BREAKING — Police reform in Congress is officially dead. WSJ’s Eliza Collins and Sadie Gurman scooped that Sen. CORY BOOKER (D-N.J.) called Sen. TIM SCOTT (R-S.C.) “to tell him the Democrats were done negotiating after Mr. Scott didn’t accept their final offer.”
— From Nicholas Wu: “Rep. KAREN BASS, who’d been the lead House Dem negotiator, said unions’ intransigence was one breaking point but ‘It wasn’t like there was a big fight. It wasn’t like there was a big rupture. But at a certain point, you have to recognize that you’re just spinning your wheels.’”
HOT TICKET — Democrats have been agitating for President JOE BIDEN to get more involved with Hill negotiations lest his teetering agenda topple next week when the infrastructure bill hits the House floor.
This afternoon, the president is taking a big step to iron out major policy differences on health care, taxes, climate, education and more by inviting Dem leaders, moderates and progressives to the White House.
Our Burgess Everett and Marianne Levine have the itinerary:
MEETING I: THE LEADERS — Speaker NANCY PELOSI and Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER.
MEETING II: THE MODERATES — Reps. SUZAN DELBENE, JOSH GOTTHEIMER, STEVEN HORSFORD, STEPHANIE MURPHY and MIKE THOMPSON, and Sens. CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, JOE MANCHIN, JEANNE SHAHEEN, KYRSTEN SINEMA, JON TESTER and MARK WARNER.
MEETING III: THE PROGRESSIVES — Reps. KATHERINE CLARK, PRAMILA JAYAPAL, BARBARA LEE, MIKE POCAN and JIM MCGOVERN, and Sens. CORY BOOKER, PATTY MURRAY, BRIAN SCHATZ, RON WYDEN and BERNIE SANDERS.
— Manchin said beforehand he doesn’t think Democrats will be able to reach a deal on reconciliation by next week, per CNN’s Manu Raju.
— Murphy warned that there will be a price to pay if House Democratic leaders renege on their promise of a Monday vote on BIF. “The mistrust that exists currently between members will spread to mistrust between leadership and members, and I think that wouldn’t be healthy for our Congress accomplishing Biden’s agenda,” she told CNN’s Annie Grayer.
— Rachael Bade reports: Republican House leaders will formally whip against the BIF vote, GOP Whip STEVE SCALISE (La.) told members today in a private meeting.
HEADING FOR THE BRINK — WaPo’s Jeff Stein reveals that former Treasury Secretaries HANK PAULSON and STEVEN MNUCHIN tried to resolve the debt ceiling standoff in private conversations earlier this month with Senate Minority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL and current Secretary JANET YELLEN. As you’re surely aware, they did not bear fruit. But it’s a sign of how worried the business world is about potential economic disaster. Paulson and Mnuchin both relayed to the Biden administration that McConnell isn’t bluffing.
— Paulson is among a group…