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Hey, good morning, Playbookers.

It's Thursday, August 12th.

I'm Ragumana Vallin.

And this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

We're slowly moving toward a post-BIF world, but there are still plenty of hurdles left in Congress.

Speaker, Nancy Pelosi,

is calling the House back from recess on the 23rd. The plan is to vote on the party's $3.5 trillion

budget. But there's a problem. Politico's Sarah Ferris and Heather Kagle report that six

moderate Democrats in the House have indicated that they'll oppose the fiscal blueprint

unless the Speaker puts the BIF up for a vote at the same time.

It's worth noting Pelosi has only three votes to spare to get this package through.

This sets up another Washington Stairdown, this time, pitting Pelosi against some of her most electorally vulnerable members.

Members, she often tries to protect.

If we know anything from covering Pelosi in the House this past decade,

it's that she runs her caucus with, quote, an iron fist in a Gucci glove.

But senior Democrats aren't panicking, at least not yet.

For one, none of the six House Democrats have gone on the record with their complaints.

Typically, if a member isn't willing to say these sort of things out loud, he or she will cave in the end.

Even if they do eventually speak out, top Democrats say they're confident in Pelosi's ability to navigate it.

But the dynamic will certainly keep things interesting the next few weeks during an otherwise

sleepy August recess.

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