09/08/2017 07:01 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) and Rebecca Morin (rmorin@politico.com; @RebeccaMorin_)
HAPPY FRIDAY, MASSACHUSETTS. Sunny with a chance of scattered showers this afternoon and highs in the low 70s.
BEHIND ELIZABETH WARREN'S SINGLE PAYER ANNOUNCEMENT - So how'd it happen? Yesterday's announcement that Sen. Elizabeth Warren would co-sponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" single payer health care bill came as the direct result of back and forth between Warren and the Vermont senator throughout August, a Warren insider tells me. Her team is mum on the specifics Warren pushed for in the bill, citing an interest in keeping a lid on details until it's unveiled later next week.
This is a bankable moment for Warren, and she knows it. She made the announcement in a fundraising email to supporters rather than through a press release.
But it's also true that Warren frequently fields questions about health care - and specifically single payer - in town halls with constituents across the state (and not to mention from reporters).
Warren made her final decision to co-sponsor the bill last week, I'm told, after multiple drafts of the bill had been sent back and forth between the two offices.
If you'll recall, last week was also when Sen. Kamala Harris (and other potential 2020 contender) came out as a co-sponsor. Warren folks say the Sanders team has been in the same type of conversations with a number of other senators - not just Warren. More are expected publicly sign on over the next week.
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TODAY - Newton Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Setti Warren plans to ride the Red Line from Wollaston Station to Park Street just before 8 a.m. He'll follow it up with a press conference in front of Park Street Station - Gov. Charlie Baker, back from Washington, joins other leaders at the Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial Ceremony at the State House - Sen. Elizabeth Warren attends the Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council's Labor Day Breakfast, followed by a tour of the Northampton VA Medical Center. Later, Warren attends the annual Massachusetts Military Asset and Strategic Security Task Force meeting with Gov. Baker, Sen. Ed Markey, and Reps. Niki Tsongas and Seth Moulton.
ON THE HILL -
- "GOP governor slams Graham-Cassidy plan," by POLITICO's Adam Cancryn: "Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker today panned the last surviving GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, warning that the so-called Graham-Cassidy proposal would have 'dramatically negative' effects on his state. Baker, a centrist Republican, told the Senate HELP Committee that the Graham-Cassidy proposal to redirect federal Obamacare spending to states through block grants would result in major funding cuts for highly populated states and those that expanded Medicaid coverage."
- "Elizabeth Warren questions Charlie Baker at Senate hearing - and they agree," by Shira Schoenberg, Masslive.com: "While Warren and Baker generally have little in common, Warren questioned Baker on points where the two mainly agree. 'As Gov. Baker already emphasized, in Massachusetts, making sure everyone has high-quality affordable health insurance has not been a partisan issue,' Warren said. 'Democrats and Republicans worked together to make sure everyone has access to health care.'"
DATELINE BEACON HILL -
- "Massachusetts Lawmakers Turn Attention to Cybersecurity," by Brian S. Dempsey, Julie Cox, and Maxwell J. Fathy, National Law Review: "In the wake of growing concerns about data privacy and cyber threats, Massachusetts lawmakers are increasingly focused on evaluating and improving the state's cybersecurity policies and information technology infrastructure. The Senate has created a special committee on cybersecurity readiness, several cybersecurity bills are pending in the legislature, and the Baker Administration has established a new secretariat devoted to information technology."
- "New MBTA general manager wants to emphasize rider experience," by Adam Vaccaro, Boston Globe: "The incoming general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is asking for patience as he begins to grapple with the transit agency's myriad issues, but he is making one major pledge to riders: to hire a high-ranking official whose job is to take their concerns seriously. Luis Ramirez, who will start in one of the state's more demanding and high-pressure jobs on Tuesday, stressed a rider-centric approach to public transit Thursday in his first expansive interview."
TRUMPACHUSETTS -
- "Professors Arrested at DACA Protest," by Leah S. Yared, Harvard Crimson: "Thirty-one professors from Harvard and other Boston-area universities were arrested Thursday for blocking traffic along Massachusetts Ave. in protest of President Donald Trump's decision to rescind an Obama-era program that gives legal protections to undocumented young people. Professors took to the street outside Johnston Gate in a planned act of civil disobedience, forming a human chain and blocking traffic on Mass Ave. Before the arrests, Cambridge Police officers read a written statement warning protesters that they would be arrested if they did not move."
THIS WEEKEND - SEIU 509, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and other groups are hosting a forum on what's next for DACA recipients from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Lawrence Evangelical Church.
THE WARREN REPORT -
- "GOP targets US Sen. Elizabeth Warren, other Democrats in new online ad campaign," by Shannon Young, Masslive.com: "The Republican National Committee launched a series of online ads Wednesday urging U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and other high-profile Democrats to weigh-in on the fate of New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez, who faces federal corruption charges. The digital ad push, which will run on Facebook and Twitter, presses Democratic leaders in Congress, Senate Democrats up for 2018 re-election in states President Donald Trump won and Democratic senators, like Warren, who are rumored to be considering 2020 presidential bids, to answer whether to believe Menendez should keep his U.S. Senate seat if convicted ."
- "US Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges federal regulators to crack down on reported aggressive marketing of VA refinance mortgages," by Shannon Young, Masslive.com: "Citing complaints American veterans and service members have filed regarding the aggressive and potentially misleading marketing of VA-backed refinance mortgages, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, called on federal officials Wednesday to investigate and end any such practices."
ON THE STUMP -
- "With One Week Until Election, Union Holds Event With Kennedy and Capuano," by Leo Confalone, Boston College Heights: "Members of the Boston College Graduate Employees Union and the Graduate Pride Alliance held a forum ... with local U.S. Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D - Mass. 4) and Mike Capuano (D - Mass. 7), BC Law '77. The vote for the Union to receive collective bargaining rights from the National Labor Relations Board is still scheduled for Sept. 12 and 13, despite a challenge from the University."
WOOD WAR - Herald: "ENDGAME" "NO CLOWNING AROUND" - Globe: "City to seek Amazon's new center," "Fierce dash to pull elderly from Irma," "US to roll back college sexual assault rules," "Perfectly abysmal," "Equifax breach exposes 143m," "Warren joins Sanders on health plan."
THE LOCAL ANGLE -
PROJECT PRIME? - "Massachusetts plans 'convincing argument' in bid for Amazon's second US headquarters," by Gintautas Dumcius, Masslive.com: "Massachusetts is in: The Bay State plans to make its case as a prime location for Amazon as the online behemoth searches for a second US headquarters. 'Massachusetts is home to a highly skilled and talented workforce, the world's leading educational institutions and a thriving innovation economy that continues to attract companies like Amazon, and new investments and job opportunities from around the globe,' Michelle Hillman, a spokeswoman for Gov. Charlie Baker's economic development chief Jay Ash, said in an email."
- "Mayor Walsh: Boston could 'absolutely' handle an Amazon headquarters," by Kelly J. O'Brien, Boston Business Journal: "'If Amazon wants an East Coast headquarters, I don't see any city better in America than Boston, Massachusetts,' said Mayor Martin Walsh."
- "Where could Amazon fit 50,000 workers if it comes to Boston?" by Tim Logan, Boston Globe: "While the e-commerce giant is launching a nationwide search for the site, it has a large and growing presence in Greater Boston, and state and local officials here appear likely to pursue the project, which could eventually employ 50,000 well-paid professionals. But where could you fit that many people in one place in Boston? Amazon says it wants as much as 8 million square feet, with transit access. Here are a few sites in Greater Boston that could be big enough for what Amazon has in mind."
- "This is my stop: T car detaches midcommute," by Matt Stout, Boston Herald: "Federal railroad officials have joined a probe into the "exceptionally unusual incident" on Wednesday when a train car suddenly broke free from a moving MBTA commuter rail train."
- "With Hurricane Irma approaching, some Floridians seek haven in Boston," by Marie Szaniszlo, Boston Herald: "Floridians fleeing Irma landed at Logan International Airport with what they could carry - including one man who brought his cherished baseball signed by Big Papi."
MR. AUTUMN TAKES TO THE SEA - "Revere man plans to float across Boston Harbor in a 500-pound pumpkin," by Steve Annear, Boston Globe: "For the last several months, the 31-year-old West Roxbury native has been carefully tending to the gargantuan 'Atlantic Giant' pumpkin, for which he has big ambitions. [Christian] Ilsley's not just going to carve a grin into the pumpkin and prop it on his front lawn for Halloween. Instead, he plans to hollow out his creation, plop it into Boston Harbor, and use it as a seafaring vessel, as he paddles from Jeffries Point in East Boston to the Fish Pier and back ."
MAZEL! - to the Boston Globe's Matt Viser, just named a CNN political analyst. He'll also continue his role at the paper's Washington bureau as deputy Washington bureau chief.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to Rep. Sheila Harrington of Groton, Lakeville Rep. and Republican National Committeewoman Keiko Orrall, Franklin Rep. Jeff Roy, Sinclair Development Solutions founder and BRA alum Rodley Sinclair, CBS Boston's Mike LaCrosse, Sen. Eric Lesser's chief-of-staff and general counsel Stephanie Swanson, and comms pro Jillian Fennimore in the AG's office.
HAPPY BIRTHWEEKEND - to Boston Rep. Evandro Carvalho, RDW senior account executive Dee Dee Edmonson, state committeeman and Bridgewater town councilor Dennis Gallagher, and Jason Denoncourt, economic development director for US Rep. Seth Moulton, and Matt Boyle, Breitbart's Washington political editor and pride of Canton, who all celebrate on Saturday, and to Sunday birthday-ers Rep. Thomas Calter and WordStream account executive Ryan Harnedy.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? No! - The Patriots fell to the Kansas City Chiefs 42-27. The Mariners were not involved.
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