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The Daily Punch

3 things to watch as August nears

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, News, Government

4.6666 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Anna and Jake break down the latest developments in the Senate as Republicans look for a path forward on appropriations and President Donald Trump’s nominees. Plus, the Senate Leadership Fund is launching a digital ad blitz against former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as the Democrat readies a Senate run. Punchbowl News is on YouTube! Subscribe to our channel today to see all the new ways we’re investing in video. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

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And I'm Jake Sherman.

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And welcome to The Daily Punch.

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Brought to you by Punchable News, it's Monday, July 28th, 2025.

0:57.3

Let's get into the mix.

0:58.3

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

1:00.8

Number one, we've got the latest action in the Senate.

1:03.3

Number two, Republicans target Roy Cooper in North Carolina.

1:06.4

And number three, the latest from the vault and efforts to make a significant change to the reconciliation law, but it comes to gambling losses.

1:14.5

All right, Jake, happy Monday morning. The House is out. The Senate is in. All eyes are on the appropriations process right now as the Senate Republicans try to find a pathway forward on that as well as President Donald Trump's

1:30.1

urging to get more nominations done before the Senate goes on break for the August recess.

1:36.8

A lot to see up here this morning.

1:38.7

Yeah, it's the last, what's supposed to be, I guess, the last week before the Senate heads out of town for the month

1:46.0

of August. There is a lot going on, as you mentioned, appropriations, nominations, and the Fed all this

1:52.8

week as Washington begins, I mean, knock on wood, every time I say this, I don't have any

1:57.9

wood, but knock on for Micah or something. Every time I say this,

2:02.4

something crazy happens, but the Senate, we're supposed to have a quiet period in August that

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