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Good morning, Playbookers.

It's Monday, July 26th.

I'm Rugumana Vallin.

And this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

Earlier this year, two of the most unlikely pairings in America started on a journey that we here at Playbook have been monitoring closely.

The BIF and, well, Ben, for...

Yeah, there's worse movies than Gile out there.

Yeah, absolutely.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's first clandestine meetings were reported in the spring.

Around that same time, some Republican senators began quietly meeting with their Democratic

colleagues to discuss

infrastructure. Both reunions were so improbable that they needed to be shrouded in secrecy

lest they fall apart under the glare of public scrutiny. In the end, Benefer went official on

social media before the bipartisan bill.

There's still no legislative text or CBO score.

The bipartisan group has blown past every deadline,

but they promised last week that Monday would be the big day.

Here's what we know about whether the bipartisan bill will have its Benefer on a yacht moment.

Senator Mark Warner was optimistic on Fox News.

We're down to the last couple of items, and I think you're going to see a bill Monday afternoon.

Senator Rob Portman had this to say on ABC.

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