Good Tuesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing, sponsored by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates.

And I'm Anna Palmer. Hanukkah begins tonight. It is Election Day in Alabama and voters will choose between Roy Moore and Doug Jones.

Republicans goal, pass the tax bill before the new senator gets seated. Moore or Jones will be seated after December 20th, we hear.

Our colleagues Alex Eisenstead and Gabe de Benedetti are breaking down Roy Moore's final appeal to voters,

reporting from Midland City, Alabama, the two write that he delivered a thundering speech

in which more implored Alabamians to ignore outsiders. He blasted the Washington establishment in media.

His closing, if you don't believe in my character, don't vote for me.

Meanwhile, Stephen Shepard has an interesting piece up about how pollsters are dodging the prediction

game in Alabama, because it's such a peculiar race, and there are many variables.

Gabe has another story about the secret super pack backing Doug Jones.

Highway 31 spent more than $4.1 million in support of Jones and against Roy Moore.

It's a joint project of two of the largest national Democratic super PACs, Senate Majority Pack, and Priorities USA Action, along with a group of Alabama Democrats.

It's crunch time on taxes.

And our colleagues, Bernie Becker, Aaron Lorenzo,

and Sungman Kim report that Republicans are struggling to close the gap in their tax plan. There are

still a range of issues, including where to set the corporate rate, how to treat millions of

businesses that are set up as corporations, and how much of a deduction to allow for state and local taxes.

Remember, their goal is to have a tax bill on the president's desk by December 20th,

but time is quickly slipping away. And our colleague, Alana Shore, has an early look at how

looming pension shortfalls for minors, as well as truck drivers and service workers could

complicate the next government funding fight. The New York Times is a piece about how Texas

Congressman Blake Farenthold runs what former aides call a hostile workplace. He allegedly tells

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