THE BALL IS ROLLING — That is the message that Democrats are eager to convey after the frantic chaos that partially eclipsed the infrastructure victory Friday. The House cleared the bipartisan infrastructure bill and adopted the rule for consideration of the Democrats’ climate and social spending plan, but had to push back a final passage of that key agenda item.

In a Dear Colleague letter Sunday evening, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that clearing the rule for consideration of the Democrats’ social spending plan “gives us a running start on passing more of the President’s agenda.”

“We are on our way!” she continued, although she had planned for the journey to be over Friday, before plans for a vote on both infrastructure and the spending bill disintegrated.

When the House returns from a week of committee-only action during the recess, they’ll take up the Democrats’ climate and social safety net bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was forced to postpone Friday, when a handful of centrists withheld their support until the Congressional Budget Office can produce a full cost estimate. She reiterated the plan in a Sunday night Dear Colleague letter, saying: “when the House comes back into session the week of November 15th, we will act with a message that is clear and unified to produce results.”

If you tuned out all of Friday’s drama (lucky you!), this headline from Heather, Sarah, Nicholas and Olivia really summed it up: 'Whole day was a clusterf---': Dems overcome distrust to send infrastructure bill to Biden

RELATED: 2,000 Pages and Pronto! Budget Scorekeepers Are Under Pressure, from Margot Sanger-Katz and Emily Cochrane at the New York Times. How a $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Survived an Intraparty Brawl, from Jonathan Weisman and Carl Hulse, also of the New York Times.

ON THE DOTTED LINE — President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill this week (that’s right, it’s off Capitol Hill but still not across the finish line). But there’s no doubt that Biden will do that.

Don’t hold your breath for shovels to hit the ground, because the impacts of the infrastructure bill will take serious time to come to fruition. Let go of ideas about “shovel ready” projects familiar from the Obama-era stimulus legislation and think about the labor shortages, workforce issues and supply chain holdups that infrastructure projects certainly aren’t exempt from. Tanya Snyder from POLITICO’s transportation policy team dug into what’s in the infrastructure package, what’s not and where the dreams will meet reality in the coming months.

RELATED: ‘Nobody should have to live like this’: Black residents hope infrastructure bill will fix city’s water woes — if state allows it, from The Washington Post.

GOOD MORNING! Welcome to Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill, on this Monday, November 8, where if you’re struggling with the time change, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) has a bill for you. And if you need timely tunes to get you through, the House Democratic Caucus has a Daylight Savings playlist on Spotify.

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS — Capitol Police announced that around 10 a.m. there will be a “campus-wide evacuation exercise,” so don’t be surprised. “The routine drill is in coordination with our Legislative Branch partners,” said USCP. Temporary street closures are expected on Constitution Ave., Independence Ave, and D Street, NE.

HOYER WEIGHS IN — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is backing Jazz Lewis for Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District, where current Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) isn’t seeking reelection as he runs instead for attorney general of Maryland.

“Jazz has demonstrated that he has what it takes to get the job done. He has my full support and I hope Prince Georgians will join me in supporting him to be the next Congressman from the Fourth District,” said Hoyer in a statement.

Hoyer rarely gets publicly involved in House races with multiple Democrats pursuing the nomination, but he has a longstanding relationship with Lewis, who worked for Hoyer as a senior policy advisor and is the Democratic Caucus Chair in the Maryland House of Delegates.

"Jazz represents the best of Prince George's County. I've seen up close his devotion to his work, to the people of Prince George's County where he was born and raised, and to the community of Glenarden where he chose to start his family. Whether as a community organizer, as the Democratic Caucus Chair in the Maryland House of Delegates, or now as a candidate for Congress, Jazz has always fought for our community,” said Hoyer.

MIDTERM ROUNDUP

House: “Republicans could hardly be better poised to recapture the House majority. Increasingly aggressive redistricting, a diverse slate of candidates raking in record-breaking amounts of cash and a political atmosphere that just keeps getting more favorable has Democrats watching with a growing sense of dread.” More: Republican wave builds to take back the House, from Ally Mutnick.

Senate: “Democrats go into the midterm election with one advantage — a favorable map that gives some reason to think the party can hold its miniscule Senate majority next year,” writes Natalie Allison.

“But it’s not going to be enough on its own to save them in the current political environment.” More: The Democratic Senate majority was already dicey. Then came Virginia, from Natalie.

MANCHIN-TOOMEY AND THE NRA’S PIVOT — In a new excerpt from his forthcoming book, “Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA,” Tim Mak examines how the dominant gun rights organization tanked the last real chance at gun-control legislation and made a hard-right turn towards embracing culture war over policy.

“Manchin-Toomey was a turning point for the NRA. The month after that bill stalled in the Senate, NRA President Jim Porter indicated that debates over gun rules in America were not just ‘a battle over gun rights’ but instead a broader ‘culture war.’ LaPierre viewed this as a transition from leading a gun group to leading “a freedom organization.” This signaled the NRA’s transformation from a single-issue organization that focused on gun issues into a group that promoted an ideological identity.” More from POLITICO Magazine.

THAT RECESS GROOVE — Look, when your chamber is not the one in tumult, there’s time and energy to get your groove on. And more grooving.

HUDDLE RESTAURANT WEEK

Welcome to Huddle Restaurant Week, where Huddle highlights some of the eateries across the Capitol campus, reader favorites and reviews from POLITICO’s Congress team with ratings out of 10 (we eat an alarming number of meals in the Capitol each week.) You’ll see one House and one Senate review each day this week, along with nuggets of wisdom and woe for feeding yourself on Capitol Hill.

Senate Side: Dueling Breakfast Sandwiches

Senate Carryout: Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a Croissant is “the best food item in the entire Capitol complex,” according to Senate-side reader Megan Packer. That is a Huddle hot take! Megan says that Senate Carryout queen Miss Shawnee is the key to greatness, “She’s the most important part because she’s the only cook that knows to make the egg right so it doesn’t fall apart.” Huddle loves bold claims and honesty, both of which Megan delivered: “It’s even better if you’re slightly hungover or it’s a slow recess Friday,” she told Huddle in an email.

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Cups: Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a Croissant ($5.10)

“I have to say that the best breakfast sandwich on the Hill without a doubt is Cups croissant egg and cheese with turkey bacon,” writes former Senate Agriculture Committee staffer Jess McCarron. “It fueled many early morning hearing days and saved me after late nights working on the Farm Bill. Highly recommend.”

We won’t make Jess and Megan fight, just know there are two stops on the Senate side where a croissant BEC comes highly rated.

House Side: Consistent Cold Cuts, from Nick (Your Huddle host received this review around lunchtime Friday, when Nick unknowingly still had ~12 more hours ahead of him in the Capitol. Oof.)

Your Huddle restaurant reviewer got a spicy Italian combo from the Rayburn Subway. Not to be confused with the little trolley between the Capitol and Rayburn.

It’s about the same as any other Subway location -- which isn’t a bad thing! -- per Nick. It was salty, just a little spicy, and assembled just as quickly as your sandwich artists will put it together anywhere else. It’s a reminder of why Subway (and their cold cuts, turkey or otherwise) is still one of the dominant sandwich chains in America. Nick will still gladly take a Subway over any of the pre-packaged sandwiches in the Capitol.

This location is on Rayburn’s ground floor and is priced about the same as any other Subway (RIP $5 footlongs). But for those still following Subway ads, it’s good to know that there’s a sign on the counter saying this location doesn’t follow national promotions. (Nick’s rating: 7/10 for consistency).

It’s not too late to send Huddle your go-to favorites or last-resort meals in the Capitol complex. Keep ‘em coming!

QUICK LINKS

— Dem Kingmaker Jim Clyburn Endorses in Key Race for Senate, from Sam Brodney at The Daily Beast.

— Alleged Jan. 6 Rioter Tries to Sell Home on Zillow, Inadvertently Reveals Cache of Explosives: FBI, from The Daily Beast.

— The rise and fall of the Jack Daniel’s committee: How D.C.’s police lodge made thousands selling whiskey online, by the Washington Post’s Peter Hermann, David Fahrenthold and Dana Hedgpeth.

TRANSITIONS

Molly Block starts today as communications director for Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). She previously worked for Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.).

Anne DeCesaro is now policy director for the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth. She most recently was director of policy and regulatory coordination for food, nutrition and consumer services at USDA.

Sam Jeske is now press and digital assistant for Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). He most recently was national press intern for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

Justin Discigil is now chief of staff for Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas). He previously was comms director. Alyssa Anderson is now deputy chief of staff.

Madeleine Russak is the new communications director for Sen. Mazie Hirono. She was previously the deputy communications director for the Senate HELP Committee.

TODAY IN CONGRESS

The House is not in session.

The Senate is not in session

AROUND THE HILL

Looking like a quiet one.

TRIVIA

FRIDAY’S WINNER is the friends we made along the way. Plenty of you answered that the longest House vote in recent history was the 2003 vote on the creation of Medicare Part D — the voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit — open for two hours and 50 minutes.

BUT THEN the House absolutely demolished that record, holding Friday’s roll call vote on a motion to adjourn open for more than seven hours, from 8:12 a.m. to 3:18 p.m. It was wild enough to earn it’s own Congress Minute.

TODAY’S QUESTION: Which president gave the first televised, evening State of the Union address?

The first person to correctly guess gets a mention in the next edition of Huddle. Send your answers to [email protected]

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