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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer, and welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchful News.

It's Monday, September 2nd.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, House Speaker Mike Johnson is approaching government funding. Number two, Schumer

Rifts on McConnell's legacy. And number three, how Dems are chipping into the D-Triple-C. Well, welcome back

from a week off at Punch Bull News. Happy Labor Day. Happy September. And we are excited to be back. We missed you, too. There are

just 64 days until Election Day. The House and Senate return next week. President Joe Biden and

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Pittsburgh this afternoon after they meet with

aides involved in the effort to free hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

Since we left you, the political environment has continued to improve for Vice President Kamala

Harris and Democrats, although the presidential race remains extraordinarily close in

battleground states. House Republicans are worried about keeping their tenuous majority,

and Democrats continue to outraise the GOP.

Our friends over at the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter have updated their House rankings,

which show two Republican seats are already leaning towards Democrats.

Senate Republicans remain in a very strong position to grab the majority, yet the outlook is brighter for

Democrats in Arizona and Nevada especially. All right, let's take a look here at the news we are covering

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