Good Tuesday morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing,

sponsored by the American Bankers Association. And I'm Jake Sherman. President Donald Trump is

headed to Texas today to survey the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The plan,

Trump will arrive in Corpus Christi receive a briefing and then head to Austin for a tour of the

Emergency Operations Center and a tour of the Emergency Operation

Center and a meeting with the state's leaders.

D.C. is beginning to turn its attention to the likelihood.

It's actually more like a certainty that it will have to pass a massive emergency spending bill

to help rebuild Houston and the region.

It will take a while for Texas and the federal government to fully assess its needs,

but President

Trump yesterday promised, quote, rapid action from Congress, not to mention, he vowed that the water

log state will be, quote, up and running very, very quickly. State officials do not agree with him on

that.

So far, there are a few paths we see this taking. Congress can pass an initial down payment, which would give lawmakers the opportunity to show

that they're on top of the situation while leaving open the possibility that they'd have to

pass a second much larger bill.

This has both upsides and downsides.

The upside?

It shows immediate action.

The downside?

Congress would have to act twice. It's hard enough for the institution to do something once. Another option people are discussing is to attach a

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