Tipsheet: 2020 Dems compete for top campaign operatives — Sponsored by CVS Health

View in your browser     2020 Dems compete for top campaign operatives By Amie Parnes      Democrats considering bids for the White House in 2020 are already busy wooing the few party operatives qualified to manage a national campaign. Nearly two full years before the Iowa caucuses, several potential candidates have already begun lining up the aides and advisers who could guide them to the White House. Read the full story here     House poised to vote on $1.3T spending bill By Scott Wong and Mike Lillis The House is poised to vote on a bipartisan $1.3 trillion omnibus as soon as Thursday, less than 24 hours after GOP leaders unveiled the massive spending package needed to avert a government shutdown this week. Read the full story here     With shutdown nearing, focus turns to Rand Paul By Jordain Carney All eyes are on Rand Paul, the senator seen as the most likely to force a temporary shutdown and keep the Senate in session all weekend over a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill. Read the full story here     GOP pushes to change Senate rules for Trump By Alexander Bolton A group of Republican senators wants to press the button on a new “nuclear option” that would limit debate time on President Trump’s nominees. Read the full story here     The Memo: Women create new legal woes for Trump By Niall Stanage President Trump’s troubles with women are multiplying, with three lawsuits distracting from his agenda and potentially bringing legal peril. Read the full story here     Russia leak raises questions about staff undermining Trump By Jordan Fabian A furor erupted at the White House on Wednesday over a damaging leak that revealed President Trump defied his aides’ advice during a congratulatory phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Read the full story here     Trump fires back at ‘Crazy Joe Biden': ‘He would go down fast and hard, crying all the way’ By Kyle Balluck President Trump fired back at Joe Biden in an early morning tweet, saying the former vice president is “trying to act like a tough guy." Read the full story here     House passes 'right to try' drug bill By Rachel Roubein The House passed “right to try” legislation on experimental drugs largely along party lines Wednesday, sending a bill backed by President Trump to the Senate. Read the full story here     Senate passes controversial online sex trafficking bill By Harper Neidig The Senate on Wednesday passed a controversial online sex trafficking bill, sending it to President Trump’s desk over concerns from the tech industry, capping off a months-long legislative fight. Read the full story here     Saccone concedes Pennsylvania House special election to Lamb By Jacqueline Thomsen Republican candidate Rick Saccone has officially conceded the Pennsylvania House special election to Democrat Conor Lamb more than a week after it took place. Read the full story here         SPONSORED CONTENT   Sponsored by CVS Health We go beyond filling prescriptions to helping people take the right medicine at the right time just as their doctor ordered. Helping deliver improved outcomes. Learn more.         Reforming Medicaid’s drug discount program would be a real congressional achievement By Lindsay Boyd Killen OPINION | The Senate HELP Committee hearing last week examining the 340B drug discount program, another example of a well-intentioned government scheme gone awry, shows that Washington is finally getting serious about passing much-needed modernization and reform. Read the full story here     The GOP is Trump's party now By Lloyd Green OPINION | The heart and soul of the Republican Party belongs to Donald Trump. Last week, a single tweet by the president knocked challenger Danny Tarkanian out of Nevada’s Republican Senate primary, and sent him scurrying into a House race. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg vows to bolster privacy amid Cambridge Analytica crisis By Sheera Frenkel and Kevin Roose   Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday publicly addressed for the first time the misuse of data belonging to 50 million users of the social network and described the steps the company would take to safeguard the information of its more than two billion monthly users. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Can Zuckerberg’s media blitz take the pressure off Facebook? By Barbara Ortutay, Danica Kirka and Gregory Katz   In the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz in an attempt to take some of the public and political pressure off the social network. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump’s remark to Putin that they could meet soon caught White House advisers by surprise By Karen DeYoung, John Hudson and Josh Dawsey   Briefings before the call to Moscow included no mention of a possible meeting with the Russian president, and aides have not been instructed to prepare for one, senior administration officials said. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Manufacturers aim to blunt tariff pain By Andrew Tangel U.S. companies are seeking exemptions from the Trump administration’s metals tariffs but complain the process is confusing. Read the full story here     Reuters: EPA chief's security detail joined him on first-class flights, agency tells lawmakers By Valerie Volcovici   Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt’s private security detail accompanied him on first-class flights, the agency confirmed on Wednesday to U.S. House Democrats, who requested details on his travels amid growing scrutiny of Cabinet members’ spending. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet           Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.