Tipsheet: Trump scramble to rack up accomplishments gives conservatives heartburn

View in your browser     Trump scramble to rack up accomplishments gives conservatives heartburn BY ALEXANDER BOLTON President Trump's race to rack up accomplishments heading into an election year is giving conservatives heartburn, with some worried he is striking deals that include giveaways to Democrats. Several Senate Republicans this week vented their frustration with Trump’s trade deal with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during meetings with the administration’s top trade official, Robert Lighthizer. Read the full story here     Impeachment obliterates tinges of comity in House BY MIKE LILLIS For nearly three years, Republicans and Democrats have fought tooth and nail over the deeds and demeanor of the mercurial figure in the Oval Office. With Friday's move to send impeachment charges against President Trump to the House floor, the divide has never been more pronounced. Read the full story here     Vulnerable Democrats swing behind impeachment push BY CRISTINA MARCOS AND SCOTT WONG Vulnerable House Democrats are falling in line to vote for articles of impeachment against President Trump despite expressing nervousness in recent days about what will be their most momentous vote this year. Read the full story here     Trump accuses Democrats of 'trivializing' impeachment BY MORGAN CHALFANT President Trump on Friday said House Democrats are “trivializing impeachment” after a House committee voted along party lines to approve articles of impeachment against him over his dealings with Ukraine. Read the full story here       Supreme Court takes up fight over Trump financial records BY JOHN KRUZEL The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear appeals from President Trump in three cases involving efforts to gain access to his financial records, setting up a landmark separation of powers showdown. Read the full story here     Trump, China announce 'Phase One' trade deal BY NIV ELIS   President Trump and China on Friday announced that they had reached a "phase one" trade deal that would see a reduction in tariffs from both sides and increase China's purchases of U.S. agricultural products. Read the full story here     Democrats ask if they have reason to worry about UK result BY MAX GREENWOOD Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party’s resounding victory in the United Kingdom’s general elections on Thursday is sounding a possible alarm for Democrats in the United States. Read the full story here     Judge rejects DOJ effort to delay House lawsuit against Barr, Ross BY HARPER NEIDIG A federal judge on Friday rejected the Trump administration's request to delay a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for defying congressional subpoenas as part of a probe into officials' handling of the 2020 census. Read the full story here     Seven years after Sandy Hook, the politics of guns has changed BY REID WILSON On a Friday morning in December 2012, a gunman burst through the doors of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., committing one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history that left 20 children and six teachers and staff dead.  Read the full story here     CBO: Pelosi drug pricing bill would raise wages by $116B over 10 years BY PETER SULLIVAN House Democrats’ bill to lower drug prices would raise wages for people on employer-sponsored health insurance by $116 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Read the full story here     More than Brexit: High stakes for the United Kingdom's foreign policy BY GARRET MARTIN AND MICHELLE EGAN Opinion | Unsurprisingly, Brexit was at the heart of yesterday's very consequential election in the United Kingdom, as it has dominated domestic politics since the June 2016 referendum. The general public, frustrated by the paralysis caused by Brexit, hoped that this election would finally break the deadlock. Read the full story here     Why the president should meet with dictators BY BONNIE KRISTIAN Opinion | Perhaps nowhere is diplomacy more needful than in relations with unfriendly and otherwise objectionable governments with which we may well be drawn into war if we refuse to talk. Dictators are not “okay,” but negotiating with them is often necessary. Read the full story here     The New York Times: McConnell, coordinating with White House, lays plans for impeachment trial BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG With the House headed to a vote to impeach President Trump next week, Senator Mitch McConnell was working hand in hand with the White House to make plans for a Senate trial, a proceeding steeped in tradition and rules but one fraught with political peril for vulnerable Republicans. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Fact-based impeachment can’t penetrate the pro-Trump Web BY ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER As the House Judiciary Committee convened Friday to approve articles of impeachment against President Trump, a watch party got underway in a private Facebook group that rallies its more than 75,000 members around the banner, “THE TRUMP DEPLORABLES.” Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Iowa Democrats worry ‘Medicare for All’ hurts key industry BY ALEXANDRA JAFFE Nearly 17,000 Iowans are either directly employed by health insurance companies or employed in related jobs. For many Iowans, the Medicare for All debate is personal, and the prospect of losing a job could influence whom they support in the Feb. 3 caucuses. Read the full story here     NBC News: Trump faces fight or flight moment in Senate impeachment trial BY JONATHAN ALLEN The closer Republicans get to a Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the more it looks like an improvised political explosive. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: North America trade deal is likely model for future deals BY JOSH ZUMBRUN The Trump administration may have created a model for future trade agreements in striking a deal last week with Canada and Mexico to rewrite the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         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.