Tipsheet: McConnell lays out agenda as House bills pile up

View in your browser     McConnell lays out agenda as House bills pile up BY ALEXANDER BOLTON Senate Republicans are coming under fire from Democrats over the pile-up of House-passed bills and realizing they need to take action beyond confirming President Trump’s nominees. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wants to get the appropriations process — which started off well last year and then stalled — back on track and rekindle talk of an infrastructure package, despite broad pessimism among his GOP colleagues about finding a way to pay for it. Read the full story here     Trump demands that undocumented immigrants be taken to sanctuary cities BY RACHEL FRAZIN President Trump tweeted on Saturday night that his administration has the legal right to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities and demanded it happen. Read the full story here     Congress opens door to fraught immigration talks BY JORDAIN CARNEY Lawmakers are opening the door to reviving immigration negotiations, but a renewed effort to find a deal on border security is facing long odds on Capitol Hill. Read the full story here     House Dems give IRS new deadline to provide Trump's tax returns BY NAOMI JAGODA House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) on Saturday sent a second letter to the IRS in his push to obtain President Trump's tax returns, after the agency missed his original deadline to provide the documents. Read the full story here       Roger Stone attacks Mueller indictment, demands to see final report BY JOHN BOWDEN GOP strategist and longtime Trump associate Roger Stone is demanding the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full investigative report as part of his ongoing legal defense strategy. Read the full story here     Pelosi hits Trump over Omar video: Wrong to 'fan the flames' BY TAL AXELROD Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed President Trump on Saturday after he tweeted an edited video of comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) about the 9/11 attacks that have sparked criticism. Read the full story here     Sanders calls on Trump to scrap his trade plan BY RACHEL FRAZIN Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday called upon President Trump to scrap his new trade deal, which would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), while speaking at a campaign rally in Michigan.  Read the full story here     Biden sees donor enthusiasm, strong polls post-controversy BY AMIE PARNES Former Vice President Joe Biden is seeing growing enthusiasm among donors despite the controversy surrounding women who have accused him of inappropriate touching.  Read the full story here     Booker kicks off 'Justice for All Tour' in Newark BY TAL AXELROD Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) kicked off his “Justice for All Tour” Saturday in Newark, a two-week trip that will take the presidential hopeful to Iowa, Georgia and Nevada.  Read the full story here     Conservative groups defend tech from GOP crackdown BY EMILY BIRNBAUM   Influential free market and conservative groups are pushing back against Republican lawmakers' calls to rein in big tech companies over allegations of bias. Read the full story here     Green New Deal has a dirty secret BY JIM DEMINT Opinion | The dirty little secret of the Green New Deal is not that it is an unserious proposal that has nothing to do with the environment and everything to do with the sense of entitlement of elite progressives. That is not a secret at all. It is common knowledge. The secret of the Green New Deal is that this valentine to socialism from Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already obsolete. Read the full story here     Trolling of Bill Barr shows how language is twisted to politics BY JONATHAN TURLEY Opinion | In the novel “1984,” author George Orwell wrote that “if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” Democrats appear to be taking that idea to heart this week with their bizarre outcry over Attorney General William Barr referring to the government “spying” that targeted Trump presidential campaign figures. Suddenly, the term “spying” was declared as categorically exclusive of any intelligence surveillance. Read the full story here     The New York Times: The many reasons to run for president when you probably don’t stand a chance BY MATT FLEGENHEIMER Recent history suggests there is almost no downside to giving it a shot. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump campaign eyes chances to vie for states lost in 2016 BY ZEKE MILLER President Donald Trump loves to recount how his 2016 campaign defied expectations to pierce the vaunted Democratic “blue wall.” For 2020, he’s looking to do one better. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Health-care law more popular despite Trump’s and GOP’s repeated attempts to destroy it BY PAIGE WINFIELD CUNNINGHAM Since its passage in 2010, 25 million more Americans are insured, with millions more getting coverage that is more comprehensive because of it. Even some Republicans who won elections vowing to “repeal and replace” now speak favorably of President Obama’s signature domestic achievement. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Mnuchin says trade talks near final round BY JOSH ZUMBRUN Treasury secretary says U.S. officials will speak to Chinese counterparts in coming week on a narrowing set of issues. Read the full story here     CNN: Pompeo 'confident' US will continue 'progress' with North Korea on denuclearization BY VERONICA STRACQUALURSI US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday he's "confident" that the United States will continue its "progress" with North Korea on denuclearization, as the two countries' leaders have suggested they're open to potential third summit. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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