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Hey, good morning, Playbookers. It's Monday, August 2nd. I'm Ragu Mendovalin, and this is your Politico

Playbook Daily Briefing.

All eyes are on the Senate again this week. Last night, a little past 9 p.m., the bipartisan

infrastructure bill finally hit the Senate floor.

Majority leader, Chuck Schumer introduced the legislation with these momentous words.

I call up the Cinema Portman substitute amendment 2137.

Okay, maybe it doesn't feel that momentous, but, after weeks of delay,

and a weekend of Schumer repeatedly

coming to the Senate floor to grant the bipartisan group more time, it seemed like a big deal.

Now here's what Schumer is watching for this week. The Majority Leader will soon make clear

the details of the amendment process. There will be Republican amendments allowed, but smoke

signals from Schumer's office

suggest this won't be an enormously generous process. One Democratic aide notes that Schumer

has already allowed more amendment votes on legislation this year alone than the entire four

years under McConnell Trump. Schumer wants the legislation wrapped up in a matter of days so he can move on to the budget resolution.

For what it's worth, Senators Susan Collins and Joe Manchin both said yesterday that it could be finished by Thursday.

Now here's what Mitch McConnell is watching this week. Expect the minority leader to push loudly for an expansive amendment process. He's

been on a path to support the final bill, but process complaints could always serve as a handy

reason to divert from that path. Here's what the White House is watching this week. Last week

saw a growing divide between Democratic moderates and progressives over infrastructure, the $3.5 trillion

budget resolution and eviction policy.

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