POLITICO Playbook: Republicans want Schiff to testify

BREAKING … AP: “Iraqi MPs accept premier’s resignation amid ongoing violence,” by Samya Kullab and Murtada Faraj in Baghdad: “Iraq’s parliament accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Sunday, amid ongoing violence and anti-government demonstrations in the capital that noticed one protester shot lifeless. Protesters also continued to shut roads, together with those leading to a serious commodities port, in mass demonstrations in southern Iraq.

“Parliament enacted Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation with out putting it to a vote, in response to two lawmakers in attendance. Present legal guidelines don't present clear procedures for members of parliament to acknowledge the prime minister’s resignation. Lawmakers acted on the legal opinion of the federal supreme courtroom for Sunday’s session.”

THE LATEST ON IMPEACHMENT -- “Intelligence Committee to start circulating draft Ukraine report Monday,” by Melanie Zanona, Kyle Cheney, and Heather Caygle: “Members of the House Intelligence Committee will start reviewing a report Monday on the panel's investigation of President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to research his Democratic adversaries, an important step within the Home's fast-moving impeachment inquiry.

“Lawmakers on the panel will get a 24-hour assessment period, in accordance with inner steerage sent to committee members and obtained by POLITICO. On Tuesday, the panel is predicted to approve the findings — possible on a party-line vote — teeing it up for consideration by the Judiciary Committee, which is in turn anticipated to draft and contemplate articles of impeachment within the coming weeks.

“Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff had indicated in a letter to colleagues earlier this week that a report can be coming "quickly" from his committee however had not offered a specific timeframe.” POLITICO

-- SUNDAY BEST … CHRIS WALLACE interviewed Rep. DOUG COLLINS (R-Ga.) on FOX NEWS’ “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” by way of Matt Choi: “Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) stated Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee would have House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff testify of their impeachment hearing and claimed the parameters of the impeachment investigation have been skewed towards the president. ‘If he chooses not to’ testify, Collins stated Sunday of Schiff (D-Calif.), ‘then I actually question his veracity in what he is putting in his report." ...

“Talking with host Chris Wallace on ‘Fox News Sunday,’ Collins complained that Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) gave Republicans on his committee an unrealistic timeline to digest the findings of the Intelligence Committee's report. Collins stated Nadler gave them till Friday to current an inventory of witnesses to testify, which he stated was too soon after the expected release of Schiff's findings.

“Why are they hiding the stuff from us?’ Collins stated. ‘If they assume they've such a case, give us all the materials and do not let Jerry Nadler write a crazy letter that claims on the sixth, tell us who your witnesses are. We do not even have the knowledge from the Intel committee but. For this reason this is a problematic train and simply a made-for-TV event approaching Wednesday.’” POLITICO

-- MARTHA RADDATZ spoke with Rep. VAL DEMINGS (D-Fla.) on ABC’S “THIS WEEK”: RADDATZ: “Any sense of what number of future hearings your committee will maintain? Do you anticipate any reality witnesses to be referred to as or recalled from the Intelligence Committee’s proceedings?”

DEMINGS: “Nicely, we've not likely made the decision on future hearings or future witnesses but. I feel our important focus proper now's to have the president and his counsel who you realize are given the same privileges as President Nixon and President Clinton had to take part and have interaction in this impeachment course of, even to the purpose of -- if we've any government periods of the Judiciary Committee.

“They’re invited to take part. So, we might definitely hope that the president, his counsel will take advantage of that opportunity. If he has not finished something improper, we’re definitely anxious to hear his rationalization of that.”

RADDATZ: “Have you gotten any indication the White House might be concerned or the counsel?” DEMINGS: “We haven't. As you could know, Chairman Nadler despatched a letter. I do know they’ve been in conversations with the White Home counsel aspect. They despatched a letter once more inviting the president, ensuring that he and his counsel are aware of the alternatives to completely interact and participate in this course of. We're definitely hoping that he will as I stated, benefit from that opportunity.”

THE STEPBACK: “Long Earlier than Trump, Impeachment Loomed Over A number of Presidents,” by NYT’s Peter Baker: “While President Trump is simply the fourth commander in chief in American history to confront a critical menace of impeachment, the prospect hung over lots of his predecessors, a nagging fear behind the mind for some, a constitutional sword of Damocles for others.

“Impeachment has served not just as a way for eradicating a corrupt president from workplace, as outlined within the Constitution — actually, it has by no means truly completed that function. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton have been each impeached by the Home however acquitted after Senate trials, whereas President Richard M. Nixon resigned earlier than the complete Home might vote. However impeachment has served as a deterrent, a consequence that presidents had to think about when making selections that crossed into questionable territory. ...

“Beyond Johnson, Nixon, Mr. Clinton and now Mr. Trump, lawmakers have filed formal impeachment resolutions towards at least seven different presidents, which means that one out of each four occupants of the White Home has confronted accusations of high crimes and misdemeanors, while others have been threatened. More often than not, the trouble posed no critical jeopardy.” NYT

-- “The brand new ‘three amigos’ driving into Trump impeachment inquiry,” by AP’s Lisa Mascaro: “The ‘three amigos’ used to face for one factor in Washington — the pack of globe-trotting senators led by John McCain who introduced American idealism to the world’s hassle spots.

“Now it refers to a different trio, the Trump envoys who pushed Ukraine to pursue investigations of Democrats and former Vice President Joe Biden.

“The shift represents greater than the appropriation of a identify. It additionally marks a departure from efforts by the late Arizona senator to build bipartisan alliances and further broad overseas policy beliefs pursued by Republican presidents from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush. That strategy is unrecognizable immediately as the GOP has grow to be the celebration of Donald Trump and his ‘America First’ strategy.” AP

COURT WATCH -- “DOJ’s election-year conundrum: How to probe team Trump,” by Darren Samuelsohn

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TRUMP’S WASHINGTON -- “Trump’s Intervention in SEALs Case Checks Pentagon’s Tolerance,” by NYT’s Dave Phillips, Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and Helene Cooper : “The case of the president and a commando accused of conflict crimes gives a lesson in how Mr. Trump presides over the armed forces three years after taking office. Whereas he boasts of supporting the army, he has come to distrust the generals and admirals who run it. Quite than settle for info from his own government, he responds to tv reviews that seize his curiosity. Warned towards crossing strains, he bulldozes previous precedent and norms.

“In consequence, the president finds himself more eliminated than ever from a disenchanted army command, including the armed forces to the establishments underneath his authority that he has feuded with, together with the intelligence group, regulation enforcement businesses and diplomatic corps.” NYT

MARIANNE LEVINE and SARAH KARLIN-SMITH -- “Quicksand engulfs a bipartisan plan that even Trump backs”: “President Donald Trump has vowed to decrease the cost of prescribed drugs. A Senate committee has permitted a bipartisan bill to do exactly that. And the plan is going nowhere fast.

“Sen. Chuck Grassley, the bill’s sponsor and chairman of the highly effective Finance Committee, expressed pessimism in an interview that the measure would quickly hit the ground, saying Trump must lean on Senate Majority Chief Mitch McConnell and more Republicans would wish to get behind it. ‘It might be dependent upon the White Home asking him to do it at this level,’ stated the Iowa Republican.

“The standstill — even on a problem that has bipartisan backing and the help of a fickle president — reflects the unceasing gridlock of as we speak’s Senate and the way troublesome it's to move any main legislation via the higher chamber.” POLITICO

MORE SUNDAY BEST …

-- CHUCK TODD spoke with Sen. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-Minn.) on NBC’S “MEET THE PRESS”: TODD: “You appear notably insulted by Bloomberg’s entry. No I mean, and I, look, I understand of different — however look, he’s coming — that is your area. You’re saying hey, I’m the compromise — I’m the one which if Biden falters, and swiftly ‘Hey you, you’re stepping into my area!’ That’s what you seemed like.”

KLOBUCHAR: “Nicely, it is more about money and politics for me. I've admiration for the work that he’s completed. But I don’t purchase this argument that you simply get in because you say ‘Oh everyone else sucks.’ I just don’t. I feel we now have robust candidates. I don’t assume that any of the polling or the numbers present that individuals are dissatisfied with all their candidates. They’re just making an attempt to select the fitting one.

“So my case is to make that it’s me. I’m the one from the beginning that has set that path. That you simply look individuals in the eyes, you inform them the reality. That no, we’re not going to give free school to everyone, however we are going to match our financial system with the jobs and the schooling system that we've. I am the one that's the only one on the stage that didn’t get on that invoice for kicking individuals off their current medical insurance in 4 years.”

-- DANA BASH additionally spoke to KLOBUCHAR on CNN’S “STATE OF THE UNION”: BASH: “So, as somebody who simply started to realize traction, will you be at an obstacle due to this [impeachment] trial?

KLOBUCHAR: “I meet no matter impediment is put in front of me. And that is more than an obstacle. It's my constitutional obligation. However I've many people which might be going to be on the market for me if I can not depart for a couple of weeks. That includes my husband and daughter, who're wonderful campaigners. Nevertheless it additionally consists of all of our endorsers.”

-- ON IMPEACHMENT: BASH: “From what you've gotten seen, is there any probability that you would vote to acquit the president?” KLOBUCHAR: “At this point, I don't see that. But I'm somebody that desires to take a look at every single rely. I've made very clear I feel this is impeachable conduct.”

DEEP DIVE -- DARIUS TAHIR: “'Black hole' of medical data contributes to deaths, mistreatment on the border,” by Darius Tahir: “The Division of Homeland Safety's insufficient medical know-how and record-management for the hundreds of migrants who move by way of its custody are contributing to poor care and even deaths, in response to lawsuit data reviewed by POLITICO.

“A evaluate by POLITICO of 22 deaths of detainees in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between 2013 and 2018 revealed malfunctioning software program and troubling gaps in use of know-how, reminiscent of failure to properly doc affected person care or scribbling documentation in the margins of types. Those critiques echo persistent complaints from specialists and advocates for migrants rights who say consideration to the medical wants of asylum seekers is indifferent at greatest. Current stories point out that Customs and Border Patrol rejected a CDC suggestion to administer flu photographs to individuals in its custody; two youngsters later died of flu within the agency's amenities.

“‘You possibly can’t take proper care of sufferers for those who don’t document care,’ stated Stan Huff, chief medical informatics officer at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, who reviewed the paper path of most of the deaths for POLITICO. The publicly released dying data are cited in a lawsuit introduced by the Southern Poverty Regulation Middle and others in August that alleges that ICE's ‘centralized insurance policies, practices, and failures of meaningful oversight’ have led to pointless dying and suffering.” POLITICO

2020 WATCH …

-- WAPO’S DAN BALZ: “The Democratic presidential campaign has produced confusion rather than clarity”

-- NATASHA KORECKI was on the ground with JOE BIDEN in Caroll, Iowa, as he kicked off his eight-day “No Malarkey” bus tour as the former VP tries to regain some momentum in the important thing 2020 state. She sends this observe from the trail: “In a Council Bluffs kickoff event, Jill Biden made a pitch for her husband and as she gestured, her hand almost brushed the previous VP’s face, so he leaned down and nibbled on her finger. Dangerous photograph second.

“He and Jill brought doughnuts to a nearby hearth station where there was simply four-person crew and a fan turned on in the middle of the go to so the media couldn’t hear much of their change. And at another cease on the Cornstalk Cafe, Biden couldn’t even get an area to lookup from the Iron Bowl to say whats up.

“However Biden’s ultimate event of the night time was a real spotlight. Native political celebrities Tom and Christine Vilsack, made a passionate pitch for Biden in front of about 125 individuals. Tom Vilsack, the previous Iowa governor and ex-Secretary of Agriculture beneath Obama, helped Biden develop his rural policy, noted that Biden is beating Trump in battleground states.

“However the room grew still when Vilsack talked concerning the dying of his personal 5-year-old granddaughter, and the way Biden approached Vilsack’s son to console him: ‘This can be a man of great compassion, great empathy and nice heart … I would like my president to have compassion and empathy and heart.’”

-- “‘I know Joe’s heart’: Why black voters are backing Joe Biden,” by AP’s Erinn Haines

TRUMP’S SUNDAY -- The president and First Woman Melania Trump will depart Mar-a-Lago at four p.m. and return to Washington.

ACROSS THE POND: “Trump isn’t operating in Britain’s election. That hasn’t stopped him from getting within the middle,” by WaPo’s William Sales space and Karla Adam in London: “Donald Trump just can’t appear to avoid British politics. He’s fired off comments on subjects together with Brexit, his low opinion of a British ambassador, and the way his Trump-branded golf course in Scotland ‘furthers U.Okay. relations.’

“So there’s little shock that the American president is enjoying an outsize position in Britain’s upcoming elections — for good or dangerous, relying. In Britain, greater than any different nation except for america, Trump has sought to bolster his political allies and trash his detractors.” WaPo

WASHINGTON INC. -- “Goldman Sachs seeks to rebrand as wealth takes middle stage within the Democratic presidential race,” by WaPo’s Tory Newmyer in Ankeny, Iowa: “An unlikely company identify stored popping up when Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) visited a group school campus here for a current forum devoted to small-business ­points. ...

“The forum, sponsored by Goldman’s small-business program, is certainly one of six such occasions the financial institution has staged with 2020 Democratic presidential contenders in Iowa and New Hampshire up to now this yr. Goldman executives say their objective is to elevate small-business considerations in the contest. Small companies make use of almost half the personal workforce, and Goldman argues they lack a voice in Washington and have acquired scant consideration on the campaign trail — a realization executives say they reached after shepherding more than 9,100 via the entrepreneurship program they launched almost a decade ago.

“But the effort can also be a delicate rebranding train by a firm at the middle of a knockdown political battle between Wall Road and Primary Road. For populists comparable to Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the banking big remains a totem of runaway Wall Road greed that helped precipitate the 2008 monetary disaster and continues to reap a windfall beneath the Trump administration. To Wall Road titans and the uber-rich, liberal Democratic candidates are villainizing their success and threatening it with their economic plans.” WaPo

CULTURE WARS -- “How a Divided Left Is Losing the Battle on Abortion,” by NYT’s Elisabeth Diaz and Lisa Lerer in Atlanta

BONUS GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman (@dlippman), filing from Los Angeles:

-- “Prime Mover: How Amazon Wove Itself Into the Life of an American City,” by NYT’s Scott Shane in Baltimore: “For most people, it’s the press that brings a package deal to their door. However a take a look at Baltimore exhibits how Amazon might now attain into People’ every day existence in more ways than any corporation in historical past.” NYT

-- “Adam Sandler’s Eternal Shtick,” by Jamie Lauren Keiles in the NYT Journal: “He turned America’s most reliable comic star with out ever leaving his comfort zone. So what’s he doing on this yr’s most anxiety-inducing movie?” NYT Magazine

-- “Exclusive: Inside a controversial South African lion farm,” by Nationwide Geographic’s Rachel Fobar in Lichtenburg, South Africa: “At amenities geared to vacationers, guests pay to pet, bottle-feed, and take selfies with cubs and even walk alongside mature lions. Critics say the cub-petting business results in abuse, business breeding, and discarding of exotic animals. As the lions age, they grow to be too harmful to pet, they usually’re typically bought to breeding and searching ranches.” NatGeo

-- “This Is Why Your Holiday Journey Is Awful,” by Marc J. Dunkelman in POLITICO Magazine: “The long, sordid history of New York’s Penn Station exhibits how progressives have made it too onerous for the federal government to do huge things—and why, consider it or not, Robert Caro is in charge.” POLITICO Magazine

-- “Trump Obtained His Wall, After All,” by Rachel Morris in HuffPost Highline: “A small, devoted crew of hardliners has put bureaucratic limitations which are far more durable to overcome than any hunk of concrete on the Southern border.” HuffPost Highline (hat tip: Longreads.com)

-- “Florida Cracks Down on Violent Crime at Strip Mall Casinos,” by Felix Gillette in Bloomberg Businessweek: “‘Grownup arcades’ supply video slots and limitless soda. They’re additionally magnets for armed robberies. One metropolis might have found out a solution to cease the mayhem.” Bloomberg Businessweek

-- “9 Secrets and techniques I Never Knew About Airports Until I Worked at LAX,” by Brandon Presser in Bloomberg: “From lifeless bodies in the safety line to a cobra in a Pringles can, you wouldn’t consider the crazy issues that occur at America’s busiest airport of origin.” Bloomberg

-- “The Fall of WeWork: How a Startup Darling Came Unglued,” by WSJ’s Maureen Farrell, Liz Hoffman, Eliot Brown and David Benoit: “[Adam] Neumann ... employed relations in key roles, and purchased buildings and leased them to WeWork. He even had the company pay him $5.9 million for the rights to its personal identify after he trademarked it. ... One individual emerges in fine condition. Mr. Neumann is getting a $185 million four-year consulting contract and may sell as much as $970 million of his shares to SoftBank.” WSJ

-- “India: Intimations of an Ending,” by Arundhati Roy in The Nation: “The rise of Modi and the Hindu far right.” The Nation

-- “Borneo is burning,” by Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Tom Booth and Masrur Jamaluddin in Kalimantan, Indonesia, in CNN: “Deep inside the jungles of Indonesian Borneo, unlawful fires rage, creating apocalyptic pink skies and smoke that has unfold as far as Malaysia and Singapore. Individuals are choking. Animals are dying. That is no bizarre hearth. It was lit for you. Farmers are clearing land the quickest means they know methods to cash in on rising demand for palm oil, which is utilized in half of all supermarket products, from chocolate to shampoo.” CNN

-- “In the 2010s, White America Was Finally Proven Itself,” by Zak Cheney-Rice in New York journal in an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates: “‘Before Obama, most famous black individuals have been all entertainers. And now you got an precise head of state who conducts himself in a approach that you would want your son to conduct himself.’” NY Mag

-- “Prepping for Parole,” by Jennifer Gonnerman in The New Yorker: “A gaggle of volunteers helps incarcerated individuals negotiate a system that is all but broken.” New Yorker

Ship tips to Eli Okun and Garrett Ross at politicoplaybook@politico.com.

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