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Good morning, everyone.

It's Chief Playbook correspondent Eugene Daniels.

It is Wednesday, February 19th.

Here is what's driving the day.

First, get ready for vote-a-roma.

Y'all love it.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced yesterday that the Senate will vote this week on its budget blueprint that would advance a huge part of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda in the form of that reconciliation bill that is going to target border, energy, and defense policy. That means a couple things. First, we're buckling in for 50 hours of Senate debate on the

budget resolution, which would then be followed by a long process that we all know as voter

when any senator can offer any amendment of their choosing and force a vote on it before the

final vote on the budget. Second, it puts the Senate ahead of the House as Republicans in the two chambers race to advance their competing budget plans.

The House is planning to vote on its own blueprint next week.

Headed down the street to the White House, yesterday President Trump signed a sweeping executive order that would further expand his power by bringing independent agencies under the purview of the White House.

Quote, it represents Trump's latest attempt to consolidate power beyond boundaries other presidents have observed and to test the so-called unitary executive theory, which states that the president has the sole authority over

the executive branch. That's out of Politico's Megan Messerly and Bob King's report on it.

And it reflects the influence of Russ vote. Trump's budget chief, one of several conservatives in his

orbit, who has called for axing independent arms of the executive branch.

If you know anything about D.C., you know the EL is expected to face legal challenges.

So stay tuned.

And as Trump and his ally, Elon, must continue to plow their way through the executive branch.

They also sat down for an interview with Fox News, Sean Hannity, that aired last night. And hit a chat with me now about what we saw and what we didn't is White House reporter and co-author of West Wing Playbook,

Ari Sintner. Good morning, Ari. How are you? I'm great, Eugene. How are you? Ari, so President

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