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Good morning, everyone. I'm Playbook Deputy Editor Zach Stanton. It's Wednesday, February

12th, and here's what's driving the day. The streets of Washington may be snow-logged,

but it's full speed ahead for Senate and House Republicans as they race to make headway with

their competing budget bills. There's a lot at stake here.

President Donald Trump's agenda hangs in the balance as Republicans on both sides of Capitol Hill

are split over the best way to enact his policy preferences. Today, Senate Republicans are due to jump

out front as budget chair Lindsey Graham and his fellow GOP senators mark up their budget blueprint at

10 a.m., weather permitting, of course.

And they think they have Trump's blessing as they pursue their true bill strategy. Politico's

Jordan Carney reports that Senate Republicans have been privately checking that Trump is okay with

them moving forward with two bills, one that addresses the border, energy, and defense spending

quickly, while a second bill gets into more complicated tax cuts.

Yesterday, that approach got a big boost as OMB director Russ Vote and Bordersar Tom Holman

said behind closed doors that they need $175 billion in additional border money quickly,

something that's seen as more likely to happen under the Senate approach.

On the other side of the Capitol, House Republicans have their foot on the accelerator as they likely to happen under the Senate approach. On the other side of the

Capitol, House Republicans have their foot on the accelerator as they try to broker a one-bill

package that has the support of virtually all the members of their conference. House Budget

Chairman Jody Errington announced that his panel will meet tomorrow to settle their vast

differences and advance a budget blueprint, meaning that he now has less

than 48 hours to figure out how to make it all work, this politic was Rachel Bade and Meredithly

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