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ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS RUN OUT at the end of today. A Thursday night meeting between MARK MEADOWS, STEVEN MNUCHIN, NANCY PELOSI and CHUCK SCHUMER was fruitless, and a deal is seemingly a long way off.
INSIDE THE ROOM, per sources: HERE’S THE BIG NEWS … MEADOWS, the White House chief of staff, made an offer to extend enhanced unemployment at $600 per week for four months as a stand-alone bill. This is a new offer from the White House, and further than Republicans have gone thus far. It’s an extension of current law -- something the GOP has railed against.
SPEAKER PELOSI and Senate Minority Leader SCHUMER rejected the offer, and countered with extending enhanced unemployment insurance at the same rate -- $600 per week -- through the first quarter of 2021. MEADOWS and Treasury Secretary MNUCHIN rejected that. Sources said there might be the start of a consensus -- but, goodness, it’s tough to see that at the moment.
-- THE DEBATE OVER MONEY FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS was contentious. Democrats signaled they would need another $15 billion on top of the roughly $900 billion they requested -- this time, to help public transportation systems. SCHUMER discussed repealing SALT caps, which Republicans oppose.
-- THEY DISCUSSED PPP, which eventually turned into a talk about OSHA regulations. (They could find agreement on PPP, but not on anything else, so what does that matter?)
-- WHEN THE NEGOTIATORS DISCUSSED MONEY FOR COVID TESTING, MEADOWS twice tried to reach ANTHONY FAUCI, but could not get him.
-- MEADOWS discussed providing Covid testing capability for Capitol Hill, but he found little common ground there.
-- AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION, they found basically no overlap. They agreed to talk more by phone about the allocation of money in places they agree. A deal is not within reach at this moment.
UPON LEAVING THE ROOM … SCHUMER: “We had a long discussion. And we just don’t think they understand the gravity of the problem. The bottom line is this is the most serious health problem and economic problem we’ve had in a century and 75 years, and it takes really good, strong, bold action, and they don’t quite get that.” …
… PELOSI: “They never have understood the gravity of it. Since the HEROES Act passed, about 70,000 people have died. Hundreds of thousands more have been infected. And they wanted to pause, and now they come back with piecemeal. So it just says, because of their delay, they don’t understand, as the leader said, the gravity of the situation. And the suggestions that they’re making are only proof that they don’t understand.” (h/t NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, via the Hill pool)
… MEADOWS said his proposals were “not received warmly.” (h/t NYT’s Emily Cochrane, via the Hill pool)
READ JOHN BRESNAHAN, MARIANNE LEVINE and JAKE: “Millions to lose $600 weekly jobless aid amid Senate stalemate”
FRONTS: NYT, with this banner headline: “VIRUS WIPES OUT 5 YEARS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH” … N.Y. POST: “When will we hit bottom?” … WSJ
DRIVING TODAY: There’s a classified briefing this morning on election security. … FAUCI will testify to the special coronavirus committee at 9 a.m. … PELOSI is holding her weekly at 10:45 a.m.
Good Friday morning.
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK … PELOSI Q2 FUNDRAISING NUMBERS: PELOSI will announce today she raised more than $39 million for Democrats last quarter, including $29.3 million directly for the DCCC. Pelosi, who has dominated the fundraising game for years, has raised $162.9 million for the 2020 cycle and $891 million since entering Democratic leadership in 2002.
MORE UNEASE IN THE GOVERNMENT … THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE is the in-house policy analysis arm of Capitol Hill. Its employees are mostly out of sight, but they’re incredibly important to the institution. They write detailed legislative analyses at the request of any member of Congress. They answer to Congress, which sets their budget.
A FEW CRS EMPLOYEES reached out to us and said they are being forced to brief members of Congress IN PERSON. CRS works for members of Congress, so they do not feel like they can push back -- and are being told not to. On occasion, lawmakers take their masks off.
“A MEMBER CALLS US, and it has to be on their terms,” one analyst told us.
THERE’S BIPARTISANSHIP ON AT LEAST ONE THING: Republicans and Democrats say PELOSI and Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL should institute testing in the Capitol -- now.
-- A HOUSE DEMOCRAT, who would rather not incur PELOSI’S wrath: “Ideally, I should be able to go to work with Republican colleagues who are responsible enough to wear a mask. I don’t. The only way Congress can help Americans who need relief is for the body to be free from Covid. Until the Republicans take this seriously, members should be tested.”
-- MEADOWS, when asked if the TRUMP administration is still willing to send rapid testing equipment to Capitol Hill: “Yes, I think we should. I think we ought to have testing for members of Congress and their staff and reporters, if they’re going to be in close proximity. At the same time, that’s a decision for Speaker Pelosi and Leader McConnell to make, but I do think …
“If you’re looking at the continuity of government that most Americans would understand why perhaps you would test members of Congress and their staff on a more regular basis than others who could go home and self-quarantine and not have to worry.”
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP told us they have no update on whether they would test members of Congress.
THE WHITE HOUSE sent this quote along from comms director ALYSSA FARAH, in response to our reporting about some in the administration not wearing masks and encouraging not wearing masks: “President Trump encourages all Americans, including members of his administration, to wear masks, socially distance, and wash their hands frequently.” (USTR ROBERT LIGHTHIZER does not wear a mask in the office, per our sources.)
WILD WAPO STORY … SHANE HARRIS: “DHS compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists who published leaked documents”: “The Department of Homeland Security has compiled ‘intelligence reports’ about the work of American journalists covering protests in Portland, Ore., in what current and former officials called an alarming use of a government system meant to share information about suspected terrorists and violent actors.
“Over the past week, the department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis has disseminated three Open Source Intelligence Reports to federal law enforcement agencies and others, summarizing tweets written by two journalists — a reporter for the New York Times and the editor in chief of the blog Lawfare — and noting they had published leaked, unclassified documents about DHS operations in Portland. The intelligence reports, obtained by The Washington Post, include written descriptions and images of the tweets and the number of times they had been liked or retweeted by others.
“After The Post published a story online Thursday evening detailing the department’s practices, the acting homeland security secretary, Chad Wolf, ordered the intelligence office to stop collecting information on journalists and announced an investigation into the matter.”
KANSAS: SOME PEOPLE WITHOUT BRAINS DO AN AWFUL LOT OF TALKING …
-- CNN’S ALEX ROGERS and MANU RAJU: “Trump tells associates on Air Force One he will not intervene in Kansas’ U.S. Senate GOP primary”: “President Donald Trump indicated to associates during a flight on Air Force One on Wednesday that he would not intervene in the US Senate Republican primary in Kansas despite the fears among top Republicans that the state could elect a nominee who will lose the seat and thus the Senate, according to three sources with knowledge of the conversation.
“While the GOP establishment has long been alarmed by the prospect that conservative firebrand Kris Kobach could win the primary on Tuesday only to lose the general election in November, Trump has so far not endorsed its favored candidate, Republican Rep. Roger Marshall. Trump has spoken with both Marshall and Kobach over the past several months but has never seemed highly motivated to make an endorsement, even when he’s pushed by his close allies, according to a White House official.”
-- NYT’S JONATHAN MARTIN and KATIE GLUECK: “Republicans and White House at Odds Over Kansas Senate Race”: “As the Kansas Senate primary barrels to a close, tensions are rising between Senate Republicans and the White House over the potential nomination of Kris Kobach, who party officials fear would jeopardize the seat and further imperil their Senate majority.
“Senator Mitch McConnell is worried that Mr. Kobach, the controversial former Kansas secretary of state who lost the 2018 governor’s race, may win the nomination in Tuesday’s primary, only to lose the seat in November — and he is frustrated that President Trump is not intervening in the race, according to multiple G.O.P. officials. …
“‘We have eight months of data that says the majority is gone if Kris Kobach is the nominee,’ said Josh Holmes, a top lieutenant to Mr. McConnell. ‘It’s that simple.’”
WAPO’S TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA and JOSH DAWSEY: “Trump campaign temporarily pauses ad spending to review its messaging”: “President Trump’s campaign has temporarily paused its television advertising with less than 100 days to go before the election, a move that comes amid a broader shake-up in his faltering bid for a second term.
“Two weeks after Trump demoted former campaign manager Brad Parscale and replaced him with Bill Stepien, the reelection effort is reviewing its spending, messaging and strategy in an attempt to boost the president’s fortunes. Polls have shown Trump trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, as voters give the president low marks for his handling of the coronavirus.
“‘With the leadership change in the campaign, there’s understandably a review and fine-tuning of the campaign’s strategy,’ said a senior campaign official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. ‘We’ll be back on the air shortly, even more forcefully exposing Joe Biden as a puppet of the radical left wing.’”
BIG PICTURE … ALEX BURNS with a News Analysis on A1 of the NYT: “Trump Attacks an Election He Is at Risk of Losing”: “But when the moment came on Thursday, with Mr. Trump suggesting for the first time that the election could be delayed, his proposal appeared as impotent as it was predictable — less a stunning assertion of his authority than yet another lament that his political prospects have dimmed amid a global public-health crisis. Indeed, his comments on Twitter came shortly after the Commerce Department reported that American economic output contracted last quarter at the fastest rate in recorded history, underscoring one of Mr. Trump’s most severe vulnerabilities as he pursues a second term.
“Far from a strongman, Mr. Trump has lately become a heckler in his own government, promoting medical conspiracy theories on social media, playing no constructive role in either the management of the coronavirus pandemic or the negotiation of an economic rescue plan in Congress -- and complaining endlessly about the unfairness of it all.”
DAVID SIDERS: “‘Rigged election’ goes from Trump complaint to campaign strategy”: “Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might try to delay the election — or might not accept the result — is rapidly coming to the forefront of the presidential campaign, foreshadowing a final stretch roiled not only by the coronavirus and the economy, but by clashes over the nation’s most fundamental democratic norms.
“Though Trump has no authority to move the election — an idea he floated Thursday — Democrats are already bracing for Republican challenges to absentee ballots and at vote counting on Election Day. They have good cause to be prepared: the president has repeatedly raised the prospect of a ‘rigged election’ and recently declined to say if he’ll accept the results.
“Trump’s rhetoric points increasingly to the possibility that he will dispute the outcome in a year marked by primary election administration meltdowns — a prospect that is heightened by his absolute control of state and national party machinery and an attorney general who has amplified Trump’s unsubstantiated claims about mail-in voting fraud.” POLITICO
-- MCCONNELL told Gray TV’s GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: “I guarantee you the election will be Nov. 3 of 2020.”
-- “Trump says delay, but DeSantis says Florida is ‘ready to go’ for elections,” by Matt Dixon in Tallahassee
-- WSJ ED BOARD: “This is not to suggest that the November election will be ‘rigged,’ as Mr. Trump asserts. If he believes that, he should reconsider his participation and let someone run who isn’t looking for an excuse to blame for defeat. …
“Delaying the elections during the pandemic would only put off a potential fiasco. But with time short, the responsible course is for governors and members of both parties to ensure deadlines for mail-in ballots are early enough so that the counting stops and the results are clear on Election Day.”
DEM INFIGHTING RESURFACES -- “Biden, Bernie forces clash during convention meeting,” by Holly Otterbein: “A Democratic Party meeting that leaders hoped would project unity weeks ahead of the national convention instead broke out into a behind-the-scenes feud over corporate money in politics. At a virtual gathering of a key committee for the National Democratic Convention, Bernie Sanders-allied members said Joe Biden appointees called them ‘children’ and made other rude comments in a breakout room where they were talking privately.
“The argument served as a reminder of the tensions that are still simmering below the surface between moderate and progressives as the party seeks a united front against President Donald Trump. It also shows the limited power of Biden and Sanders, whose teams worked closely to hash out a deal on another plan under consideration by the committee with the goal of showing harmony.
“‘It was not only disturbing, but disrespectful,’ said Nina Turner, Sanders’ former campaign co-chair who served on the committee. ‘Disgusting, disturbing, unacceptable. And it’s no way to restore the faith of the people who already suspect the Democratic Party is unfair.’”
SARAH FERRIS: “Ethics Committee reprimands Schweikert for slew of violations”
TRUMP’S FRIDAY -- The president will meet with the National Association of Police Organizations leadership in the Cabinet Room at 11:30 a.m. He will leave the White House at 1 p.m. en route to Tampa, Fla. He’s due to participate in a campaign coalitions event with Florida sheriffs at 3:30 p.m. He then leaves for Belleair, Fla., at 3:50 p.m. and travels to the Pelican Golf Club.
HE WILL PARTICIPATE in a Covid-19 response and storm preparedness roundtable at 4:30 p.m. Afterward, he will participate in a roundtable with supporters at 5 p.m., followed by a fundraising committee dinner. Trump will depart at 7:05 p.m., arriving back at the White House at 10:05 p.m.
-- KAYLEIGH MCENANY will hold a press briefing at 10:30 a.m.
TV TONIGHT -- PBS’ “Washington Week” with Bob Costa: Kaitlan Collins, Geoff Bennett, John Dickerson and Susan Page.
SUNDAY SO FAR …
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“Fox News Sunday”: Jason Miller … Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) … Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.). Panel: Ben Domenech, Donna Brazile and Lanhee Chen.
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“This Week”: Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Panel: Mary Bruce, Rachel Scott, Perry Bacon and Jonathan Swan.
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“Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren”: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell … House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) … Kevin Cirilli.
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“America This Week with Eric Bolling”: Eric Trump … Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli … Michael Solan … Jose Aristimuño … Charlie Kirk … Michael Knowles. Panel: Ameshia Cross and Sebastian Gorka.
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“Face the Nation”: Scott Gottlieb … Neel Kashkari … Anthony Salvanto.
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“Meet the Press”: Panel: Robert Draper, Heather McGhee and Andrea Mitchell.
PLAYBOOK READS
MICHAEL KRUSE on TRUMP: “‘He’s Willing to Put Democracy on the Block’”
BUSINESS BURST -- “Amazon, Apple, Facebook Show Dominant Results, Grip on Society,” by WSJ’s Sebastian Herrera: “Amazon.com Inc. delivered soaring quarterly sales and profit, leading a pack of tech giants on Thursday that reported thriving business during the throes of the coronavirus pandemic and highlighting the industry’s central place in business and society at a time of growing concern over its clout.
“The success of Amazon, Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. in the face of a pandemic that has caused unprecedented economic disruption and millions of job losses shows how tech giants have become even more indispensable at a time when people are living and working more online. The companies showed strength in businesses ranging from gadgets and online retail to cloud computing and digital advertising.”
VALLEY TALK -- “Facebook ad boycott won’t formally extend, though some companies press on,” by John Hendel: “The collective advertiser boycott by some 1,100 companies and organizations against Facebook will not be extended into August in any formal way, organizers said Thursday, even though many of their demands have not yet been met.
“A coalition of civil rights groups called last month for companies to pressure Facebook to take greater action on hate speech by pausing advertising on the platform for the month of July. Corporate heavyweights including Unilever, Verizon, Ford, Honda, REI and Patagonia pulled their ad dollars back from the platform.
“Rights groups and advertisers held talks with Facebook and submitted demands ranging from a C-suite level executive to address civil rights issues to revising algorithms to assure they don't amplify incendiary content. As the end of the month neared, many said Facebook had done little to address their concerns and pressed for more companies to join the boycott and to keep ad dollars off the platform past the end of July.” POLITICO
-- BIG: “Google and Facebook to be forced to share revenue with media in Australia under draft code,” by The Guardian’s Josh Taylor and Amanda Meade
MEDIAWATCH … JOSH GERSTEIN: “Citing impostors, feds urge lifting of court order protecting journalists amid Portland protests”: “Federal officials responding to the long-running protests in Portland are asking that a court order protecting journalists be lifted on the grounds that some of those engaged in violence are masquerading as members of the press.
“Justice Department lawyers leveled the claims of misconduct by purported journalists in filings submitted Thursday to U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon, who issued a temporary restraining order last week forbidding federal authorities from targeting the press. His order also requires law enforcement to allow individuals claiming to be journalists to remain in place even when crowds are ordered to disperse.” POLITICO
-- “Deleted Biden video sets off a crisis at Voice of America,” by Daniel Lippman
PLAYBOOKERS
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SPOTTED: Former Sens. Bob and Elizabeth Dole, who turned 97 and 84 this month, held a joint virtual birthday celebration Thursday night with NBC “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. The event was hosted by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation in partnership with the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation. It featured messages from friends across the political spectrum, including former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Barbra Streisand, Colin Powell, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, FedEx’s Fred Smith, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Steve Schwab and Michael Steel.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Dan Goldberg, a health care reporter for POLITICO, and Holly Goldberg, a third-grade teacher in New Jersey, welcomed Jack Henry on July 21.
-- Mike Rigas, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management and acting deputy director for management at OMB, and Laura Rigas, principal deputy director of the office of intergovernmental and external affairs at HHS, recently welcomed Mary Elizabeth Rigas. Pic
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Matthew Ballard, SVP at BCW Global. A fun fact people might not know about him: “I used to work in NASCAR. I helped on a few publicity stunts where a driver drove a replica of the City Chevrolet from Days of Thunder and the car ended up in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. I also worked on the last attempt at the Double -- a driver competing in both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same day. It was a wild few years, but I learned a lot and made many good friends in the industry.” Playbook Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) is 73 … former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld is 75 (h/t David Andelman) … former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is 64 … Bill Bennett is 77 … Mark Cuban is 62 … POLITICO’s Bill Duryea … Haywood Liggett … Sean Eldridge, founder and president of Stand Up America, is 34 (h/t Ryan Thomas) … Nelson Garcia … Gray Television’s Kevin Latek, celebrating in Alaska (h/t Tammy Haddad) … Kouri C. Marshall … Scott Evertz … Todd Novascone, principal at Ogilvy GR, is 48 … Jessica Lautz … Audrey Sheppard … Edelman’s Brian McNeill … Tiffany Shackelford … Cory Bythrow … U.S. Chamber’s Lexi Branson … Dan Schnur … former Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) is 46 … John Weber … Rick Graber, president of the Bradley Foundation (h/t Christine Czernejewski) … Richard Schifter is 97 … Carolyn Weems, SVP at the Herald Group (h/t Ashley Pratte) …
… Micah Spangler, the U.N. Foundation’s director of advocacy and humanitarian affairs, is 36 … Ben Ostrower … Rachel Gumpert … Matt Hutchison, chief comms officer at Forbes … Lauren (Russell) Allen … John Parks (h/t Jon Haber) … Danielle Meister of WhatsApp global policy comms … Dan McFaul … James Floyd, legislative aide to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) … Terry Schilling … Denis Dison is 53 … Michael Mershon … Cara Rinkoff … AP’s Elena Becatoros … Fount Holland, Oklahoma political guru … Andrew Marr is 61 … Katie Longo of West Virginia University … Sam Frizell … Sara Steele Hummel … C.J. Pearson … WNYC’s Yasmeen Khan … Rachel Wilensky … Royce Reding … Elizabeth Schneider … Marjorie Clifton … Margi Weiss … Jay Dunn (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … David Goldenberg … Ed Laskowski … attorney Ron Kuby … Zoe Reyners … Wendy Hudson … Walter Dantzlerward … Shayla Birath
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