Tipsheet: Dems say black voters deserve more from party

View in your browser     Dems: Black voters deserve more from party By Amie Parnes   Democrats say their party needs to “wake up” and stop ignoring major parts of their coalition, particularly black voters. The party, they say, must build off Doug Jones's win in the Alabama Senate race this week by working hard on issues of interest to minority voters — who have been the party’s most loyal backers. Read the full story here     Listen to the HillCast AM View: Capitol Hill vet goes behind GOP tax plan, and today's latest news By Alexis Simendinger   In today's AM View podcast, we go behind the GOP's conference package on taxes with Ken Kies, a veteran of Capitol Hill negotiations. Listen to The Hill's podcast here     The Memo: Omarosa’s exit is headache for White House By Niall Stanage Team Trump is bracing for negative revelations from Omarosa Manigault Newman after she resigned from the White House in disputed circumstances on Wednesday. Read the full story here     Obstacles emerge as GOP races to tax finish By Alexander Bolton, Naomi Jagoda and Scott Wong A revolt from two Republican senators concerned about the Child Tax Credit and the absence of two more Republican senators because of illness has injected fresh uncertainty into the GOP’s tax bill push. Read the full story here       Zinke reprimanded park head after climate tweets By Timothy Cama Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke brought the leader of a California park to his office last month to reprimand him for climate change-related tweets the park had sent via Twitter, two sources close to the situation say. Read the full story here     Welfare reform moving to center of Republican agenda By Nathaniel Weixel Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are eyeing sweeping legislative and regulatory changes to the country’s welfare system next year.  Read the full story here     Tax bill doesn't have measure allowing churches to endorse candidates By Brandon Carter and Naomi Jagoda A proposal in the GOP tax bill allowing churches and charities to engage in partisan politics has been blocked by the Senate parliamentarian. Read the full story here     FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules By Harper Neidig The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to repeal its landmark net neutrality protections, capping off a months-long campaign by the agency’s Republicans to deregulate the broadband industry. Read the full story here     House Democrat in Trump district endorses impeachment By Cristina Marcos One of the 12 House Democrats who represents a district won by President Trump in 2016 is now endorsing articles of impeachment. Previously, other Democrats who have endorsed impeachment of Trump have largely hailed from safe blue districts. Read the full story here     Lawmakers look to punt controversial surveillance law debate to 2018 By Katie Bo Williams Lawmakers struggling to meet a year-end deadline to renew a controversial but critical surveillance program are eyeing a short-term extension that would punt the issue to the new year. Read the full story here     Should Rex Tillerson really leave? By Gerald Hyman OPINION | Whatever Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s policy and managerial deficiencies, his critics should consider his likely replacement and urge him to stay and lend him appropriate support. Read the full story here     Tax reform team must do away with stealth rate hikes By Alan Viard OPINION | Both the House- and Senate-passed tax bill maintain many of the current tax code’s income-based phaseouts and even introduce a few new phaseouts. These income-based phaseouts violate basic principles of tax transparency by triggering hidden increases in taxpayers’ marginal tax rates. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump allies say Tillerson has ‘not learned his lesson’ and cannot continue in job for long By Josh Dawsey and Anne Gearan  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson seemed focused this week on rebooting his image as a beleaguered Cabinet member on the outs with his boss and his own employees — holding a rare town hall with employees, promising foreign trips into 2018 and saying he is “learning” to enjoy his job. Read the full story here     The New York Times: With billions at stake in tax debate, lobbyists played hardball By Kenneth P. Vogel and Jim Tankersley As the largest tax rewrite in decades powered through Congress, lobbyists found themselves sprinting to keep up and find ways to persuade, influence or cajole the small group of lawmakers empowered to tweak language in the final version of the joint Senate and House bill. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Mueller sought emails of Trump campaign data firm By Rebecca Ballhaus   Special Counsel Robert Mueller has requested that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s campaign, turn over documents as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, according to people familiar with the matter. Read the full story here     Reuters: Republicans join push to lift secrecy around misconduct in Congress By Susan Cornwell and Caren Bohan   Prominent Republican senators on Thursday embraced a push to overhaul rules for addressing sexual harassment in the U.S. Congress, signing on to a bill that would protect victims and require lawmakers to pay for their own settlements. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: House Speaker Paul Ryan denies reports he may leave Congress By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram House Speaker Paul Ryan is denying reports that he plans to leave Congress after the Republicans’ treasured tax bill is approved. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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