Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing,

sponsored by Farma. And I'm Jake Sherman. Not exactly our wheelhouse, but there's big news

of Buckingham Palace this morning. Prince Harry and Megan Markle are engaged. The wedding will be in the

spring of 2018. And now back to Washington. All eyes are on tax reform. Smart people who work on this issue

tell us that if the Senate could get its bill through this week, there's a good chance

Congress could get legislation to President Donald Trump's death by the end of the year.

Everything would need to fall into place, but it's possible. If the Senate takes more than just

this week to get it done, it will likely slip into 2018. A quick reminder. There are

11 days until the government runs out of funding, 12 legislative days until the end of the year,

and 34 days until the end of 2017. Here's where things stand. Sungman Kim and Bernie Becker

boil it down, writing that it is due or die time for Senate Republicans

on tax reform. At least half a dozen senators are still showing varying levels of concern

about the legislation. White House and Republican leadership staffers have been pushing a Wall Street

journal opet about how tax reform will lift the economy. The letter is signed by several

GOP economic thinkers, including George Schultz.

Here's why it matters. The White House and Republican leaders are hoping senators that are

skeptical of the tax over bill will be won over by the party's thinkers on economic issues.

Here's who to watch in this issue, Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, and Ron Johnson. They've all

had concerns about the deficits that this bill might run up.

But nothing is simple. The Washington Post has a piece up that a CBO report found that the Senate

Republican tax package hurt the poor more than originally believed. The CBO also found that

the bill would add $1.4 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years,

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