWN- In an exclusive interview with new Playbook hosts Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman, House Speaker Paul Ryan says he wants lawmakers "to settle it down, and think things through." "We can either help heal, or harden. So I want to see what we can do to heal. And so, I don't know," he told Palmer, Sherman and Daniel Lippman when asked what's next on gun control. 

Don't miss it: Ryan also talks Hillary Clinton, his pre-convention agenda and what he hopes to get done before the end of 2016: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e47d558cc6a6a57b03a04d8215d36bb05c596a142bfcd52050 

Playbook exclusive: Ryan will speak at the GOP convention next week, Anna, Jake and Daniel report. 

SENATE TURNS TO ZIKA, AGAIN-GOP leaders are teeing up another vote on Zika funding in the Senate this week, just like Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised, daring Democrats to block the bill again in the middle of summer mosquito season. 

"With the Zika vote and another roll call on a filibustered defense spending bill, McConnell is deploying one of his favorite parliamentary tactics: forcing repeated votes on failed measures that are likely to fall short again, triggering another round of headlines and blame for Senate Democrats blocking those measures." Our story, giving you the week ahead preview: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e40f473e13f978d442e78dc74e55449cf5b7ed0f5dcc1bd24b 

DYNAMIC DUO EYES TOP NRSC JOB-Sens. Thom Tillis and Cory Gardner are pushing a unique idea: Running the Senate's GOP campaign arm ahead of the 2018 election, together. Burgess and Anna with the story: "The freshmen lawmakers are gauging support for a proposal to become co-chairmen of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 2018 election cycle, a prime opportunity for the GOP to pick up seats or recapture the Senate if they lose it this year. Democrats will be defending 25 seats vs. just eight for the GOP, and Tillis and Gardner are aggressively pursuing a leadership role at the organization to capitalize on the opportunity." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e44d4f1b6ba1f5ce3043540bca5ee5905843a9ed43a7066e7e 

WITH CONGRESS RUNNING TOWARD RECESS, it's July 11. Good morning and thanks for reading POLITICO's Huddle, your play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill. 

TODAY IN CONGRESS - The House meets at 12 p.m. with votes on several noncontroversial bills, including a FAA extension, at 6:30 p.m. The Senate gavels in at 4 p.m. to resume work on the defense funding bill but won't vote again until Tuesday. 

BUCKING TRUMP FOR DOWN-BALLOT-Senate Republicans are taking advantage of the big-time GOP donors who don't want to spend their money on Donald Trump. CNN: "Almost all of the traditional Republican outside groups...have rebuked Trump and declined to spend their millions of dollars on his behalf. And that is paving the way for a torrent of spending on behalf of Republican Senate candidates, with national Republican groups poised to cross $155 million in general election advertising this cycle." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e42ef1da4b69bf537a7e2e6e29f3a79aa18e003b089e3e90ba 

CLICK BAIT-Only Sen. John McCain can FaceTime like this and get away with it. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e4f80b9fa13e9b080cea0979a137de98a9b70e23730f6e25e6 (h/t Seung Min Kim) 

KIRK'S PALTRY FUNDRAISING NUMBERS- "Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, widely considered to be the most vulnerable Republican senator up for re-election this year, raised only $1 million in the second quarter of 2016, his campaign announced, a modest sum for a highly competitive race. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, Mr. Kirk's Democratic opponent, raised $2.7 million." The Wall Street Journal: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e4e357cfbfae686d6f083200761ecfb994e3e61deab5bd2547 

BROWN STEPS DOWN FROM VETERANS' POST- Rep. Corrine Brown is stepping down as ranking member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee until the federal corruption case against her is resolved. Brown plead not guilty to the nearly two dozen fraud charges against her in a Florida courtroom Friday. "If convicted on all charges, Brown could be sentenced up to 357 years in prison and fined $4.8 million," reports WJXT in Jacksonville. Her trial is set to start Sept. 6. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e41ffb269a7f20c0856ebfca520d96a1da01f3750efe4b89f9 

IT'S OFFICIAL-Sen. Bernie Sanders will endorse Hillary Clinton Tuesday in New Hampshire: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e4a47e96b91c4622546df3a4aa24b23379f8d4e7c641d7e0c2 

Related: Sanders loses trade fight in Democratic platform negotiations. Reuters: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e400eda079adfa9ca126ffc7b49c9ba8c0404bdffa6556d180 

UBER TO WORK? WHY NOT- Some lawmakers are trying to make it a little easier for all those federal workers who have to suffer through Metro's SafeTrack program for the next year. A bipartisan House bill would allow federal workers to apply employee transit benefits to ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft when commuting to their jobs. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Gerry Connolly and Mark Meadows, comes in direct response to the year-long Metro overhaul that continues to shut down or delay service while workers conduct long overdue safety repairs. Roll Call: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e4fae7a2f40b5a6fdd92c6e47d8aa1c5386cf4766bd6caa185 

MUST DO, WILL DO-- The House will vote tonight on the one thing Congress must actually do before leaving town: extending FAA law past the current July 15 deadline. The extension will kick the FAA deadline into 2017 and also includes some new airport security measures designed to calm travelers after recent overseas terror attacks. The Senate is expected to take the bill up later in the week. Also, here's Sen. John Thune explaining why it matters in a video shot at National Airport: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e43ad6aea16f0c093d5328c5045a0063d83fa559e2f3dde2f9 

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HOYER TALKS DEMOCRATIC AGENDA-House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer will be at Georgetown Law this afternoon to talk about Democrats' vision for America and why people should believe in government again. "Washington is too often dysfunctional, and Americans are angry about it - as they should be. We need to give our people hope that we can fix what's broken in Washington - that we can restore their faith in Congress, renew their faith in government to be an institution that plays a positive role in their lives," Hoyer will say, according to an excerpt. Watch it, starting at 1 p.m.: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=1d7b5586655b46e459f39a09d31278fc27348a12c76ea72d29e521c762a93068 

FRIDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER - Chris Armstrong was the first to correctly guess that the first person elected to a full term after Daniel Webster was appointed Secretary of State was Charles Sumner. Webster was appointed by President Millard Fillmore. 

And a big thanks to Senate Historian Dr. Betty Koed for explaining why Leader McConnell's trivia question was so tricky: "In 1841, Rufus Choate was elected to fill the vacancy left by Daniel Webster, who was appointed Secretary of State by President William Henry Harrison...Choate was elected to the seat, but served only four years."

"In 1850, Webster again resigned a Senate seat to become Secretary of State, this time appointed by President Millard Fillmore. That was followed by a couple short-term senators and in 1851 Charles Sumner was elected to a full term to fill that seat." 

TODAY'S TRIVIA - I'll take today's question: After leaving the Senate, what two potentially high-profile public positions did Rufus Choate take himself out of the running for? The first correct answer to this question gets a mention in tomorrow's Huddle. Email me: [email-masked] 

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