MORNING MESSAGE
While
most of the political establishment was fixated on the gridlock conservatives
have successfully orchestrated in Washington ... a little-noticed announcement
in New York last month showed how determined climate activists are working their
way around it ... an organization working to encourage disinvestment in fossil
fuel companies and investment in clean energy alternatives had won in the past
year pledges worth $2.6 trillion to do just that ... The announcement was a
triumph for the Wallace Global Fund, a key funder of grassroots organizations
driving the switch to green energy, and its co-chairman Scott Wallace. It is a
prime example of the work that the Campaign for America’s Future is honoring
October 27 at its Awards Gala, where Wallace will receive a Progressive Champion
award along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), National Education Association
President Lily Eskelsen GarcĂa and grassroots network National People’s
Action.
Liberals Seize Majority In Canada
Liberals
shatter expectations by claiming clear majority in Parliament. CBC: “Justin
Trudeau will be Canada’s next prime minister after leading the Liberal Party to
a stunning majority government win … The Liberal wave that washed across the
country offered a stinging rebuke to Harper and the Conservatives, who will form
the Official Opposition and had based their campaign largely on questioning
Trudeau’s readiness to lead.”
Time
assesses “What a Justin Trudeau Win Means for Canada”: “The Liberals have
said that they would accept a series of budget deficits to fund major
infrastructure spending that would in turn boost the economy … The Liberals also
promised a tax hike for Canada’s top 1% to pay for a tax cut for the country’s
middle class.”
Trudeau
prepares to pick cabinet. Bloomberg: “Liberal cabinets have often been a mix
of ‘big spend’ progressives and more right-leaning candidates … The new cabinet
will need to decide whether to ratify [TPP] … Trudeau says half of his cabinet
ministers will be women.”
Webb May Break With Dems
Jim
Webb may run third-party. Reuters: “Webb’s campaign announced [a Tuesday]
news conference at the National Press Club in Washington with a short statement
headlined ‘Jim Webb To Consider Independent Run.'”
Martin
O’Malley steps up criticism of Clinton. W. Post: ““I believe I have the
independence to actually get [Wall Street reform] done, and I do not believe
that Hillary Clinton does,’ Maryland’s former governor told the [Daily Show’s]
Trevor Noah … ‘She couldn’t bring herself to say that we need to separate
commercial banking from the speculative banking, namely reinstating
Glass-Steagall, because she can’t.'”
Marco
Rubio twisted in knots over immigration. Politico: “…Rubio’s attempts to
explain his trajectory on immigration — from chief GOP advocate of sweeping
reform to largely disavowing that effort and now advocating an enforcement-first
approach — is drawing criticism from all sides.”
Eyes On Ryan
Rep.
Paul Ryan returns to DC. NYT: “Republicans will meet on Tuesday night, and
Mr. Ryan may announce his decision then. Or not.”
House
Freedom Caucus won’t roll over for Ryan. The Hill: “…his allies have said
he’s reluctantly open to a bid, as long as there are no strings attached …
Conservatives, however, say the chances of that happening are almost zero … More
than a dozen Republicans could make a play for Speaker if Ryan doesn’t run.”
Time Crunch For Debt Limit
House
may vote on debt limit this week. W. Post: “In order to get a bill through
Congress before that [Nov. 3] deadline, congressional aides and lobbyists said
Monday that they expect the House will pass an increase in the debt limit by the
end of the week, with the help of Democratic votes, so it can then be cleared by
the Senate next week before the deadline.”
Boehner
will still need some Republican votes. The Hill: “The lame-duck Speaker
needs to win 30 Republican votes to lift the government’s borrowing limit, even
if the entire House Democratic Caucus votes with him … conservatives are warning
that an effort to immediately depose Boehner as Speaker could be launched if a
clean debt-ceiling increase is brought to the floor.”
Conservatives
still want to put conditions on debt limit hike. The Hill: “Conservative
leaders in the Senate and House on Monday said they would not support raising
the nation’s debt limit without significant spending reforms … [Sen. Rand] Paul
and [Rep. Nick] Mulvaney say the debt-limit increase should be paired with a
plan to cut the deficit, cap future spending and pass a balanced budget
amendment to the debt-limit increase.”
Senate
moves on Ex-Im Bank. The Hill: “The process, known as Rule 14, will allow
the legislation from Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) to skip over the committee process
and go directly to the Senate floor where it could be scheduled for a vote. The
fast-track process will likely be completed on Tuesday … The procedural
maneuvers in the Senate come after a group of House Republicans joined with
Democrats to file a discharge petition to force a vote on reauthorizing the
bank, which could happen this month.”
Breakfast Sides
WH
touts business leadership in carbon cuts. NYT: ” The Obama administration
announced Monday that 81 major companies have committed to large reductions in
carbon emissions, part of a broad push by the White House to show progress ahead
of international climate talks in Paris this year. The companies that have made
the pledgeinclude such iconic American brands as Levi Strauss & Company,
McDonald’s, I.B.M. and Procter & Gamble.”
Big
Pharma turns against TPP. The Hill: “The exact details of the pharmaceutical
provision, which involves a class of drugs called biologics, won’t be made
public until later this month … pharmaceutical companies could get up to eight
years of exclusive rights to their clinical trial data, compared to 12 years
currently in place … The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is now in a standoff with
the Obama administration, searching for a playbook in its effort to keep
Congress from ratifying the deal next year.”
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