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Good Wednesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your Political Playbook Audio Briefing.

And I'm Anna Palmer. There is angst and growing unrest among House Democrats over Congress's

handling of the coronavirus. This is real. And you can feel it when talking to Democrats.

Our colleagues, Heather Kegel, Sarah Ferris, and John Bresnahan chronicled this late Tuesday

in a story filled with quotes from Democrats illustrating this issue.

Of course, Democrats are prone to bedwetting, so this isn't a huge surprise.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's allies complain that the unrest is ridiculous. Pelosi,

they say, is the only party leader to have passed anything on COVID relief recently, and that

wasn't being recognized. Plus, the vast, vast majority of Dems are with Pelosi and her plan

to hold out for a better deal. In her thinking, Republicans are going to

come back to the table. The way to get them back is to stay firm and not flinch. She's done this

before, and her detractors have not. Fair enough, but there's no question Pelosi's being squeezed

at the moment. On one side, she has her moderate and front-line Democrats who want to vote. On the other

side, progressives and unions don't want to half- and don't want to be pressured into a small deal by the GOP. Republicans, of course, say Pelosi doesn't want a deal at all, something her team denies. Pelosi has said she's going to keep the house around until a deal. Around is metaphorical, though, because lawmakers will be on standby from their homes. But there's a roadmap here, and it's not hard to chart an alternate pathway that may lead

to a dynamic shift in COVID relief talks. This is based on reporting from inside the leadership,

discussions with Pelosi loyalists and detractors alike.

Number one, this needs to start with Democratic leadership giving a few inches.

Give moderates a handful of votes on policies that everyone agrees on.

Enhanced unemployment.

An extension of the Paycheck Protection Program.

Some stimulus checks.

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