NEW: House lawmakers are scrambling to determine whether Patrick McHenry can participate in a Gang of 8 briefing on Israel. A source involved in the discussions said it is up to WH who can participate, but emphasized how untested the entire situation is given status of House House Intelligence Committee is also working to secure a classified briefing about the unfolding situation in Israel, source tells me, which can occur even without an elected Speaker.

New: House Judiciary GOP have subpoenaed CEOs of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft for information about their companies’ communications with the executive branch over how their content is moderated. The move by committee Chairman Jim Jordan is a notable escalation as part of the House GOP’s effort to prove that big tech companies have colluded with the federal government to suppress conservative voices.

Bennie Thompson says 1/6 committee is "close to putting pens down" on final report, will have 8 chapters, doubts it will be done by 12/16 but "good possibility" out before Christmas.

Thompson says "we have not decided how we will release the report" so a hearing is undecided Thompson said if the panel does decide to issue criminal referrals, which he says is “still under consideration,” it will be “done separately” from the final report but will be considered “an official action of the committee.”

House GOP Judiciary members led by Jim Jordan sent letters to DOJ, FBI, DOE, DHS, & Executive Office of the President officials telling them to "anticipate requiring testimony, either in hearings or transcribed interviews" in the next Congress with GOP in the majority. Full list: DOJ officials

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chairs 1/6 committee said the “goal” for the committee’s next hearing is September 28.
 
“That’s the goal at this point” Thompson said. “If it happens it will be that date, but we’re not sure at this point.” January 6 committee members and staff just wrapped an over 4 hour closed door meeting at the Capitol, as the panel continues to weigh a number of important decisions.

NEW: 1/6 committee members will meet tomorrow and one of the most pressing questions they'll address is whether to formally request Donald Trump and Mike Pence to appear before them.

Story w/@jamiegangel @ZcohenCNN @GloriaBorger @SaraMurray

cnn.com/2022/09/12/pol… According to multiple sources, the committee does not expect either man to testify. But some members believe the invitations should be extended for the record.

"How do you create a historic record without including formal requests for the two top witnesses," said one source

Rep. Zoe Lofgren told me that former President Donald Trump’s deputy White House Chief of Staff Tony Ornato and Trump’s former Secret Service lead agent Robert Engel have both retained private counsel to engage with the January 6 committee. Lofgren confirmed that the driver of Trump’s motorcade also has retained private counsel, which CNN has previously reported.

SCOOP: Texts reveal a behind the scenes evolution of 2 lawmakers who went from lobbying to warning Mark Meadows about the plan to overturn the election.

Read the texts from Mike Lee & Chip Roy.

Story w/@ryanobles ⁦@ZcohenCNN⁩ ⁦@jamiegangel⁩ cnn.com/2022/04/15/pol… Chip Roy’s arc from Nov 2020 to Jan 2021

11/7
“dude, we need ammo. We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend”

11/19
“we need substance or people are going to break...”

11/22
“Frigging Rudy needs to hush...”

12/31
“The President should call everyone off.”

Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal on call with reporters says now that Manchin is officially a no on BBB, the ask is now for President Biden to pass pieces of the legislation through executive action. She also said progressives will not accept a smaller bill in the future “No one should think that we are going to be satisfied with an even smaller package...that is why it is now incumbent on President Biden to keep his promise to us and to the American people by using the ultimate tool in his toolbox, the tool of executive actions in every arena"

Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced that she is not seeking re-election today. Murphy has been a leading voice among House centrist Dems and currently serves on 1/6 committee cnn.com/2021/12/20/pol… "This was not an easy decision, but it was the right decision" Murphy says.
Murphy's decision to not seek reelection comes as many Ds have announced retirements amid districts being redrawn and a growing consensus that the upcoming midterms are going to be a tough fight.

Wild exchange between Jamie Raskin and Andrew Clyde during rules committee meeting just now. Raskin asked Clyde if he still stood by his statement calling 1/6 "normal tourist visit" and read out Clyde's entire statement.

Clyde: "I stand by that exact statement as I said it.” This came after Raskin asked Clyde initially if he stood by his initial statements and Clyde said he wanted Raskin to read his whole statement. Raskin came prepared and read the whole quote out loud.

NEW: In a sign of fallout among House Republicans over being vetoed from the January 6 select committee, three sources tell CNN that all six Republicans House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy designated to serve on a key select committee on the economy are pulling out. None of McCarthy’s initial appointments to the select committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth will be joining that committee’s first meeting this week, a lawmaker familiar with the committee told CNN.

NEW: 9 GOP members were w/Trump at the border but still had their votes count bc they proxy voted, allowing a colleague to vote on their behalf. The problem? Proxy voting requires members to sign a letter citing the pandemic as the reason they miss the vote. Then we dug for data: Even though GOP leadership is against proxy voting, 37% of Rs have bucked their party's stance & used it at least once. Members of the GOP even filed a lawsuit against proxy voting but 40 of the initial plaintiffs have voted via proxy, a total of 734 collective votes among them.

THREAD on @BernieSanders’ criticism of the media tn: Sanders was asked at a presidential forum w/ the Poor People’s movement why he believes it is difficult to get candidates to address and deal with the issues of people living in poverty.

Sanders blamed the media. (1/5) “I have been in Congress for 30 years. I was a Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, home city. Reverend, do you know how many times media has asked me what am I gonna do about poverty? I don't think it ever has. I'm followed by all this,” Sanders said pointing to the media. (2/5)

THREAD on @AOC door knocking for @BernieSanders in Des Moines, Iowa: First, @AOC spoke to volunteers ahead of canvassing. “We’re in this living my room today because we know that, because this is more than just a presidential campaign. And this is more than just the caucuses. This is about what is going to happen in our lifetimes.”