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                  Driving the Day         
Good Tuesday morning. As the Senate was voting yesterday, we headed up to the third floor of the capitol to sit down with HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE (R-LA.). Scalise was recently discharged from the hospital, where he had another post-shooting surgery. Monday was his first day back in the Capitol. 

SCALISE was in good spirits. He was sharp -- especially considering he had surgery less than two weeks ago. He had a few thoughts about the immigration debate... Keep this in mind: Scalise -- and Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry of North Carolina -- interact with every single House Republican. They know the mood of the conference as well as anyone. 

SCALISE told us the House doesn't feel at all bound by SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL'S (R-KY) agreement with Senate Democrats to consider immigration legislation by Feb. 8. "March is really the timeline. ... The House wasn't part of that deal."

We asked SCALISE if Graham-Durbin -- the bipartisan immigration deal du jour -- stands a chance, and he said "not in the House." "It's good for everybody to put their ideas on paper but ultimately there are things that can and cannot pass in the House. And we have to work through those details and we're working through them."

SCALISE said he thought it would "excite our base" if they get a big immigration deal. But he said bluntly: "We're not going to pass a bill that has amnesty. There are things that would anger our base that I don't see us passing in the House."

WELL, that deal was cute while it lasted. If the House doesn't feel at all bound by the deal cut in the Senate, this whole three-day shutdown was for absolutely naught. YES, THERE APPEARS TO BE a bipartisan kumbaya in the Senate. But in the House, there's a different tune being sung. 

-- EXPECTATION SETTING: The Senate seems quite ready to tackle a big, bipartisan immigration deal. The only big legislation the House has passed in the last year is a tax bill, which was done with Republicans only. As we kick off this immigration debate, set your expectations to the lowest common denominator. Yes, it's true that if put on truth serum, a majority of the House would probably support the DREAM Act. But in the real world, the leadership will be worried about their own preservation, and conservatives will ensure the debate tacks to the right.

... OF COURSE, there's a case to be made that the House will feel such intense political pressure that they'll have to put something on the floor that a huge chunk of the conference hates. Time will only tell. But we think that's unlikely. 

-- STAT DU JOUR: SchumerShutdown.com -- coined by the House Republican Conference, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) -- saw a 700% spike in daily traffic compared to other House GOP websites. The conference increased their email/text list by 40%. 

LURCHING TO THE NEXT SHUTDOWN? -- "Why the shutdown battle is only on pause," by Rachael Bade: "Washington will be back on the brink in less than three weeks. Lawmakers may have pulled themselves out of a debilitating government shutdown Monday, but the fight over immigration and spending that's ground virtually all congressional business to a halt is far from over. And the fundamentals of the debate haven't changed at all.

"Republican leaders are under increasing pressure from their own members to reach a long-term budget agreement by Feb. 8, when the government next runs out of money. Their defense hawks are desperate to increase defense spending, a key 2018 priority for President Donald Trump. And their members are sick of voting on short-term funding bills that they say cripple the military.

"But in order to strike any long-term budget accord, at least nine Senate Democrats are needed for passage. And while Democrats' strategy of shuttering the government until securing relief for Dreamers blew up in their faces Monday, they can still withhold support for a long-term budget deal to get what they want on immigration. 'We're here to fight another day,' said Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.). 'I think we still have an opportunity to win this.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd24eb9159afb30c88f89c515e6aabe5e0cf1f8959fec2d0bb52c920606851bf97e4eb8cc9242dec30

-- FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: Scalise told us Republicans might twin the debt limit with the budget caps deal.

-- "Democrats Blink in Shutdown Impasse, Hoping for a Bargain," by NYT's Carl Hulse: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cdeb5ae735275bd583a8918cf1ade8996cbe458e29b95bbcd441c0693e8d54607ed7e9532178c31f94

A DIFFERENT VIEW -- HUFFPO'S MATT FULLER: "The Case For The Democratic 'Cave': It's not really a cave if you're just continuing the fight." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd68cc06855e4c9e7e6c3d62634ceab8aa27282093f8ae3f0ddeebc8ac9bf7911ea082477505de67e3 

THE PRESIDENT at 11:30 p.m.: "Big win for Republicans as Democrats cave on Shutdown. Now I want a big win for everyone, including Republicans, Democrats and DACA, but especially for our Great Military and Border Security. Should be able to get there. See you at the negotiating table!"

16 DAYS until government funding runs out.

SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER (D-N.Y.) was roundly panned in the press and by many Democrats for leading the Senate into a shutdown without a strategy and for being unable to extract any sort of promise from Republicans. Pelosi and other Democrats are vowing not to vote for a spending deal until a DACA compromise is reached. It's hard to see Democrats having the political fortitude to try to shut down the government again in a little more than two weeks after getting nothing this time around. THAT BEING SAID: Why not!

-- SCHUMER had a bad hand here. The base was itching for a conflict, and he gave them one. But he really didn't have an easy or clear way out. Democrats also misjudged how Trump would react. They thought he would blow up, which would've made the shutdown all about him. He didn't. That strengthened the GOP's hand.

-- WE WERE STANDING OFF THE SENATE FLOOR when Schumer was leaving yesterday. He didn't respond to questions and ducked into an elevator with his Capitol Police detail.

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BURGESS EVERETT and ELANA SCHOR: "The turn of events Monday marked the most serious cracks in the unity Schumer has painstakingly built within his caucus since he became Democratic leader a year ago. After holding almost all Democrats together through fights over the Supreme Court, health care, taxes and even Friday's vote that shut down the government, Schumer is now under attack from the left and confronting pointed criticisms of his negotiating skill. ...

"No Democratic senator suggested that Schumer's leadership is under any threat after his agreement with McConnell to fund the government through Feb. 8. The deal included a pledge from McConnell to begin debating an immigration bill if no agreement has been reached on the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But progressive senators were visibly miffed by what their leader had just done, even if they did not publicly go after him." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cdd3c00d04804b34f1d251248bef63f8cb3af3b31db1b2ed352569026e82830bd9a70c0c1ed7ff2148

-- "Senate Democrats' Vote to End Shutdown Infuriates Some on the Left," by NYT's Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns: "The decision by Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown on Monday in exchange for a promised immigration vote enraged liberals, who accused the lawmakers of betrayal and threatened to mount primaries against some of the Democrats who voted yes. Regardless of what happens in the Senate, progressive and immigrant advocacy groups said House Republican leaders will never take up a bill that would offer legal status to young undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children without excruciating concessions on other immigration issues. They accused Senator Chuck
 Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, and moderate Democratic senators of capitulating to protect senators up for re-election in November in Republican-leaning states." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd930c1c864561dd27a8c489ca4afde950f80e51d06a0e68bb53841b1a3ae9dc7beafc9ea561cc96c0

-- BOB COSTA and KAREN TUMULTY: "Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle": "'There's a practical question of, "Are you going to achieve more by holding out, are you going to get anywhere?"' asked Sen. Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. '[Schumer's] assessment was, this was a positive step forward and to hold out further, you wouldn't get any more.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cde4dfff5f268a155180c961b0ab1237cfe95d66c8295b5280095cd0208e62b82dea7981129e79dbc2 

-- "House Dems: Senate 'screwing us' with shutdown deal," by Heather Caygle: "House Democrats are fuming about the deal their Senate counterparts accepted to reopen the government, saying it gets them no closer to an immigration agreement in the House and may have cost them precious political capital in the meantime. 'They blink, they just do, and it's unfortunate,' Illinois Rep. Luis Guti&eacute;rrez said about Senate Democrats. 'I thought they were going to stand tall and firm.' Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin was blunter at a House Democratic Caucus meeting Monday afternoon. 'How do we know the Senate isn't screwing us?' she said, according to two sources. 'They are,' responded House
 Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd34bede0adc5818e783d0c21594e3a4b38a63d4855b62e89b46cc5de2d0b5756b415ffc11f3d7fa06

NEW MODUS OPERANDI FOR POTUS? -- ANDREW RESTUCCIA and NANCY COOK: "The shutdown drama taught White House aides a lesson: when it comes to President Donald Trump, sometimes less is more. For about 48 hours this weekend, Trump kept an unusually low profile, making no public appearances and keeping his direct contact with lawmakers - especially Democrats - to a minimum. Instead, the president left the heavy lifting to his staff, temporarily suppressing his instinct to invite lawmakers to the White House to strike a grand bargain.

"The hands-off strategy emerged after Trump met with top White House aides on Friday night. Frustrated with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who had been invited in for what wound up being an unproductive meeting earlier in the day, Trump and his team decided to call Democrats' bluff, issuing a statement at 11:58 p.m. declaring that the president 'will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands.' House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell followed suit with similar statements. For the rest of the weekend, Senate Democrats barely heard a word from Trump's team, leaving them hanging
 while government agencies closed their doors.

"In the end, the stand-back-and-watch approach paid off, putting pressure on Senate leaders to reach an agreement to open the government on their own - and delivering Trump a much-needed victory, according to half a dozen White House officials and advisers." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd66a5652c7cce7724dec28122d4034f02f3bd8ec154a1baefe917653d79196ba12a94875c4cac3fbb

-- WaPo's Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey: "As negotiations to keep the government open stalled Friday evening, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called President Trump and told him he should prepare for a shutdown. Trump, ever eager for a deal, responded by asking who else he should call and suggested he dial Democrats or try Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) again, one person familiar with the conversation said. But McConnell urged the president to sit tight and make the Democrats come to them, this person said. Trump paused, agreed, and then offered McConnell his highest praise: 'You are a good negotiator.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cdb063f1e64e9f09a8d217f53879f6eb3e4ad5643a7ca82d1df2747534809e01f28dee0afa5f8a59c5

-- THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION played Democrats perfectly during the shutdown. Keeping a low profile meant Democrats didn't have anybody to beat up on, or blame. It also allowed Republicans to unify, stick to a core message and seem more reasonable than their Democratic counterparts.

GREAT ANECDOTE -- Seung Min Kim, Burgess Everett and Elana Schor: "To try and keep the peace, [Sen. Susan] Collins wouldn't let any senator in the room talk unless they were holding a 'talking stick' - which a senator in the room described as a 'ceremonial Native American stick' that Collins owned. At one point, Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee forcefully tossed the stick toward Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia after Warner interrupted him, nearly shattering a glass elephant belonging to Collins, according to two people briefed on the throw. After that incident, Collins suggested using a small rubber ball, and Alexander also brought his own basketball 'because it'd be safer than a stick,' an
 aide said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cde6f1f7afee65ec5132c8d375f4be9df562261b50653f5710c2b2a309cc7d47ef6197f444c9aa1ab6

THE QUOTE MACHINE ... via WaPo's Ben Terris: "Put another way: 'I think most Americans are wondering,' Sen. John Neely Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, told reporters, 'how some folks up here made it through the birth canal.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cdaa29e17d0f4216d8591c710758ee22a1c3124bb0726925396155bf5d605c1315847b09b195a71524 

NOT A GOOD SIGN FOR TRUMP -- "George Papadopoulos is the 'John Dean' of the Russia investigation, his fiancee says," by WaPo's Ros Helderman: "'I believe history will remember him like John Dean,' said Italian-born Simona Mangiante, referring to the former White House counsel who pleaded guilty to his role in the Watergate coverup and then became a key witness against other aides to President Richard Nixon. Dean told Nixon in 1973 that Watergate was a 'cancer on the presidency,' warning him that it was an existential crisis that could imperil his term in office. 'George is very loyal. And he is on the right side of history,' added Mangiante, who got engaged to Papadopoulos in September." 
http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd15911ab3ce2eadff5e65903d358ccde70870715ba03fb29da9009aee56d946390037c58c316a4e37

A PAIR OF KYLE CHENEY SCOOPS ... 

-- "House GOP won't show secret Russia memo to Justice Department,": "House Republicans have refused to share with the Justice Department a secret memo alleging misconduct by federal officials investigating the 2016 Trump campaign's Russia ties, even they build a case that President Donald Trump should authorize the memo's public release. An official at the Justice Department, helmed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy Rod Rosenstein, confirmed to POLITICO on Monday that the department has requested access to the classified document but has not been able to see it. The FBI, too, has been denied access to the document.

"Sources familiar with the memo, which was compiled by aides to House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes, say it claims that senior FBI officials abused a secret surveillance program, commonly known as FISA, to target the Trump campaign last fall. According to three people who have viewed it, the memo suggests that FBI agents seeking a fall 2016 warrant to surveil Trump campaign adviser Carter Page concealed the role a controversial private dossier alleging Kremlin influence over Trump played in their decision." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd8881af2c79d80bea49312b07f2d8b8527c783b0e90ba05b81ba880fcf8e02e3435b1a75feb3147aa

-- "GOP chairmen raise alarms over missing FBI texts," by Kyle Cheney: "The FBI had been expected to produce a new batch of texts that included communications after the 2016 presidential election, but the bureau informed lawmakers in a letter over the weekend that 'misconfiguration issues' resulted in the texts being lost. 'The omission of text messages between December 2016 and May 2017, a critical gap encompassing the FBI's Russia investigation, is ... concerning,' said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte in a joint statement. 'Rather than clearing up prior FBI and DOJ
 actions, these recently produced documents cause us to further question the credibility and objectivity of certain officials at the FBI,' they said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd9f8794546090b78c7af620512644debd1c0e8ab6926d5eef31ad66f6b0cd17218585785d4c30c5bd

THIS IS A BIG DEAL -- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: "Pa. Supreme Court strikes down congressional map as unconstitutional, orders change before May primary," by Jonathan Lai, Liz Navratil and Angela Couloumbis: "In a move certain to upend state politics and the critical 2018 elections, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's congressional map 'clearly, plainly, and palpably' violates the state constitution and blocked its use in the May primaries.

"The justices, a majority of whom are Democrats, sided with a group of voters who contended that the state's 18 U.S. House districts were unconstitutionally drawn to discriminate against Democrats. The court ordered the Republican-led legislature to draw a new map immediately.

"Senate Republicans vowed to request a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court. In a statement, President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Majority Leader Jake Corman attacked the ruling as a 'partisan action showing a distinct lack of respect for the Constitution and the legislative process.' The court, they said, had overreached." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd33953a1a70856ad5cb2eec040b65e6e3b602dc385b9868f5d0cc81b668bec069461af6fb20a42d56 

ABOUT THE NEW TEAM AT THE FBI -- "Scoop: FBI director threatened to resign amid Trump, Sessions pressure," by Axios' Jonathan Swan: "Attorney General Jeff Sessions - at the public urging of President Donald Trump - has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed, according to three sources with direct knowledge. Wray's resignation under those circumstances would have created a media firestorm. The White House -- understandably gun-shy after the Comey debacle -- didn't want that scene, so McCabe remains. Sessions told White House Counsel Don McGahn about how upset Wray was about the pressure on him
 to fire McCabe, and McGahn told Sessions this issue wasn't worth losing the FBI Director over, according to a source familiar with the situation." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd808c61ecfd011f5e344c52825908018e08f22123ff59fbb0b45a70efba83a477460f40bf415232a1

--@Comey at 10:43 p.m.: "Good to read reports of people standing up for what they believe in. 'The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy' - MLK".

COMING ATTRACTIONS -- "Exclusive: Trump expected to invite France's Macron for first state visit of his presidency," by CNN's Michelle Kosinski: "President Donald Trump is expected to invite French President Emmanuel Macron to Washington for an official state visit later this year, the first of his presidency, according to two diplomatic sources. While a date for the visit has not yet been officially set and the White House has not made an announcement, sources say that could come as soon as this week, while Trump attends the World Economic Forum in Davos. The White House told CNN: 'We don't have an announcement to make at this time.' The first lady's office did not return CNN's request for
 comment." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=77b776ed98efb1cd8cd302e0758404d1b1df8719684f156003c7159d01844672aeee66d772728eaa3b37e383737816fb

POSTCARD FROM DAVOS -- Key leaders and thinkers from around the world have converged at the World Economic Forum in Davos and POLITICO is providing up-to-the-minute dispatches through our exclusive Davos Playbook (http://politi.co/2F4HnDZ) and a pop-up Davos Confidential podcast (http://politi.co/2F4HnDZ) to help track significant conversations, newsworthy events and the general buzz from the scene at #WEF2018.

NOT A BAD ASSIGNMENT -- POLITICO EU DAVOS CORRESPONDENT RYAN HEATH: "Yeti eats Davos Man: Snowmaggedon tripped up opening of annual elite networking fest." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da03125227ed7cdd8a87ad2af04568f70cc62dc9559ac7b4a247f9b3b6d3fbb055579cb3bb6a94b9ce4a6179

--"Heads of State and C.E.O.s in Davos Beware: 6 Feet of Snow in 6 Days," by NYT's Keith Bradsher: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da03125260fad398f8bdbe7f7b18a920c9316bf7635882b0d6673aecbda5d9f0f3bc7e31bf42aa9655c8d5ef 

TRADE WATCH -- "Trump: Imports of washing machines and solar panels not welcome here," by Adam Behsudi: "President Donald Trump took his first major action as trade enforcer-in-chief, opening the door to a host of other trade restrictions that buck the global order and give him a hammer to push his 'America First' vision at the gathering of global elites in Davos, Switzerland. The decision to slap tariffs and other trade restrictions on imports of both solar panels and washing machines is being seen as a prelude to coming actions on steel and aluminum imports, as well as a wide-ranging case that aims to punish China for intellectual property abuses." 
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-- PRESIDENT TRUMP is set to sign "Section 201 actions" related to trade restrictions this afternoon.

          Playbook Reads         

PHOTO DU JOUR: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) holds a colorfully beaded "talking stick" in her office on Capitol Hill on Jan. 22. Collins' office had become known as Switzerland, an essential neutral place for both sides to talk. There was, at times, too much talking, Collins acknowledged. She employed the stick to help bring order out of the chaos. | Alan Fram/AP Photo

BREAKING -- "Tsunami warning in effect after 8.2-magnitude earthquake off Alaska coast," by CNN's Keith Allen and Madison Park: "An 8.2-magnitude earthquake detected in the Gulf of Alaska has triggered tsunami warnings in Alaska and tsunami watches across several Western states. The earthquake struck about 175 miles southeast of Kodiak, Alaska, shortly after midnight in Alaska local time ... A tsunami warning is in effect for southeast and south Alaska, including the Alaska peninsula and Aleutian islands, as well as British Columbia in Canada. A tsunami watch is in effect for California, Oregon and Washington ... [and] the Hawaiian Islands." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da0312521ab4574cae449ef9652b7bc6584050d6d51a5df6e040d5a7cc9993b95aef81c6a7aa8d2b704daae8 

NEW OFF MESSAGE PODCAST -- ISAAC DOVERE talks to Family Research Council president TONY PERKINS about evangelicals sticking with Trump despite Stormy Daniels and everything else. "'We kind of gave him-'all right, you get a mulligan. You get a do-over here,'" Perkins said. Evangelicals, said Perkins, 'were tired of being kicked around by Barack Obama and his leftists. And I think they are finally glad that there's somebody on the playground that is willing to punch the bully.' What happened to turning the other cheek? 'You know, you only have two cheeks,' Perkins said. 'Look, Christianity is not all about being a welcome mat which people can just stomp their feet on.'" Listen to the full
 podcast http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da0312520aba866bb4ac9af7d941baedb7ca87fc39091563077f70aee294a5c0e862b9476ec68596067f2e30 

HMM -- "Trump voting commission bought Texas election data flagging Hispanic voters," by WaPo's Spencer S. Hsu and John Wagner: "President Trump's voting commission asked every state and the District for detailed voter registration data, but in Texas's case it took an additional step: It asked to see Texas records that identify all voters with Hispanic surnames, newly released documents show. In buying nearly 50 million records from the state with the nation's second-largest Hispanic population, a researcher for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity checked a box on two Texas public voter data request forms explicitly asking for the 'Hispanic surname flag notation,' to
 be included in information sent to the voting commission, according to copies of the signed and notarized state forms. White House and Texas officials said the state's voter data was never delivered because a lawsuit brought by Texas voting rights advocates after the request last year temporarily stopped any data handoff." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da031252d4b1657a9ec72f27e4acdd1d5e404f45b0a6feadafc545795e5dde4310d04acc77854b379e25273a

-- "After a year, top Trump staffers still working without certified financial disclosures," by McClatchy's Anita Kumar and Ben Wieder: "A year into Donald Trump's presidency, records show five of his top staffers still have not secured final approval of their financial reports - disclosures that are required by law to ensure Americans that these senior officials aren't personally benefiting from their White House jobs. Another four staffers received certification by the Office of Government Ethics after McClatchy first requested their forms last month. 

"The delay is likely due to Trump staffers either refusing to disclose mandated information to OGE, failing to resolve a conflict of interest or violating an ethics law or regulation, according to two ethics experts familiar with the long-standing process. But delays can also occur when White House ethics officials don't force staffers to comply or because OGE is behind on paperwork." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da03125251e4b55954f4247e05b3e5f74747c9c6d2f171b9e9f1f01eeec50520a035807835337a7f00d1dcae

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WASHINGTON, INC. -- "Apple, Facebook, Google spent record amounts lobbying Washington last year," by Steven Overly: "Three of the nation's biggest and best-known technology companies - Apple, Facebook and Google - shoveled record sums of money into their federal lobbying efforts as President Donald Trump's first year in office brought a mix of unprecedented scrutiny and financial opportunity for their businesses. Google led the pack with an annual lobbying bill that totaled $18.04 million. 

"Facebook shelled out $11.51 million over the year, just shy of a three-fold increase from five years ago. Apple, meanwhile, spent $7.07 million, a 51 percent jump compared with the prior year. ... The firms' 2017 lobbying totals match or even surpass spending from the likes of lobbying stalwarts AT&T ($16.78 million), Chevron ($9.29 million), General Motors ($8.64 million) and Walmart ($6.88 million)." For Pros  http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da0312526e529b77121e314ab7b354a7a77446a958db9c9296ac8780a4f274996486dbf965a51d3dce7fc00f 

MEDIAWATCH -- "Murdoch's Fox Takeover of Sky Is Dealt a Blow by U.K. Regulators," by WSJ's Stu Woo: "British antitrust regulators said Tuesday that 21st Century Fox Inc.'s proposed $15.5 billion acquisition of the 61% of U.K. pay-TV giant Sky that it doesn't already own would be against public interest, saying it would give the Murdoch family too much influence in British media. The determination raises the biggest hurdle yet in Mr. Murdoch's efforts to consolidate ownership of the broadcaster. While it is preliminary and not binding on the government, which must approve the deal, it could also scramble the calculations in Walt Disney Co.'s separate $52 billion deal to buy many of Fox's
 assets, including Sky." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da0312520d19706bcf2859383a538474db8d140579f7f5b7bf50846d3d5c8aae62a1f534a4c66b7769affffe

--Per Morning Media: "Matea Gold, who joined the Washington Post in 2013 to cover money and politics, has been named editor of the paper's national politics enterprise and investigations team."

-- Jason Abbruzzese has been hired as senior tech editor with NBC News Digital. He is currently currently business editor at Mashable.

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SPOTTED: Vicente Fox in the C Terminal at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston yesterday - pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da031252a19b19ced480a15bafe1a7340169a903bea2e1f18a6192511a672d2089a471dc036c565f3642f900 ... Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) with his dog on 14th Street outside El Centro - pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da03125273bf97d2f86449672809bea567a43b45fd32a731df3a7dc7654843f5664463aa936857dc9ab12842

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Antonio Villaraigosa, former L.A. mayor now running for governor of California, is 65. How he got his start in politics: "Growing up my mom instilled in me that we all have a responsibility to look out for each other, which is why at age 15, I led student walkouts and got started in the farm workers' grape boycott. I have been standing up for decency and respect for working people and immigrants since I was a kid - and I'm still doing that today." Read his Playbook Plus Q&A: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da03125258f22a995c2f4f3ffd00d1bcfda88b7940a69f83d714fa903343285306cee8ce6a3e604819c46c9b 

BIRTHDAYS: Politico is 11 ... Norah O'Donnell, who is celebrating with "lunch at the Whitby Hotel restaurant with some of her 'CBS This Morning' colleagues and birthday cake with her kids after school" (hat tip: Samantha Graham) ... John Heilemann is 52 (h/t TJ Ducklo) ... Caroline Krueger ... Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) is 71 ... Politico Director of Photography Scott Mahaskey ... Politico's Annie Snider ... WaPo's Patrick Reis ... Annie Shuppy, senior policy analyst at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget ... Alexander Castellanos is 34 ... Aliyah Frumin ... Mike Gallagher, CEO of Entertainment Software Association ... Missy Foxman, ESA's director of federal gov't affairs, who's
 celebrating with a brand new golden retriever Plum -- pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e7dd3879da031252beca52b2a2457553365b36d96c4cdc474354037f69f8dd67ba661f6a3255be6a979cc53198627281 (h/ts Nika Nour) ... Christina Lonigro ... Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa..) is 54 ... former Rep. Bud Shuster (R-Pa.) is 86 ... former Rep. Joe Baca (R-Calif.) is 71 ... Mariska Hargitay ... Brian Cooke, VP of operations and strategy at the National Association of Manufacturers, is 35 ...

... Eric Koch, managing principal at Precision Strategies (h/ts Kam Mumtaz, Stephanie Cutter and Tom Zigo) ... Seth Wickersham, senior writer at ESPN The Magazine ... Mic's Kelsey Sutton ... Aretae Wyler ... Erik Olson ... photojournalist and former Marine David Douglas Duncan is 102 ... Laura Keiter, comms director for Media Matters for America (h/ts Bradley Beychok, Sarah Coppersmith and Nate Evans) ... Matthew Hoppler ... Mark E. Tullis ... Alex Parker ... Harvard Institute of Politics' Amy Howell (h/t Jeff Solnet) ... Katherine Grainger, principal at Civitas Public Affairs ... Marygrace Galston ... Suzanne Kennedy ... Adam Parker ... Peter Rosenstein ... Edelman's Daniel Workman ...
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