Subject: POLITICO Huddle, Presented by FairReform.com: BOMBING IN SYRIA BEGINS -- GOP backs action -- Obama’s inversion crackdown -- DEMS’ BIG $ BENEFITS -- Border crisis, No. 2?
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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 06:48:51 -0600

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SYRIAN BOMBING BEGINS: The United States, leading a coalition of five Arab countries, expanded the air war against the Islamic State into Syria last night. The strikes contained a "mix of manned aircraft - fighter jets and bombers - plus Tomahawk cruise missiles," according to the Associated Press, and the decision to launch the first set of Syrian strikes was made on Monday. The bombing in Syria comes after the United States has launched 190 strikes in Iraq. 
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Obama's timing: "Obama is set to lead a U.N. Security Council session Wednesday afternoon in which the U.S. is seeking to pass a binding resolution requiring countries to work to stem the flow of foreign fighters to extremist groups like ISIL," per Josh Gerstein. 
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Happening at 10 a.m.: "The President will deliver a statement. The President's statement on the South Lawn is pooled press."

Early congressional reaction: House Foreign Relations Chairman Ed Royce: "While this initial attack will be a big psychological blow to the terrorist group, an air campaign will need to be major and sustained." House Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul: "To defeat ISIS, we must cut off the head of the snake, which exists in Syria. I support the administration's move to conduct airstrikes against ISIS wherever it exists." Sen. Marco Rubio: "I have argued for months that President Obama has the authority to confront this threat to the United States wherever they seek refuge." Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: "Striking ISIL targets in Syria sends the clear message that the United States and its allies
 will take the fight to these terrorists wherever they are. I have supported and will continue to support aggressive action to destroy ISIL in Iraq and Syria."

Israel shoots down Syrian warplane: But the incident does not seem to be related to the U.S. action in Syria, Reuters reports. "The Israeli military said its U.S.-made Patriot missile air defence system shot down a Syrian Russian-built Sukhoi fighter plane that had 'infiltrated Israeli airspace' over the territory, captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. It was the first time in three decades that Israel had downed a Syrian warplane." 
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OBAMA CRACKS DOWN ON INVERSIONS: Tax staffers and reporters got a jolt last night when the Treasury Department came out swinging at U.S. companies that are attempting to move outside the country and avoid U.S. taxation. "The rules, which apply to deals that close starting today, include a prohibition on 'hopscotch' loans that let companies access foreign cash without paying U.S. taxes, and impose new curbs on actions that companies can use to make such transactions qualify for favorable tax treatment. The changes will have the biggest effect on eight U.S. companies with pending inversions," Bloomberg reports. 
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Congress stills wants in: Sen. Chuck Schumer said that the administration can only do so much: "It's clear that without legislation that stops earning stripping and defines an inversion more tightly, this egregious abuse is likely to continue." Other Democratic leaders Harry Reid and Dick Durbin also said Capitol Hill needs to finish the job. GOP leaders agreed Congress needs to do something, though they called for comprehensive tax reform.

GOP style guide: "Please avoid using the phrase 'loophole' or 'tax break' in your coverage - both are inaccurate partisan talking points."

DEMS ROLL IN BIG MONEY: As we anecdotally scan FEC reports and question the life choices that got us here, it's beginning to appear Democratic big-money groups are spending as much -- or more -- than their GOP counterparts. Turns out it's true, according to a deep-dive by media mogul Ken Vogel and Tarini Parti. "The 15 top Democrat-aligned committees have outraised the 15 top Republican ones $453 million to $289 million in the 2014 cycle, according to a POLITICO analysis of the most recent Federal Election Commission reports ... The analysis shows the fundraising edge widening in August, when the Democratic groups pulled in more than twice as much as their GOP counterparts - $51 million to
 $21 million. That's thanks to a spike in massive checks from increasingly energized labor unions and liberal billionaires like Tom Steyer and Fred Eychaner." 
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But Michaud gets shortchanged: Rep. Mike Michaud is inching up in the polls to become Maine governor, but "has plainly not enjoyed the overpowering financial support of the community that helped fuel President Barack Obama's reelection in 2012 and made Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin the first openly gay senator in history. Dozens of prominent gay bundlers for Obama's campaign, including Evercore Partners' Charles Myers and Newsweb's Fred Eychaner, have given nothing to the Maine lawmaker, according to the most recent state finance records." Alex Burns: 
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Two guys walk onto Twitter, and...

@anthonyweiner: "So @SpeakerBoehner had dinner Saturday at my brother&#39;s restaurant @AlmondHamptons and was awesome. wouldn&#39;t leave and nobody wanted him to"

@realDonaldTrump (since deleted): "Why would the people of Kentucky want a rookie Senator- they have Sen. Mitch @McConnellPress who may be next Speaker & bring $&#39;s to KY?"

GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, CAPITOL HILL. And welcome to the Huddle, your play-by-play guide to everything in Congress. Please send tips to 
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TODAY IN CONGRESS - Zilch.

AROUND THE HILL - Sen. Tim Kaine gives a timely speech about Congress's role about taking on the Islamic State, at 1 p.m. at the Center for American Progress.

Off the Hill: HeadCount.org and musicians including The Grateful Dead and T.I. are out today to stage a big voter registration effort (Locations here: 
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Monday's most-clicked link: Photo of Boehner and Behar.

** New Chamber of Commerce Poll Results:65% of voters reject retroactively taxing companies that move their headquarters outside of the United States. See the full results at
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BEHIND THE LANDRIEU KEG STAND PHOTO: Roll Call's Bill Clark writes that after getting bored with the political tailgating scene as LSU, he started meandering when he heard someone yell "keg stand" and he darted back. "This was going to be the photo of the day, probably of the whole Louisiana trip, and missing it would have been a disaster. I fired off 28 frames at 10 frames per second, capturing a scene that was over in seconds." He got it: 
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Landrieu to critics of her keg stand participation: 'They need to get a life. That&#39;s how we roll." Times Pic: 
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POLITICO POOL REPORT: Our Congress team and other Politicos got together last night in downtown D.C. to cheer Steven Sloan, our outgoing congressional editor. At least one staffer was spotted editing a story from the bar, but your secret is safe with us.

GOP WANTS IMMIGRATION INFO: House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte and 21 GOP members fired off a letter to the president demanding he reveal the immigration recommendations he's received. Releasing that info "could go some way toward repairing the damage to the American political process caused by the secrecy with which your Administration has considered changes to our immigration system," they wrote. Emma Duman for Roll Call has the full letter: 
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BORDER CRISIS, PART DEUX? - The child-migrant crisis that consumed Congress's attention over the summer - remember that? - could make a comeback, a top U.S. official warned on Monday. Gil Kerlikowske, the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, pointed to several factors like record drought in Central America, poor economic conditions and ongoing gang violence that could reawaken the dormant border crisis. "All of those things would tell me that we should be very prepared for an influx," Kerlikowske said during an appearance at the Migration Policy Institute, although he added: "It may not be anywhere near the levels that we saw." Although Congress left town in August without
 agreeing on a solution to the border crisis, the number of migrant children coming from Central America has plunged dramatically - from 10,000 kids in both May and June to just over 3,000 in August.

PREPARING FOR A GOP CONGRESS CONTINUES: House and Senate Republicans have tried to push away any "measuring the drapes" talk of a Republican Congress, but the party seemed more comfortable than ever this September entertaining the possibility of a GOP takeover. Here's a good example, from a Daniel Newhauser profile of Jeb Hensarling: "'Hope springs eternal,' Hensarling said. 'I&#39;ve already had a number of conversations with Sen. [Richard] Shelby, who might, and hopefully will, be the next Senate Banking Committee chairman, and we have had preliminary discussions about what he would like to achieve.'" 
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CANTOR SUBPOENAED: Per the New York Observer, the former House majority leader "is being subpoenaed to a deposition in a case against the Bank of China." 
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PARTY PLATFORM SPLIT: The New Hampshire Republican Party passed a socially conservative "personhood" abortion platform over the weekend -- which accentuates Scott Brown's policy break with much of his party. "Scott Brown is pro-choice and will protect a woman's right to choose," Brown spokeswoman Elizabeth Guyton told us after he was attacked by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Our item: 
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REPUBLICANS ON ATTACK AFTER LERNER INTERVIEW: Here's Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa: "Her decision to make unsubstantiated claims to a media outlet while claiming Fifth Amendment protections from answering Congress' questions is telling ... She appears to have great confidence that her allies in the Obama Administration will not consider legal action after she resigned and declined to discuss the IRS' actions against private citizens." Rachael Bade: 
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No next Issa: Scott Wong's got a good look at the race to succeed Issa on Oversight, between front-runners Mike Turner and Jason Chaffetz, who told Scott that he has "the greatest respect and admiration for Congressman Issa, but I don't intend to be Darrell Issa-like."Turner also isn't running to be like Issa, but the extremely quotable John Mica said he'd offer a similarly confrontational style: "If they are looking for a kumbaya candidate, I'm not the one." 
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Past John Mica headlines from my time on Politico Pro's transportation team:

-- "Mica: Highway bill optimists are &#39;smoking the funny weed'"
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-- "John Mica to reporters: Bring your hemorrhoid cream" 
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MONDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER - Shira Schoenberg, a reporter for the Springfield Republican, was the first to answer that California has the largest jewish congressional delegation and Delaware has a Jewish governor, Jack Markell.

TODAY'S TRIVIA - Schoenberg has today's question: Martha Coakley is campaigning to become Massachusetts&#39; first female elected governor. Who was the first woman elected to any statewide office in Massachusetts and in what year was she elected? The first person to correctly answer gets a mention in the next day's Huddle. Email me at 
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** Republicans and Democrats agree: No president should be able to go back in time and impose taxes on American employers and their workers that weren't owed in the first place.

But today, there is a movement to retroactively re-write U.S. corporate tax laws and selectively punish some American businesses. In fact, the White House has said it supports actions that would enact retroactive taxation.

There is no question that our tax code is antiquated; it hasn't been substantially revised since 1986.

Yet the only laws that businesses can follow are the ones we currently have. Per those laws, one way American businesses can better compete with foreign competitors is through the practice of inversion.In order to truly address the root cause of inversions, Congress must pass comprehensive tax reform.

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