Good Friday morning, I'm Jake Sherman, and welcome to your Political Playbook Audio Briefing,

sponsored by ExxonMobil. Interesting story atop playbook this morning by our own Emily Holden.

Scott Pruid has only sent one email on his government account in 10 months in office.

Sure, some people decide not to use email, but it seems a bit fishy to watchdogs that he has

practically never used email since

coming into government. The AP Bulletin that came out at 1024 last night, the administration says

500 kids have been reunited with their parents in the month of May. The House punted yesterday and

will vote on a new immigration bill next week. There's a theory in some corners of Republican leadership that there's no way to craft an

immigration bill that will pass with only Republican votes.

The party is looking to test that proposition.

The bill would have failed this week, so Republicans decided yesterday to push a vote till next week

and rewrite the bill to add ag visa provisions and e-verify, two elements that tripped up

negotiations over the last few weeks. This would mollify some concerns and is aimed at getting

votes. To give a sense about how quickly things changed in the House Republican Conference yesterday,

consider this. At 622 yesterday evening, Patrick McKenry, the North Carolina Republican, who is the chief

deputy whip, left a meeting and told us the vote would definitely be today. At 6.39 p.m., just 17 minutes later,

sources in the meeting texted us to say the decision had been reversed and the bill would be

rewritten. Speaker Paul Ryan's original goal here was to dismantle the discharge petition and give people a vote on safely Republican legislation.

Now it seems like the Republicans have gotten themselves into a full-blown immigration negotiation in which the conservatives and moderates are in near open war and the leadership is trying to thread the needle without getting too involved.

In the middle of an election year, with the Senate unlikely to act, and the House up for grabs.

Passing a bill will still be a Herculean task, and there are plenty of people in the Republican leadership

who think pushing this into another week is a massive mistake.

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