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NEW THIS A.M.: PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ, SYRIA AIRSTRIKES - The Washington Post and ABC News with a fresh poll out today: "Americans overwhelmingly view Islamic State terrorists as a serious threat to vital U.S. interests and, in a significant shift, widely support airstrikes in Iraq and Syria ... The nation's increasingly hawkish mood will form part of the backdrop for a speech by President Obama on Wednesday, when he will outline his thinking on how to confront the threat from the Islamic State."

--"Over the past month, Obama has authorized limited military airstrikes in Iraq against the Islamic State and sent several hundred U.S. troops to the region to protect American personnel. But he has faced increasing calls from lawmakers in both parties to expand the U.S. military role, not only in Iraq but also in Syria, where the administration has been reluctant to intervene directly in that country's civil war ... The speech and session with congressional leaders are aimed at generating strong public backing and support from Congress for whatever mission Obama decides to launch. Congressional leaders said late Monday that they do not expect the White House to ask for authorization for
his new strategy, according to senior House and Senate aides."

--"Today, 71 percent of all Americans say they support airstrikes in Iraq - up from 54 percent three weeks ago and from 45 percent in June. Among those who say Obama has been too cautious, 82 percent support the strikes; among those who think his handling of international affairs has been about right, 66 percent support them. Nearly as many Americans - 65 percent - say they support the potentially more controversial action of launching airstrikes in Syria, which Obama has not done."
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HILL LEADERSHIP ON ISIL: NOT GETTING INVOLVED - Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan write for the hometown paper: "Top House Republican and Senate Democratic leadership have next to no interest in passing any sort of legislation to deal with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) threat in Iraq and Syria, according to aides. The top lawmakers believe President Barack Obama has enough authority as commander in chief to launch strikes without congressional action - at least for a short period of time.

--"And neither Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) nor Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) think Congress has any role - unless Obama asks them directly to take a proposal up ... There's still a chance Congress will have to pass something to facilitate an anti-ISIL military campaign by U.S. forces. Obama could ask for additional money to combat the threat, and that could end up in a must-pass government-funding bill set to hit the House floor this week. The hesitance from congressional leaders on moving forward on an ISIL resolution isn't matched by their own backbenchers."
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--The New York Times has more on why Congress is divided on a response to the Islamic State:
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--Today's Oval Office meeting with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Administration officials will brief senators on Wednesday re: ISIL and House lawmakers one day later:
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--GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Johnny Isakson of Georgia are calling for Special Forces in Iraq and Syria. From Robert Costa and Ed O'Keefe of the Washington Post: " 'Air power alone won't be enough,' Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said in an interview with The Washington Post. 'We need to put together a wide-ranging coalition and have our Special Forces support it' ... Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), in a separate interview, agreed. 'It's not possible to be successful on the ground without strong American hand-holding,' Graham said. 'What you'd want to do is interject Special Forces into kill-the-leader-type operations.' Graham and Isakson have long been two of the Senate
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SEEMS HIGH - Gallup: "Congress Approval Sits at 14% Two Months Before Elections"
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DEM BLOWBACK BEGINS ON IMMIGRATION - The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition plans to hold a protest outside Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)'s Denver office today registering their dismay with President Barack Obama's move to delay executive action on immigration. Per a statement from the group: "The lack of leadership on this issue from [Obama] and Colorado Senators Udall and Bennet has not gone unnoticed. President Obama and Senate Democrats will continue to be held accountable until they deliver what has been promised and is long overdue.'

--Bennet is a member of the Gang of Eight that wrote the comprehensive immigration reform bill and, of course, is also the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which is trying to protect a host of incumbents in red states who pushed the White House against acting unilaterally.

@StephenAtHome: You can count on congress to pass immigration reform next year just as you can count on me to cover it on The Colbert Report next year.

@rachelweinerwp: Mark Warner says he's 'troubled' by executive action on immigration, because he's not sure it can be comprehensive enough

EBOLA FUNDING INCLUDED IN HOUSE CR - The Wall Street Journal's Kristina Peterson and Michael R. Crittenden: "House Republicans will include additional funding in their short-term spending bill to help address the outbreak of Ebola in Africa, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R., Ky.) told reporters Monday. Mr. Rogers said he expected the House to vote this week on the stopgap measure to keep the government running beyond the end of the month. The legislation could be released as soon as Tuesday and will not include any new controversial policy measures, he said."
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EX-MCMORRIS RODGERS AIDE SPEAKS OUT ON ETHICS CASE: The Seattle Times's Kyung M. Song: "The former spokesman for Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers who allegedly filed an ethics complaint against her last year broke his silence Monday, alleging the Spokane Republican retaliated against him and claiming her staff may have lied to investigators. In a four-page email sent to The Seattle Times and other media outlets, Todd Winer said he was interviewed by the House Ethics Committee as recently as last week. He said he expects the committee to move ahead with the case after the midterm elections by convening an investigative subcommittee."

--McMorris Rodgers's attorney tells the Times: "We are sorry to see more frivolous allegations and information from the same source. From the beginning the Congresswoman and her staff have fully cooperated with the Ethics Committee and will continue to do so should it have more questions."
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--Roll Call's Matt Fuller has full text of Winer's email here:
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CHENEY TO MEET HOUSE GOP - The Los Angeles Times's Lisa Mascaro reports: "The meeting is billed as a pep talk before the fall election, when Republicans are favored to gain seats. Cheney's visit with the House GOP will be held at the Republican National Committee headquarters. But on the eve of President Obama's address to the nation about an offensive against Islamic militants, Cheney's presence brings to mind an earlier era of the Iraq war under Bush."
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WORTH A CLICK - Check out MSNBC correspondent Kasie Hunt's interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, where the New York Democrat dons a southern accent to mimic the male lawmaker who once told her: "You know Kirsten, you're even pretty when you're fat."
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TRANSITIONS - Huddle hears that Askia Suruma, the deputy staff director for the Democratic staff of the House Ways and Means Committee, will head to George Washington University on Sept. 15 to join their federal government relations team.

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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, Sept. 9, 2014 and welcome to The Huddle, your play-by-play preview of all the action on Capitol Hill. Please send tips, suggestions, comments, complaints, corrections and perhaps an early copy of the CR to
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TODAY IN CONGRESS - The House is in at 10 a.m. for morning hour and at noon for legislative business. First votes are expected between 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. and last votes are 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. On tap: Votes on the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act and a measure expressing disapproval of the Obama administration's handling of the Taliban prisoner swap, as well as a handful of suspension bills. The Senate is in at 10 a.m. and will continue its consideration of the constitutional amendment on campaign finance. Lunches between 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

AROUND THE HILL - Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Al Franken of Minnesota, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Ben Cardin of Maryland will hold a press conference on student loans at 9:30 a.m. in room S-207 of the Capitol. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Republican leaders will hold a post-conference news conference at 10 a.m. at the RNC lobby. Reps. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) and Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) will hold a post-caucus media avail at HVC-210 alcove. Rep. Joe Garcia (D-Fla.) will host an event with Florida children affected by immigration policy at 10:30 a.m. in Cannon 402. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer
(D-Md.) will hold his weekly pen-and-pad briefing at 11 a.m. in H-144. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) will be on a telephonic press conference at 11 a.m. with a group of small business leaders advocating for executive action on immigration. Email
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kathy@allianceforajustsociety.org for info. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) will talk immigration at 1 p.m. in Senate studio. Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) will hold a roundtable on reducing the VA's disability claims backlog at 2:30 p.m. in SVC 212-210.

We here at Huddle really like food, so our favorite event of the day is the second annual "Taste of Maine" event at Kennedy Caucus Room in Russell, hosted by Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King. It'll run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and feature many treats from the Pine Tree State like lobster, Maine potato vodka and whoopie pies. (h/t: a bunch of Mainahs)

SNEAK PEEK: RUBIO BACKS CURBELO - Rubio plans to formally endorse Carlos Curbelo, the Republican challenger to Rep. Joe Garcia (D-Fla.). Here's his statement going out later today: "I have dedicated this year to introducing policy proposals on a wide range of issues affecting South Florida and the Keys that includes reforming our anti-poverty programs, creating jobs, and helping more people attain higher education. In the next Congress, Carlos Curbelo can help me deliver on these kinds of ideas as we serve the people of Florida's 26th Congressional District."

--Garcia defeated former Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) in 2012, a longtime Rubio friend who was dogged by scandal during his brief stint in the House. Rubio told POLITICO back in May that he wouldn't endorse Rivera - who tried running again - unless he won the primary.
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HOYER, MCCARTHY NEGOTIATING EX-IM DEAL - POLITICO's Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan with the details of the back-channel discussions between the two second-ranking members in the House: Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.): "In the [Friday] phone call, Hoyer pressed McCarthy [to] pass a full seven-year extension of the agency as called for in Democratic legislation. Hoyer said he would be willing to accept a five-year extension. Hoyer thinks Democrats have a strong negotiating position."

--"When McCarthy said that wasn't possible, the bargaining over short-term extensions began, according to Democratic and Republican sources. With a CR vote possible later this week, the staff-level discussions continued on Monday, the sources said."
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--Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) is circulating a five-year reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank, per The Hill:
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DINGELL HOSPITALIZED - From the Detroit Free Press, which reports that the House's longest-serving member was hospitalized due to abdominal pain but is expected to recover: "Dingell, D-Dearborn, was being treated with antibiotics, and his staff in Washington said he was doing well and remained in good spirits. There was every reason to believe them: Dingell posted on his Twitter account photos from the hospital, including a message that he was catching up on the Tigers' game and planned to catch the Lions on 'Monday Night Football.' His office said doctors expect him to be released in a few days and that he plans to return to Washington for congressional meetings next week."
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@john_dingell: Terrific way to start the game, @Lions. Just what the doctor ordered. (Not really. They ordered antibiotics, thankfully. But the TD helps.)

COMING ATTRACTIONS: D.C. STATEHOOD HEARING - The Washington Post's Mike DeBonis: "The campaign to make the District of Columbia into the nation's 51st state will get its first hearing on Capitol Hill in more than two decades. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), will hear testimony next Monday, Sept. 15, on the New Columbia Admission Act of 2013. The bill would shrink the federal district to a small area surrounding the White House and Capitol and admit the remainder of the District of Columbia as the 51st state. Carper introduced the statehood bill last year and had pledged to activists that he would hold a hearing."
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INFLUENCE THEFT: CANTOR AIDE TO PSW - Our buddy Byron Tau over at POLITICO Influence reports: Chris Vieson - former House majority Leader Eric Cantor's floor director - is joining the boutique public affairs and lobbying shop Public Strategies Washington as a partner. "Not surprisingly, through his years of service in leadership offices Chris has developed personal relationships with virtually all Republican members and key staffers," wrote firm president and CEO Joseph O'Neill in an email.

BENGHAZI'S BACK - Fox News reports on the first public hearing for the select committee, scheduled for the week of Sept. 15: "The hearing is expected to focus on the State Department's Accountability Review Board, which examined Benghazi's aftermath. The board published a report chronicling what was known about the 2012 Benghazi attack, in which four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens were killed. Witnesses have not yet been announced. The Accountability Review Board was chaired by former Ambassador Thomas Pickering and vice chaired by former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen."
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SENATE ADVANCES CAMPAIGN FINANCE AMENDMENT - But the bipartisanship ends there, as Burgess Everett writes: "Many of the Republicans only voted for the bill to foul up Democrats' pre-election messaging schedule, freezing precious Senate floor time for a measure that ultimately has no chance of securing the two-thirds support necessary in both the House and Senate to amend the Constitution. The legislation needed 60 votes to advance and Democrats took a cynical view of the 79-18 tally. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the GOP's tactic was simply to 'stall' because it would eat up limited floor time that Democrats are eyeing for votes aimed at encouraging gender pay equity and
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--How Senate Dems advertise a press conference when Republicans try to mess with the floor schedule: "AS SENATE DEBATES A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED, SENATE DEMOCRATS FIGHT TO FIX BROKEN CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM SO NATION'S YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HAVE A FAIR SHOT TO AFFORD COLLEGE"

ROTHENBERG: SENATE GOP TO PICK UP 7+ SEATS - The veteran prognosticator writes: "While the current Rothenberg Political Report ratings don't show it, I am now expecting a substantial Republican Senate wave in November, with a net gain of at least seven seats. But I wouldn't be shocked by a larger gain ... Of the seven Romney Democratic seats up this cycle, Montana, South Dakota and West Virginia are gone, and Arkansas and Louisiana look difficult to hold. Alaska and North Carolina, on the other hand, remain very competitive, and Democrats rightly point out that they have a chance to hold both seats."
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@RalstonReports:
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.@SenatorReid adds rider to new First Amendment amendment to muzzle @StuPolitics.

OUT TODAY: 'CITY OF RIVALS' - Bipartisan Policy Center President Jason Grumet is out with his book "City of Rivals" today, and Huddle snagged this little nugget, from when former Majority Leader Trent Lott's phone rang at 2 a.m. and Bill Clinton was on the other line. "I answered and heard the White House Operator say, 'please hold for the President?' ... He explained that he needed my help. It was a very important issue and he expect my support. I told him that I would be happy to work with him. I hung up the phone and my wife asked 'what did the President want?' I told her that I didn't really know but I thought it might have something to do with Latin America." The upshot here from
Grumet: Hard to imagine Mitch McConnell and President Obama having the same convo.
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WHERE'S THE FASHION POLICE? - Huddle believes this would be a no-no under the Speaker's well-known preference for proper attire on the House floor, via The Hill: "SPOTTED: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee sporting a pair of white flip-flops with her pearls while on the House floor on Monday. While the Texas Democrat was all business on top - wearing a red suit jacket with a black and white scarf and pearl necklace - she was ready to hit the beach on the bottom, with her toe-baring shoes. The House feed on C-SPAN did not capture the summer recess-worthy thongs."
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MONDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER - Repeat Huddle winner Shelby Boxenbaum of Rep. Matt Cartwright's (D-Pa.) office was the first to correctly answer that Lauren Bacall is the recently deceased actress who was the cousin of Shimon Peres, who served as both Israel's president and prime minister.

TODAY'S TRIVIA - Boxenbaum has today's question: What year marked the first time that two women served simultaneously in the Senate? The ***fourth*** person to answer correctly will be deemed the winner and gets a mention in the next day's Huddle. Email me at
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