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‘Well, I talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about, talk about movin’: |
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© Giphy President Biden is holding meetings with Democratic lawmakers today to attempt to breathe new life into his legislative agenda. At 2 p.m. EDT: Biden, Vice President Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are meeting with House progressive lawmakers. At 4:30 p.m. EDT: Biden, Harris and Yellen then meet with a group of House and Senate moderates. List of who is attending the two meetings: https://bit.ly/3C0zg9p First up — no surprise there: 
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| DEMS SURE ARE FEELING THE NERVES: |
| Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney: https://bit.ly/3vqrJy8 |
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| Happy Tuesday! I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com — and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook. Did someone forward this to you? Want your own copy? Sign up here to receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox daily: http://bit.ly/2kjMNnn |
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| LATEST WITH BIDEN’S AGENDA | |
What could tank the entire plan: |
| Via The Hill’s Alexander Bolton, “Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) refusal to support the centerpiece of President Biden’s climate agenda puts the Democrats’ entire infrastructure and social spending agenda at risk.” https://bit.ly/3peA9Yj |
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| DEMOCRATS ARE SCRAMBLING TO COME UP WITH A BACKUP PLAN FOR CLIMATE LEGISLATION: |
| Via The Hill’s Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk: https://bit.ly/3vtm1LP |
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Nothing more festive than a chat and a photo opp: |
| Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) separately met with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) yesterday as the stalemate of President Biden’s domestic agenda continues. https://bit.ly/3peA9Yj From the front: 
© Twitter Video of the two interacting — and then getting into their cars: It looks pretty friendly! https://bit.ly/3jcdTdS “ ‘Get a picture. You want to get a picture of us?’ Manchin told photographers as he and Sanders ran back into each other. They quickly obliged.” https://bit.ly/3G3eecA And from the back: 
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| I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE ONION’S LEVITY AT MOMENTS LIKE THIS: |
| The Onion’s headline reads, “Democrats Attempt To Woo Joe Manchin For Reconciliation Bill By Taping Single Hershey’s Kiss To Latest Draft” https://bit.ly/3aORTkI |
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Over-the-counter hearing aids may soon be a thing!: |
| “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a rule to offer a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids in an attempt to boost accessibility and lower costs for the devices for Americans.” https://bit.ly/3m2qGSd Read the FDA’s proposal: https://bit.ly/3vr1lUN Back story, from The Washington Post’s Katie Shepherd: “More than four years after Congress ordered the agency to allow over-the-counter hearing aids, it took the first step Tuesday to broaden access to more accessible and affordable devices for millions of patients with mild to moderate hearing loss.” https://wapo.st/3lSt3H4 |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
Choose your own adventure: |
| Via The New York Times’s Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland, “The Food and Drug Administration is planning to allow Americans to receive a different Covid-19 vaccine as a booster than the one they initially received, a move that could reduce the appeal of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and provide flexibility to doctors and other vaccinators.” https://nyti.ms/3vuUPfN The catch — they won’t say which is the best combo: “The government would not recommend one shot over another, and it might note that using the same vaccine as a booster when possible is preferable, people familiar with the agency’s planning said. But vaccine providers could use their discretion to offer a different brand, a freedom that state health officials have been requesting for weeks.” What we know: https://nyti.ms/3vuUPfN |
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| IF YOU’VE LOST TRACK — HERE’S WHO CAN GET THE EXTRA DOSE: |
| Via CNN: https://cnn.it/3GbVS9F |
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| CASE NUMBERS: |
| Coronavirus cases in the U.S.: 45,052,861 U.S. death toll: 726,274 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y |
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| VACCINATION NUMBERS: |
| Total number of vaccinations administered in the U.S.: 409 million shots have been given. Seven-day average of doses administered: An average of 904,950 doses For context: The U.S. population is roughly 331 million. Breakdown of the numbers: https://bloom.bg/3iVTPLH |
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Maybe a little uncomfy to say about a man that just passed away: |
| Former President Trump released a statement this morning following the death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell. https://bit.ly/3BYfeMG Trump’s statement: “Wonderful to see Colin Powell, who made big mistakes on Iraq and famously, so-called weapons of mass destruction, be treated in death so beautifully by the Fake News Media. Hope that happens to me someday. He was a classic RINO, if even that, always being the first to attack other Republicans…” More from Trump’s statement: https://bit.ly/3BYfeMG |
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| TIDBIT — THE WHITE HOUSE LOWERED THE FLAGS FOR POWELL’S DEATH: |
| Photo from C-SPAN’s Howard Mortman: https://bit.ly/3DSV8UL |
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| ‘POWELL’S DEATH A ‘SOBERING REMINDER’ OF CORONAVIRUS’S CONTINUED RISKS’: |
| Via The Hill’s Justine Coleman: https://bit.ly/2Xrss5L Op-ed: https://bit.ly/2Z2AIJM |
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Félicitations, Steve Clemons!: |
| The Hill’s Steve Clemons was honored last night, receiving the award of Chevalier for France’s Legion of Honor. Spotted at the reception at the French residence: Deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and his wife Gayle Conelly Manchin; Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.); Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio); Kevin Young, director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture; and many more. |
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Getting traction: |
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| The House and Senate are in. President Biden and Vice President Harris are in Washington, D.C. 9:30 a.m. EDT: President Biden received the President’s Daily Brief. 11:30 a.m. EDT: A cloture vote in the Senate. 2 p.m. EDT: President Biden, Vice President Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meet with House progressives to discuss Biden’s agenda. List of who is attending the meeting: https://bit.ly/3C0zg9p 2:20 p.m. EDT: A judicial confirmation vote in the Senate. The Senate’s full agenda today: https://bit.ly/3phLmHy 4:30 p.m. EDT: President Biden, Vice President Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meet with a group of House and Senate moderates to discuss Biden’s legislative agenda. List of who is attending the meeting: https://bit.ly/3C0zg9p 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. EDT: First and last votes in the House. The House’s full agenda today: https://bit.ly/2Z5d7by |
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| 7:30 p.m. EDT: The Jan. 6 Select Committee votes on whether to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for ignoring his subpoena. Livestream: https://bit.ly/3jfngJT |
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| Today is National Seafood Bisque Day. |
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Noo, not our free-range, striped friend: |
| Via Washingtonian’s Daniella Byck, remember a few weeks ago when zebras were on the loose in Maryland? Well, one of those zebras was found dead in a snare trap. https://bit.ly/3jiJ9Id |
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| And to brighten your afternoon, here’s a dog eating its veggies: https://bit.ly/3m2oA4N ^ That enthusiasm! |
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