Good Thursday morning, I'm Anna Palmer, and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, sponsored by UC Davis. And I'm Jake Sherman. Leading Playbook this morning, Burgess Everett, and Sung Min Kim on the Senate GOP effort to pass the Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill. No one knows if Senate Republicans will be able to squeeze the bill through their chamber. Senators John McCain and Lisa Murkowski still haven't said which way they're voting. McCain reiterated he wants the bill to move through regular order. That's kind of impossible at this point, despite the fact that there will be one committee hearing next week. Right now, Senate Republican aides tell us they plan to throw the bill on the floor next week before the Republican's ability to pass it on a simple

majority expires. McConnell's office says it's his intention to vote on the bill next week. Intention

doesn't always translate to action. One outstanding question is whether Democrats will try to

slow this down. They can try to drown the process in amendments. There's no more debate time left

for this on the floor. So Democrats can offer

unlimited amendments to slow the process down and try to drag it past September 30th. Republican

problems don't start and stop in the Senate, however. Several top-level sources tell us this

will also be a tough lift in the House. On the news front, Jimmy Kimmel escalated his war of words with Senator

Bill Cassidy over his proposed Obamacare appeal, blasting the lawmaker for defending the indefensible

and continuing to support a measure, he said, was by many accounts the worst health care bill yet.

Meanwhile, Senator Chuck Grassley told the Des Moines Register that despite the

bill's shortcomings, Republicans have a responsibility to pass it. The Wall Street Journal

editorial board is pushing tax reform, saying that a deal between Pat Toomey and Bob Corker

to create $1.5 trillion in tax cuts could move things forward. But Bernie Becker reports that

voters aren't clear what they want when it comes to tax reform.

Just one in five adults said reducing taxes for businesses and individuals should be a major

focus of Congress this fall.

That comes in a Politico-Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Poll.

A higher percentage called for action on lowered prescription drug costs, increasing the

minimum wage,

and infrastructure spending.

There are a slew of stories out this morning related to special prosecutor Robert Mueller's

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