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The Playbook Podcast

February 5, 2021: Dems barrel toward reconciliation

The Playbook Podcast

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🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A first in Playbook: As Democrats take another step toward passing Biden's $1.9 trillion relief plan without GOP support, the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus will call on House Democratic leaders today to allow a stand-alone vote on $160 billion for vaccine distribution. Plus: It's Trump's last weekend to prep for his impeachment trial, and his allies are bracing for a PR nightmare.

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0:00.0

Presented by the American Beverage Association.

0:04.3

Good Friday morning. I'm Adrienne Hurst and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

0:09.8

Washington's going to need a lot of coffee this morning. As I talk to you from the floor of my

0:14.5

makeshift closet studio, lawmakers are still on the Senate floor wrapping up that wild

0:19.3

voterama they kicked off yesterday.

0:21.6

The all-night voting session on some 700 amendments to the budget resolution included Kamala Harris' first official vote in the VP's new role as Senate tiebreaker.

0:31.2

And it finally came to an end with the Senate voting to pass the budget resolution ahead of a big meeting in the House this morning.

0:37.5

President Biden and VP Harris are set to meet with them leaders and committee chair. Senate voting to pass the budget resolution ahead of a big meeting in the House this morning.

0:42.4

President Biden and VP Harris are set to meet with Dem leaders and committee chairs to chat about Biden's COVID plan and watch out for the House to take up the Senate's amended budget resolution

0:46.9

as soon as today. Remember, that's the first step Dems need to take to pass their relief package

0:52.1

without bipartisan support. Now, I too needed a lot of

0:56.0

coffee this morning after reading this very real quote from Marjorie Taylor Green. On the House floor

1:01.0

yesterday, she said school shootings are absolutely real. I also want to tell you, 9-11 absolutely

1:07.3

happened. The freshman rep was stripped of both her committee seats yesterday and an extraordinary

1:12.4

move with 11 Republicans joining all House Dems and voting to remove her. That was over a series of

1:18.4

racist comments and her support for a buffet of conspiracy theories, including QAnon. But the QAnon

1:24.4

drama is far from over for the GOP. California Democrat Jimmy Gomez says he still

1:29.7

plans to force a vote to toss green out of Congress entirely. Now that's a step way too far for

1:35.2

Democratic leaders who are nervous about the precedent that could set. Already Republicans,

1:40.5

including Kevin McCarthy, are vowing payback for the House vote whenever the GOP is next in the majority. And McCarthy, of course, is hoping that moment comes soon.

1:49.7

A first-in playbook, the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus will call on House Democratic leaders today

1:54.9

to allow a stand-alone vote on $160 billion for vaccine distribution.

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