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Good morning, everyone. I'm Playbook co-author, Ryan Lizza. It's Tuesday, September 10th,

and here's what's driving the day. Mike Johnson's spending plan is already in trouble.

Jordan Carney and Olivia Beavers report, it was doomed in the Senate, and there are now

fresh doubts about whether Johnson can even

get it through the House. The Speaker announced last week that he planned to link a government

funding bill to legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.

The package would keep spending levels mostly steady, Olivia and Jordan Wright, punting a government

shutdown deadline currently set to hit on October 1st to March 28th.

So Johnson wants to hold that House vote on Wednesday, hoping to give conservatives a symbolic pre-election win.

But it seems to be falling apart because there are two pockets of conservatives who oppose this legislation.

One is just the traditional conservatives who never support these bills.

And then there are also a group of defense hawks who are worried the six-month stopgap would have a negative impact on the Pentagon.

And of course, Johnson can only afford to lose four Republicans, assuming full House attendance, before he'll need Democratic votes. So far,

Jordan and Olivia Wright, he's got at least six GOP no votes that have gone public.

All right. Next up, it's primary day in New Hampshire with open races for governor and a house seat

as the top elections we're watching. But what everyone is talking about today, of course,

it's debate night. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face each other in Philadelphia for the ABC News

presidential debate starting at 9 p.m. And here to chat with me about the ABC debate in Philadelphia

is National Political Reporter Holly Otterbine. Holly, good morning. Hey, how you doing?

All right, so you're going to be at the debate in Philadelphia, your hometown. Let's just start, you know, big picture. What do you expect? And what

will most people be sort of looking for coming out of this? So the race is basically tied in the

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