Good Thursday morning, I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing,

sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. And I'm Anna Palmer. It seems exceedingly likely

that by tonight the government will be funded through September and that the two-and-a-half-month

legislative impasse over DHS funding will be a thing of the past.

There are a few dynamics to keep in mind as Washington moves forward.

First, Trump is likely to try to get more money for his border wall by shuffling around money from other accounts.

This is going to shave some on Capitol Hill.

If he digs into military accounts, Hawks will be pleased.

Democrats are going to keep a close eye on this process, too.

The debt limit comes up at the beginning of March, and if you thought government funding

was a potent legislative inflection point, the debt cap is far more dangerous. President

Donald Trump has not played debt limit chicken yet, but with Republicans in the minority in

the House, and Democrats Republicans in the minority in the

House and Democrats only now getting accustomed to the levers of power, who knows what might

happen. Here's what you should expect today. The Senate will move first to pass this bill. The House

expects to take it up around 6.30, lining it up for a 9 p.m. or so vote tonight. A big Senate vote is

expected, and that could push up the House

totals. The things they couldn't agree on, reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act,

they also weren't able to come together to support back pay for federal contractors.

Keep an eye on President Trump today. If he stays the course and doesn't say anything

outwardly negative about the spending deal,

how his Republicans will likely vote for it in big numbers. If he gets wobbly in any way,

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