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The Playbook Podcast

June 14, 2018

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

McCarthy and Pence's $3.2 million night, Sean Spicer returns, the White House advertises at a Hill job fair and more in today's Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good Thursday morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing. Stay tuned

0:06.2

after the podcast for a message from the American Public Transportation Association. And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:12.1

Two scoops to kick off your day. First, Vice President Mike Pence and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy raised an astounding $3.2 million for Protect the House. Their joint fundraising committee,

0:23.5

this happened last night and last night only, $3.2 million in one night at a large-scale

0:29.1

fundraiser at the Trump Hotel. Speaker Paul Ryan, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, and about

0:34.4

three dozen other members of the House were at the event. And Sean Spicer is back in Trump World.

0:40.7

Spicer is the new senior advisor and spokesman for America First Action, the Trump-aligned

0:46.0

SuperPack. Spicer will appear and speak Monday night at the SuperPack Summit at the Trump Hotel.

0:52.5

He will continue to consult for other entities as well.

0:55.9

And we've got an immigration update. Senior House Republicans tell us they don't think any

1:01.6

immigration bill will pass the chamber. There are two bills that will come to a vote. Representative Bob

1:07.3

Goodlats, bill which is favored by many of the party's conservatives, and a compromise

1:11.9

bill. The vote is likely next Thursday, we're told. Our colleague Annie Cardi has a great story

1:17.2

up about how the White House is advertising on Capitol Hill for jobs. The executive branch job

1:22.9

fair is scheduled for Friday afternoon in the Dirksen Senate office building, and several

1:27.3

West Wing

1:27.7

staffers are expected to be there. This comes to CBS News reporting that Sarah Huckabee Sanders

1:32.5

and Raj Shah are heading for the exits. Sanders tweeted after the story went out that she

1:37.5

loves her job and isn't leaving. Here's the latest on Larry Kudlow, from Morning Money's Ben

1:42.5

White, who texted with Kudlow last night. Cudlow said he plans

1:46.4

to return to work in the administration, and he told Ben he would, of course, be back on the job

1:51.7

in the coming days. The Inspector General report about the FBI during the 2016 election

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