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Wake Up To Politics - May 7, 2015

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Thursday, May 5, 2015
551 Days Until Election Day 2016It's Thursday, May 5, 2015, I'm Gabe Fleisher for Wake Up To Politics, and reporting from WUTP world HQ in my bedroom - Good morning: THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL!!!
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White House Watch

  • The President’s Schedule At 2:10 PM, President Obama will present the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the U.S. Air Force Academy football team. The trophy is awarded annually to the victor of the triangular football series between the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Navy Academy, and U.S. Air Force Academy.
  • At 3:15 PM, the President will depart the White House, arriving in Portland, Oregon at 5:40 PM Pacific Time.
  • At 7 PM Pacific Time, Obama will speak at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Portland, where he will spend the night.

Capitol Hill News

  • House: Schedule The House is currently on a weeklong recess.
  • Senate: Schedule The Senate will hold a cloture vote on the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, the bipartisan bill allowing Congress to review, and possibly reject, a nuclear deal with Iran. A vote on final passage of the bill may come today as well.

2016 Central

  • Travel Tracker Iowa Both Mike Huckabee and Carly Fiorina are in Iowa today as part of their announcement tours.
  • Huckabee is on Day 2 of his “Factories, Farms & Freedom” swing, and will host meet and greets today in Sioux City and Cedar Rapids.
  • Fiorina, meanwhile, will also host meet and greet in Cedar Rapids today; she will also address the Dallas County GOP.
  • Fiorina will continue onto New Hampshire Friday, then split her Saturday between New Hampshire and South Carolina, where she will complete her tour of the first three early voting states.

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