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By ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc), JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman), DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman) and ZACH MONTELLARO (zmontellaro@politico.com; @ZachMontellaro)


Good Wednesday afternoon. A BUDGET DEAL IS DONE IN THE SENATE -- BURGESS EVERETT and JOHN BRESNAHAN: "Congressional leaders have clinched a two-year deal to lift strict budget caps on defense and domestic spending, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday afternoon. The deal is expected to increase defense and domestic spending by roughly $300 billion over two years, according to administration and congressional sources." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622b51cb6115b5b3aab24eb09c670db077b38f274a044aa9611edad0beb811cd7d10e3959659ab982c89

THE DETAILS -- HOUSE REPUBLICANS just went into a 12:30 p.m. meeting to discuss the specifics ... The deal increases spending roughly $300 billion over two years .... It sets the stage for Congress to write a full-year funding bill by March 23 ... The debt ceiling is expected be lifted as part of the deal.

SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER said CHIP will get four more years of funding in addition to the six-year extension approved during the last budget fight. The deal also includes disaster relief and community health center funding.

BETWEEN THE LINES ... HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI (D-CALIF.) made a statement that she could not support the big budget agreement coming down the pike unless she gets a "a commitment from Speaker Ryan comparable to the commitment from Leader McConnell" to vote on immigration legislation. McConnell has committed to putting an immigration bill on the floor, or allowing an open process that could produce an immigration bill. BY THE WAY: Pelosi has been speaking on the House floor for almost three hours in what some reporters have dubbed a #DACABuster.

-- RYAN said earlier this week he will put immigration legislation on the "floor that the president supports." He has been pretty consistent that he wants immigration legislation on the floor in the next few months.

-- IT IS CLEAR Pelosi likes much of the budget deal -- she said so: "The budget caps agreement includes many Democratic priorities. With the disaster recovery package and dollar for dollar increases in the defense and non-defense budget, Democrats have secured hundreds of billions of dollars to invest in communities across America. There will be billions in funding to fight opioids, to strengthen our veterans and the NIH, to build job-creating rural infrastructure and broadband, and to fund access to child care and quality higher education."

-- ANOTHER DOSE OF REALITY: Pelosi's top aides have been part of the budget negotiations, which stretched into last night and continued this morning. She is a party to this deal.

-- EXPECT A LONG FEW DAYS: There's a chance the House doesn't get its hands on the funding bill until Friday. A short-term spending bill might be needed to avoid a shutdown.

NEWS -- HOUSE MINORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE is keynoting the National Prayer Breakfast tomorrow morning. Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond of New Orleans is introducing Scalise. President Donald Trump is also speaking.

MIXED BAG FOR THE PRESIDENT -- A NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL gives Trump his highest approval rating in seven months -- at 40 percent, with 55 percent disapproving. However, 70 percent of voters said the American economy is "excellent" or "good" and 51 percent of voters approve of the way he is handling the economy. More results http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622b8687a0d2d6e8c6647857658389ace450afbe2cffcbe1249f28c3b40014a32562e35ee9d51c6dfdd5

MORE ON PENCE'S 2018 PLANS -- "Pence's PAC gives to 30 House members in second round of donations," by Matt Nussbaum: "The PAC is giving to four GOP governors, three senators, 30 House members and a House candidate, including some of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House. Among the more endangered members receiving Pence's financial aid are Reps. Rod Blum (R-Iowa), Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), Jason Lewis (R-Minn.), Don Bacon (R-Neb.), John Culberson (R-Texas) and John Faso (R-N.Y.). The group gave $5,400 to each congressional candidate, the official said." The full list http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622b10d7ed82fb57f17e93b291198d2b6ff1e375c7d03b6d75b21706533a68cbe497cea551b2f433cc69

DAILY MAIL: "EXCLUSIVE: ANOTHER ex-wife of Trump aide Rob Porter -- who is dating Hope Hicks -- tells DailyMail.com he choked, punched and belittled her about her weight her during their five-year marriage" -- With photos http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622b76fce2f5a80ee40b8873f926bf9f0e3c5ff386a2ec59aa273ac88c40c921a3ef5acb2fc6371189fc

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GO FIGURE -- "Cash for Coalition Against Trump Going Into Consultants' Pockets Instead," by The Daily Beast's Lachlan Markay and Sam Stein: "The Democratic Coalition, one of the many new progressive-minded organizations to bloom in the age of anti-Trump fervor, brought in nearly half a million dollars last year. Its donors include [California congressional primary candidate Omar] Siddiqui, a pair of Hollywood television producers, a former Real Housewife of Miami, and a member of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors. The vast majority of its funds, however, have come from people whose names don't make it into Federal Election Commission disclosures: the small, 'unitemized' donors who
give $200 or less.

"It's what the group has done with its money -- not how much it has brought in -- that has raised eyebrows among other operatives. The Democratic Coalition paid more than half of the money it raised last year to its employees or their consulting firms, according to Federal Election Commission records." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622bda6eb0509e1712e2581a2b8be7d9e7ce9e72d2dd7616bbef9622a5ddd544eb24bf6a57b180d3e00f

ON THE PRESIDENT'S MIND -- @realDonaldTrump at 9:59 a.m.: "In the 'old days,' when good news was reported, the Stock Market would go up. Today, when good news is reported, the Stock Market goes down. Big mistake, and we have so much good (great) news about the economy!" ... at 11:10 a.m.: "NEW FBI TEXTS ARE BOMBSHELLS!"

FUELING THE FIRE ON THE RIGHT -- "FBI lovers' latest text messages: Obama 'wants to know everything,'" by Fox News' Jake Gibson: "Newly revealed text messages between FBI paramours Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to President Obama, who wanted 'to know everything we're doing.' ... Page wrote to Strzok on Sept. 2, 2016, about prepping Comey because 'potus wants to know everything we're doing.' According to a newly released Senate report, this text raises questions about Obama's personal involvement in the Clinton email investigation." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622bc0a1f15a29108bc8762a7e106453ac5e017780abbdbe03f9fb42e43a0bf481f324b156d02307c33c

-- @kyledcheney: "Devoid of context this text is meaningless. Clinton investigation had been closed by that point. Seems much likelier Obama was referring to what was being done to counter Russian meddling. He confronted Putin about that in September, supposedly".

HARASSMENT FILES -- "From fellow soldier to 'monster' in uniform: #MeToo in the military," by CNN's Zachary Cohen: "Army Spc. Sarah Reyes' instincts had always prompted her to run toward danger, not away from it. 'I lived for it, and I was good at it,' she said of her time as an Army combat medic, which included a nine-month stint in Afghanistan. But today, she is a different person.

"Reyes still fears talking about the night she says she was raped by a 'monster' disguised in combat fatigues at Ft. Stewart, Georgia -- a member of her own platoon who had served at her side while deployed overseas. ... Like the vast majority of military victims who report crimes of sexual violence, Reyes said she remains dissatisfied with the way she was treated by investigators who decided not to pursue charges against the alleged assailant." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622b061485ad4fadd833a51b27f8b467ee6dd510bf944a3ab67a7286662ea5c4e5c35c17916542c93120

WHAT? -- "Pruitt suggests warming can help humans," by E&E News' Scott Waldman and Niina Heikkinen: "EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt questioned yesterday if rising global temperatures are harmful to humans, a claim that adds new insight to his alternative views on climate change. In an interview with KSNV television in Nevada, Pruitt suggested that global warming could be seen as a good thing for people. He said civilizations tend to flourish when it's warm. 'I think there's assumptions made that because the climate is warming, that that necessarily is a bad thing,' Pruitt said. ...

"'Is it an existential threat, is it something that is unsustainable, or what kind of effect or harm is this going to have?' he said. 'We know that humans have most flourished during times of, what, warming trends?'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622b7d26642384eb77da76057b51bee43baf81ee05399b8d9d24d67d07bd073dc5dc2a28ba14affbf827

PROBABLY GOOD ADVICE -- "One of Congress' most prolific tweeters and frequent Trump critics tell us why he quit Twitter," by Business Insider's Joe Perticone: "Republican Sen. Ben Sasse is known as one of the more prolific Twitter users in Congress, often writing his own tweets himself to chime in on policy issues, crack jokes, and in some cases, rebuke President Donald Trump. But over Christmas weekend last year, Sasse stopped tweeting and has not picked up the phone since. ... The first-term Nebraska senator looked at his sabbatical from Twitter as a healthy decision too, because 'there's just a ton of data about the way social media is designed to create dopamine hits for teenage kids.'"
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LUNCHTIME READ -- "In Conversation: Quincy Jones: The music legend on the secret Michael Jackson, his relationship with the Trumps, and the problem with modern pop," by Vulture's David Marchese: "You just mentioned the Clintons, who are friends of yours. Why is there still such visceral dislike of them? What are other people not seeing in Hillary, for example, that you see? It's because there's a side of her - when you keep secrets, they backfire.

"Like what secrets? This is something else I shouldn't be talking about. You sure seem to know a lot. I know too much, man. What's something you wish you didn't know? Who killed Kennedy. Who did it? "[Chicago mobster Sam] Giancana. The connection was there between Sinatra and the Mafia and Kennedy. Joe Kennedy -- he was a bad man -- he came to Frank to have him talk to Giancana about getting votes....

"What's stirred everything up? Is it all about Trumpism? It's Trump and uneducated rednecks. Trump is just telling them what they want to hear. I used to hang out with him. He's a crazy mother******. Limited mentally -- a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can't stand him. I used to date Ivanka, you know.

"Wait, really? Yes, sir. Twelve years ago. Tommy Hilfiger, who was working with my daughter Kidada, said, 'Ivanka wants to have dinner with you.' I said, 'No problem. She's a fine mother******.' She had the most beautiful legs I ever saw in my life. Wrong father, though." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622b9f3b01686990037b0fe7c5191ac75cce7a9b2c73f9ed7c1d9d8c2cc7cead157f89158b7268946cb3

OLYMPICS DRAMA -- "Openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Vice President Pence," by USA Today's Christine Brennan in PyeongChang: "n the afternoon on Jan. 17, Pence had another focus: He was so concerned about the criticism he received from U.S. Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon that his staff went to the extraordinary length of asking the U.S. Olympic Committee to set up a conversation between the two - an offer Rippon turned down.

"According to two people with knowledge of the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly about it, a member of Pence's staff requested the conversation with the openly gay Rippon after reading the skater's derogatory remarks about him in a USA TODAY Sports story that had been published online just an hour earlier. Rippon, the two people said, declined the invitation." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622b7416d349809fd160a37f96bc3ca9ba370dd7363de31d60b938fa877bdb356a16499e3240567375ee

MEDIAWATCH -- "Vice Falls Short of Revenue Goal, Investors Get Antsy," by WSJ's Keach Hagey: "Vice, whose $5.7 billion valuation makes it the most valuable new media company, missed its 2017 revenue target of $805 million by more than $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter. That setback, largely due to the struggling Viceland cable TV channel, comes as co-president Andrew Creighton, who was placed on leave after sexual-harassment allegations surfaced in a New York Times report, is unlikely to return to his post, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Creighton led the company's advertising business, but could be given other roles within the company among other
possible outcomes, these people said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622bcadc66a4658f64234357515c6dd6d9a9bd6e7f898e767b00de36943fab93ac625dd489ac675d134f

-- "Greta Van Susteren Getting Her Own Show on Voice of America," by The Hollywood Reporter's Jeremy Barr http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=0f0fe256d418622bf68c704d261675b39d97396fb5495666adb2239ee80a502d2f0367b808bce9333a76068dd3a80a64

TRANSITIONS -- Kim Holmes has been named EVP of the Heritage Foundation. He was previously acting SVP for research.

--OBAMA ALUMNI -- Dan Jones, who was the Small Business Administration White House liaison in the Obama administration, has started as the COO of the MLS Players Association.

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