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Good morning, everyone. I'm Chief Playbook correspondent Eugene Daniels. It is Thursday, February 27th.

Here is what's driving the day. House Republicans may have passed their budget bill on Tuesday,

but Senate Republicans are gearing up to, well, rip it to shreds. Yesterday, GOP

senators indicated they would not accept House Speaker Mike Johnson's fiscal framework, at least

not in its current form. But many said they are willing to adapt to the House's one bill

approach. Now that the House has approved his plan, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is calling for any

Republican tax bill to include a permanent extension of the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act.

He called the House budget, quote, a first step in what will be a long process and certainly

not an easy one, unquote.

But the biggest thing we're watching today is the visit from UK Prime Minister Kier Starmar to the White House for the first time since Trump retook the presidency.

Joining me now from London to chat about this is the book Managing Editor and author Jack Blanchard.

Good morning, Jack.

Cheerio.

Lovely to see you. That is the worst London accent I've heard in a long time.

My husband says it's not allowed to do accents because they all sound the same. They all sound bad.

So we're going to move on from that. But we are getting to interview about your hometown, your home country. So this is exciting.

That is indeed. Keier Stama, the prime

minister, is in D.C. He is in the House for the first time since the Donald Trump returned

to the White House. It's a big day for Britain. Big day for Britain. And for the United States,

I guess for everyone listening, lay out what the charm offensive might look like for here. As far as

you know, for what Prime Minister Starrmer look like for here. As far as you know,

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