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Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman Seinfeld is famously a show about nothing and it seems like during this quarantine, Congress has taken Jerry's Q.

Congress this week will consider a package to refresh the Paycheck Protection Program, a small business lending

fund while sending $75 billion to hospitals and setting aside $25 billion for testing.

Republicans have resisted Democrats' efforts to send money to states and localities.

This was a debate about nothing. Why? Because at some point, Congress is going to have to send

hundreds of billions of dollars

to states and local governments. So the Republicans protest here will be short-lived. President

Donald Trump on Sunday night even conceded he is in favor of sending them cash. Democrats held

out and got modest wins, items Republicans mostly agreed with. This was a debate about the order of operations, not priorities.

State and local out, hospitals in.

Who cares?

It was all going to happen at some point anyway.

Here's the spin you'll hear about why each side won.

Dems will say Mitch McConnell lost again.

He wanted a clean $251 billion refresh to the PPP, and he didn't get it.

Democrats are bragging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer stuck together and stymied McConnell.

Republicans say Democrats held out for all that time and couldn't even get state and local money.

By some accounts, the two sides are actually farther away from a deal than is being let on publicly.

So don't be surprised if this drags out for a bit.

Here's why state and locals need cash.

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