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BIG PICTURE: OBAMA'S ENGAGEMENT POLICIES FACE HILL STUMBLING BLOCK. Carol E. Lee for The Wall Street Journal in Panama City, where Obama arrives Thursday for a U.S.-Cuban relations conference: "Progress on two of his major priorities - a diplomatic agreement to deter Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and the re-establishment of U.S.-Cuba relations - stems from a core tenet of Mr. Obama's governing philosophy: seeking common ground with adversaries. But the success of Mr. Obama's policy of engagement on the world stage hasn't been matched at home, creating some major obstacles as he tries to advance his initiatives on Iran and Cuba into the next phase..."

"The problem for Mr. Obama, however, is that his attempts to find such compromise with Republicans in Congress have largely faltered. And now the fate of the Cuba and Iran issues are, in many ways, in the hands of the GOP-led Congress. The White House increasingly insists that foreign policy is run through the executive branch, but Congress is intent on challenging that notion."
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COTTON: BOMBING IRAN WOULD ONLY TAKE "SEVERAL DAYS." The Republican Senator from Arkansas probably has the West Wing and U.S. diplomats smacking their heads with their palms. Andrew Kaczynski picked up this Family Research Council interview for BuzzFeed: "Sen. Tom Cotton says bombing Iran's nuclear facilities would take several days and be nothing like Iraq War... Cotton said any military action against Iran would not be like the Iraq War and would instead be similar to 1999's Operation Desert Fox, a four-day bombing campaign against Iraq ordered by President Bill Clinton."

Cotton from the interview: Think Desert Fox:"Even if military action were required - and we certainly should have kept the credible threat of military force on the table throughout which always improves diplomacy - the president is trying to make you think it would be 150,000 heavy mechanized troops on the ground in the Middle East again as we saw in Iraq and that's simply not the case... It would be something more along the lines of what President Clinton did in December 1998 during Operation Desert Fox. Several days air and naval bombing against Iraq's weapons of mass destruction facilities for exactly the same kind of behavior."
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CARDIN: IRAN BILL NEEDS SMOOTHING. Nicole Gaudiano of USA Today interviews the new top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who said the Iran bill giving Congress approval authority on Iran deal "must be modified to win his support." 'I want to make sure that it's clear that this bill is a congressional review-and-notification bill and not one that takes on directly the substance of the agreements being negotiated,' Cardin said during an interview."
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Our Burgess Everett has a look at the specific changes Democrats are demanding: "One proposed alteration would remove a requirement that the Obama administration certify that Iran isn't directly involved in sponsoring terrorism attacks against the United States. Another would shorten - or potentially eliminate - a provision in the bill that would bar the president from lifting legislative sanctions while Congress reviews the bill for 60 days, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter."
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At least Obama's has one powerful ally on his side: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Lauren French explains:
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 2015. You're one day away from Friday, and a few days from the end of recess. Enjoy it while it lasts! Send news, scoops and suggestions here:
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TODAY IN CONGRESS: Nothin'.

AROUND THE HILL: More nothin'.

SCALISE: VOTE EASING SANCTIONS COULDN'T PASS. Deirdre Walsh and Alexandra Jaffe for CNN Politics: "The No. 3 House Republican leader said Wednesday that he doesn't believe that a bill to ease any sanctions on Iran could pass the House or Senate. 'The sanctions that were put in place - again, very bipartisan sanctions passed by Congress years ago that were effective - the only way to get rid of them completely would be for Congress to vote to ease those sanctions. We haven't had that vote. I don't see that passing out of the House. I don't even think it would pass out of the Senate right now,' Louisiana GOP Rep. Steve Scalise said in a radio interview with WWL in New
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SPEAKING OF SCALISE...

ICYMI: GOP WHIP UPS HIS FUNDRAISING PROWESS. Anna Palmer scoops for POLITICO that the whip has raised $1.5 million "a substantial sum for a lawmaker who is in the midst of a scandal - during the first quarter of the 2016 cycle, according to a source close to the Louisiana Republican." "The strong first quarter showing comes as many K Streeters and even some of his colleagues privately questioned whether he would be an effective fundraiser, one of the key jobs of a whip, after it was revealed that in 2002 he gave a speech to a white supremacist group in Louisiana. Scalise's first quarter total represents a significant uptick in his fundraising ability. He raised $3.4 million for the entire
2014 election cycle before he assumed the whip position."

"But Scalise will have to have to keep up his new fundraising pace to match his predecessor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, who is now House majority leader. McCarthy raised $9.2 million for the 2014 election cycle. Scalise was able to draw donors despite relentless attacks from the White House and calls from GOP activists like Sarah Palin and Erick Erickson that he should step down."
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SCOTT WADES INTO RACIALLY CHARGED POLICE SHOOTINGS DEBATE. Jeff Zeleny scoops for CNN: "Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina met Wednesday with community leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, aides told CNN, and is now returning to his home state to help deal with fallout from the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in North Charleston. Scott, who is also African-American, was in the St. Louis area attending a political fundraiser, aides said, when news of the shooting broke on Tuesday. Before flying back to South Carolina, aides said he met with clergy and community leaders in Missouri, hoping to get suggestions for how a police officer's use of lethal force can impact a
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SPEAKING OF--

"THE TIM SCOTT PRIMARY." Sarah Mimms for National Journal: "With the GOP presidential contest intensifying, Tim Scott is about to get a lot more knocks on his door. South Carolina is poised to play a major role in the 2016 campaign, and Scott plans to walk each of the Republican hopefuls through his state and pick their brains in a series of town-hall events that he's organizing for later this year. Unlike in 2012, when Scott held smaller town hall events with the candidates, this year he may actually endorse, offering up a prize no serious presidential contender could scoff at."
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RETIREMENT WATCH--

REP. LOIS CAPPS CALLS IT QUITS. LA Times' Noah Bierman: "Lois Capps, a former nurse known for a kind demeanor in a Congress where that quality is often lacking, announced Wednesday that she would retire when her term expires next year. The Santa Barbara Democrat was elected to Congress in a 1998 special election to replace her husband, Walter, after his death. She said in a video that 'it is time for me to return home, back to the community and family that I love so much.' ...Capps, 77, initially signed a pledge to serve no more than three terms in Congress - a limitation that expired a decade ago."
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SUNSET OF A TV LEGEND. CBS News: "Bob Schieffer, the anchor of CBS News' 'Face the Nation,' announced Wednesday that he will retire this summer after more than 50 years of working in journalism. Schieffer, who is 78, has been with CBS News for 46 years. 2015 marked his 24th year anchoring 'Face the Nation,' which celebrated its 60th anniversary last year."
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The successor shortlist: Dylan Byers gets inside the meetings to replace him, for POLITICO: "[E]xecutives are looking at Major Garrett, the network's chief White House correspondent and Norah O'Donnell, the co-anchor of CBS This Morning and substitute host for Schieffer on 'Face.' One source also said that John Dickerson, the network's political director, is on the list of potential replacements. But the CBS brass is also considering outside talent as well: Jake Tapper, the CNN host who previously substituted for George Stephanopoulos on ABC's Sunday show, 'This Week,' is a top consideration. ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl is also under consideration.
However, both men are believed to under contract with their respective employers."
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MORE SECRET SERVICE PROBLEMS. Add it to the list for Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who's already probing a string of secret service scandals, including an incident where two drunk agents struck a barricade during a suspicious package probe. ABC News: "A senior Secret Service supervisor was placed on administrative leave after being accused of making unwanted sexual advances against a subordinate, ABC News has learned. The matter is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General's Office, a Secret Service spokesperson said."
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DID THE COURT DOOM GOP'S IMMIGRATION SUIT? Sahil Kapur for TPM: "A ruling this week by a federal appeals court signals bad news for Republican-led lawsuits seeking to stop President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, immigration law experts say...A three-judge panel on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously dismissed a lawsuit by Mississippi against Obama's 2012 program to protect young people brought to the U.S. illegally from the threat of deportation. Two Republican appointees and one Democratic appointee said the state lacks 'standing' to sue because it did not prove it was injured by the program. Three immigration law experts say the ruling sets a precedent
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DESSERT-

ANTHONY WEINER, AN INSPIRATION. Maybe not for your typical Congressman, no, but for a certain actor on ABC's "Scandal" who plays a naughty lawmakers? Absolutely. Betsy Rothstein for the Daily Caller (H/t Kurt Bardella) interviews actor Jordan Belfi about where he finds inspiration for his new role: "The most obvious one was Congressman Weiner...[His scene in New York] resembled the scene in 'Scandal' where I resign. The whole setup was there - the podium, the press, background actors with lightbulbs flashing.... I remember him [Weiner] being heckled... but the specifics of his behavior, his temperament, the public face that he had to put on, accepting responsibility for something he was
ashamed of. .... accepting responsibility in a public way. How does that come out behaviorally?"
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POLITICO MEETS GOSSIP. Hill staffers get psyched and lawmaker, well, don't worry too much... (Or maybe do?) POLITICO's THE KGB File deputes today - the capital's new must-read Thursday gossip column, featuring dispatches from across Capitol Hill, the administration, and Embassy Row. Sign up:
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WEDNESDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER: Kirtan Mehta, leg director for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), was the first to answer that it was Maine Rep. Jonathan Cilley's death in a duel that led D.C. to ban such deadly face-offs.

TODAY'S TRIVIA: Who was the first politician to give the keynote address at both the Democrat and Republican presidential convention? Email
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THE MEMBERS WE MISSED. So, a couple of you emailed me about yesterday's trivia answer, noting that although only seven lawmakers have been in their respective House or Senate positions since 1980, several additional current Senators started off in the House in the 1970s - and therefore should be included in the answer. Smart readers. They include, for example: Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

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