Good Wednesday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, sponsored by Farma.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Just a quick reminder to kick things off. We are interviewing Florida Senator Marco Rubio this morning at the liaison hotel.

Doors open at 8 a.m. There is a lot to talk about. We're kicking off this morning's playbook with a very interesting spotted.

Michigan Congressman John Conyers was

spotted on a Delta flight last night from DCA to Detroit. Per our tipster, he didn't get the upgrade.

I sometimes don't get upgrades and I'm not happy about that either. Conyers was seated comfortably

in seat 10D. This is interesting because the House is in session this week, which means

Conyers would presumably have to be in D.C.

The buzz around town last night was not if Conyers stepped down, but when.

As one veteran Democratic lobbyist with congressional black caucus ties said,

it's not about reelection.

It's about whether the Michigan Democrat will put the party ahead of himself.

The big picture this morning is looking at the impact of the fight between President Donald Trump

and Democratic leadership.

It's a major setback in Republicans' quest to wrap up a large chunk of big-ticket legislating

this year.

Here's the state of play.

According to AIDS involved in discussions on both sides of the hill, Republicans and Democrats

were supposed to hash out a deal

this week to set top-line spending levels for next year. Then they were going to finish tax reform

and use the week of December 18th to hammer out a long-term spending deal. Trump and the Democrats

have now blown that up. Hopes have dimmed that this so-called caps deal will now happen on this timeline. That

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