Good Tuesday morning, I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing, sponsored by the Coalition for Affordable Drugs.

And I'm Anna Palmer. In case you missed it, and you probably did, 87 House Democrats signed a discharge petition last night to try to force a vote on a bill that would ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying

a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and provide a responsible

and consistent background check process. For those that don't know, a discharge petition is

really the only way the minority can pressure the majority to bring a bill to the floor. It would need

another 129 signatures to make it to the floor. That means Republicans need to sign on as well.

House majority whips Steve Scalise's office put out these logistics for Billy Graham, who will

lie in honor in the retunda of the Capitol tomorrow Wednesday. An arrival ceremony will be held at 11 a.m.

in the retunda. The ceremony is only open to Reverend Graham's family, friends, members of Congress,

and other members of the government. In the Department of Gun Control is hard, Burgess Everett reports

on what many of us expected. The Senate is struggling to find a path forward on gun control on their

first night back in session since the shooting.

Opposition to the so-called Fix Nix bill came from both ends of the political spectrum,

including Utah Senator Mike Lee and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Remember, behind the scenes, Fix Nix urges government to report to the NCIS and punishes those who don't.

But in the House, leaders promised conservatives that this would be tied up with a bill

that allows people to carry concealed weapons across state lines. Unraveling that promise

was the subject of a particularly long and animated House Freedom Caucus meeting Monday night

on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting that Delta may be paying

for its decision to drop its relationship with the NRA over the weekend. The Georgia Senate

blocked a $50 million jet fuel fuels sales tax exemption for Delta.

Wait a second. Is border adjustment tax back? President Donald Trump is having House

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