Good Friday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing

sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. And I'm Anna Palmer. Fifty-five days after

President Donald Trump bucked his party and decided to shut down the government for his border wall,

he emerged with a deal he could have gotten 55 days ago, 1.375 billion for border barriers

and a national emergency. ABC News is reporting that the national emergency will pull

$600 million from the Treasury Department's Drug Forfeiture Fund, $2.5 billion from the Pentagon's

drug interdiction program, and through an emergency declaration, $3.5 billion from the Pentagon's drug interdiction program, and through an emergency

declaration, $3.5 billion from the Pentagon's military construction budget. And in the process,

Trump has made Washington even more brutal for himself, and here's why. Trump's relationship

with Congress is going to take a turn for the worse. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is sure to try to

overturn the president's emergency declaration, a resolution that's certain to pass the worse. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is sure to try to overturn the president's emergency

declaration, a resolution that's certain to pass the House. Bennett moves to the Senate, where

Mitch McConnell has to take it up within a few weeks. Republicans are going to have a tough

choice, whether to back the president on this declaration or turn their back on him. Several Senate

Republicans have expressed pause over the emergency route. This is going to be

problematic for Trump and will certainly split the GOP. The spending fights will only get worse.

The White House is making clear the president is on the hunt for more money for his wall.

This is going to make the appropriations process, which will stretch from now until September,

a lot harder. Lawmakers are going to ask

more questions. Democrats are going to insist on provisions in these bills to ensure the money can't

be lapped up by the president for other purposes in the future. Washington is likely to be caught

in nonstop stop-gap measures from now until at least the end of this Congress.

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